Graham guardian., 1910-06-17
THE PRIMARY ELECTION
Petitions of Candidates for
Place on Ticket Must
be in July 9th

September 9Th, being the first
Tuesday in that month, is the date
for holding the first direct primary
election in Arizona.
Candidates for delegate to con.
gress and for territorial, county
and local offices must be getting
busy if they wish their names tc
appear on the tickets, which must
be filed by July 9th.
Candidates in Graham County fol
the following offices must now be
getting busy:
Delegate to congress.
Councilman.
Representative
County superintendent of schools.
County surveyor.
Members of board of supervisors,
District attorney.
Probate judge.
Sheriff.
County recorder.
County treasurer.
Precinct justices of the peace.
Precinct constables.
AS the primary law is new one
some of its features explaining brief
ly the procedure will be enlighten-
ing.
No name shall be printed upon
the official primary ballot until a
fee of $25 shall have been paid to
the territorial secretary by the pros
pective candidate, in the case of an
aspirant for the nomination for del
egate to congress, and SIS to the
board of supervisors in the case of
an aspirant for county Office; nor
until the respective aspirant shall
have filed nominating papers as fol-
lows:
For delegate to congress One
per cent. of the voters of the party
in at least three counties of the
Territory.
For a district office per
cent. of the voters of the party in
at least one-tenth of the election
precincts in each of at least one-half
of the counties of the district and
in the aggregate not less than
two per cent. nor more than ten
per cent. of the total vote of the
party in the district.
For a county office BY at least
three per cent, of the party vote in
one-fourth of the election precincts
and in the aggregate not less than
three per cent. nor more than ten
per cent. of the total vote of the
party in the county.
For county precinct committee
manTen per cent. of the party
vote in such precinct.
The basis shall be the vote for
the party's candidate for delegate
in the last preceding election. But
any party represented on the official
ballot at the preceding election may
have separate primary election
ticket if any of its candidates re-
ceived five per cent. of the total
vote cast.
All signers of these petitions
must make affidavit to that effect
and must agree to support the men
they petition for. There are also
provisions for the recognition of
new political parties which may
start. Nomination papers for dele
gate and joint councilmen shall be
filed with the secretary of the Ter
ritory and for county offices with
the board of supervisors.
The usual provisions are contained
in the law for the preparation and
distribution of the ballots, and the
advertising of the election and the
certifcation of the candidates previ-
Gus to their names being printed on
the ballots.
Blanks are provided under each
office to be voted for, that the voter
may write iu the name of his choice
in the event that he does not want
to vote for the person whose name
is printed on the ticket
There shall be separate party
tickets and all voters at primaries
must be registered the same as for
the later election. The returns
from the primaries shall be can
vassed by the supervisors as are the
returns from the general elections.
The formation of county and ter
ritorial committees is also provided
for by the primary election law and
the basis of representation is stated.
In fact, the law embraces all those
things that have heretofore been
looked after by the county and ter
ritorial conventions.