The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-07-06
EASY TO VIOLATE
THE PRIMARY LAW
MANY IMPORTANT POINTS THAT
CANDIDATES AND THEIR
CONSTANTLY IN MIND.

Between now and September the
state primary election law is " rule
of action" for practically every move
the candidates for office make and
goodly portion of their campaign man
euvers are hampered and checked and
limited by its. provisions. The vot-
ors also will find that i'm their loyalty
TO this or that candidate they had
better watch out, lest they get over the
line and i'm danger of the penalty Sec
ton which allows the imposition of
fine of not to exceed $500 and i'm
prisonment not to exceed six months
Any citizen proposing to take any
share i'm the campaign better. il Is
suggested, secure n copy of the law
and read a morning. noon and night.
Among the multitude of limitations
and prohibitions contained in the law
here are some of the important ones.
Dates Are Important.
Dates which everyone interested In
primary elections must keep i'm mind
If they would avoid getting lost In
the mtrlcacies of the system:
All nominating petitions must be
filed by O'Clock on the afternoon of
August %, the secretary of state to
forthwith prepare lists of candidates
as they will appear on the ballots.
General primary day. September 6.
County canvass, not later than Sep
TENDER 26.
County conventions, between Sep
| TENDER and September IL.
| State convention between Septem-
Der and October 16, not less than 10
| DAYS after the meeting of the state
board of canvassers. Call to be Is
sued at least 80 days prior to Septem-
Der Z.
County returns to he sent to the sec
rctarv of state not later than Septem
Der 16.
Duties of Election Officers.
When election officers and all 9TH
ers concerned. start to find their way
through this maze and keep within tho
bounds prescribed. someone is going
to have headache. Just how the Of
hcers of political parties are going t'
figure out when to call their respec'
tive state conventions under the rules
Laid down, is "A matter that will cause
them to raise a signal of distress once
they take up the subject. The con
vention must be called 30 days PRO
to September and for date not les
than 10 days after the meeting of tn
state board of canvassers and be
tween September and October II
That. however. is little matter 70
, state chairmen and central committee
men 10 use their knowledge of highe
+ mathematics to solve.
When election officers and all 9th
vassers meet on September 13 an
: find that their returns of the primar
election must be sent to the secretar
$ of state by September 16, some q
them are going to yell for wireless
= connections with the state of onlce ]
4 order To rush the report through o
: time. Even at that the upper penn
6 sula bailwicks better be sure the
have free use of all ether waves {
= they won't have their returns here {
the time prescribed by the law.
The election officers provided for b
u the general election laws are the one
=, on whom these duties devolve, IL
same canvassing boards handling II
p returns and certifying to the nomina
8 lions. In the case OF nominations Il
=, United States senator the state boar
n of canvassers certifies the result
a the secretary of state and that ofh'
. ial i'm turn certifies the figures to Il
legislature on the first day of II
session.
One Long Sentence.
Section As of the act has the ST;
II sentence of Michigan's mass of law
n Briefly it is intended to prescribe
O penalty for hiring with money al
n the promise of positions, party worl
n ers either prior to or on primal
7 election day. There are at least a
IN words i'm that one sentence. Ii is
I. long that even trained orator won
? only want to tackle IL in sections al
then i'm the presence of someone WI
would guard against his getting III
up i'm the mass of commas and sem
s colons TO an extent that would relic
him of his breath. There are enouI
cautions and prohibitions in that o
sentence to give any voter who rea
\ il such fright he will take to |
woods on primary day rather TN
face all the legal dangers which 1t pr
scribes. Following that section
l another pretty fair one preventing I
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