Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-03-19
be in substantially the following form:
PETITION ACCOMPANYING
STATEMENT OF CANDIDATE

PETITION ACCOMPANYING
STATEMENT OF CANDIDATE.
Whereas Oam" Of caEdidate) is q
candidate for nomination for the office
of Gnayor aldcrnam for Estate the
term), we. the undersigned voters of
the city of Watervile duly qualified
| 10 N1tc for candidate for aucl office,
| do hereby request that tie name of
said Crane OF candidate). as candi-
date for said Office, be printed Oh the
! official ballots to be used at the pre-
iiminary election for nominations To
be held on the Monday of
10 We further state that We be
licVe he il of good moral character and
! qualified TO perform The Gut.es Of The
! Office.
| Names Of Street Number. Street.
ynt1rs if any.
No acccytaucn ~ q candidate foe
nomination uain"d in such u. tition
. She'll be necessary for its Va'idity OF
for its filing, aud Tie petition nced rot
be sworn to-
, s, ction S. On tho first day. not be-
ing Sunday or leg&l holiday, following
TIE expiration Of the time fer Cling
the above described statements and
| petitions. .he city clerk shall cause
to be published in one or more news
! papers published in the city the names
| and residences of the candidates for
nomination who have duly filed the
| above mentioned statements and pc
titions, and the offices and terms for
which they are candidates for nominal
| ton, as they are to appear on the OIL
| cial ballots to be used at the prelim-
mary election for nominations. The
City Clerk Shall thereon prepare the
ballots to be used at such prelimi-
nary election for nominations and shall
cause them to BE- printed, and the bal
| lots so prepared shall be the official
! ballots and the only ballots used at
such preliminary election for nominal
tons. They shall be headed as fol-
| lows:
OFFICIAL PRELIMINARY BAL
LOT.
| Candidates for Nomination for
Mayor and Aldermen. AT prelimi-
nary Election for Nominations Held on
! the Day of in the Year
| Nineteen Hundred and
| CThe Heading shall be varied in ac-
, cordance with the Offices for which
/ nominations are to be made.)
i Section 9. The name of each person
who has filed statement and accom-
! panying petition as aforesaid, and his
residence and the title and term of the
Office for which he is a candidate for
! nomination snail be printed on the ball
/ lots in the order determined by lot by
the city clerk. and the names of no
other candidates shall be printed there
! on. Blank spaces shall be left at the
end of each list of candidates for nom
| ination for the different offices. equal
, t. the number to be nominated there
! for, in which the voter may insert the
name of any percon not printed on the
/ ballot for whom he desires to vote for
nomination for such office. There shall
! shall be printed on said ballots such
/ directions as will aid the voter: for
! example "vote for one" vote for
two and the like.
! Section TO- No ballot used at any an
nual or special city election or at any
preliminary election for nominations
shall have printed thereon any party or
! political designation or mark, and
| there shall not be appended to the
name of any candidate any such party
or political designation or mark or any
! thing showing how he was nominated,
or indicating his views or opinions,
Section II. Voters qualified to vote
at Il city election shall be qualified to
| vote at the said preliminary election
| for nominations.
Section II. The election officers shall
immediately. upon the closing of the
poilS at preliminary elections for NOM
nations count the ballots and ascer-
| tain the number of votes cast in the
voting places where they officiate for
| each person for nomination for each
| office, and shall make return thereof to
| the city clerk forthwith upon blanks to
be furnished as in city elections.
Section IL. On the first day, not be-
ing Sunday or a legal holiday, follow
ing such preliminary election for NOM
intions. the city clerk shall canvass
| said returns, SO received from the cleo
ton officers. and shall forthwith deter
| mine the result of such canvass and
publish the same in one or more news
paLers published in said city.
Section IA. The two persons receiy-
| ing at preliminary election for nom
| nations the highest number of votes
for nomination for an Office shall be the
| for that Office whose names shall be
| candidates and the only candidates
for that office whose names shall be
| printed on the official ballots to be used
at the annual or special city election
| for TIE making of nominations for
which such preliminary election for
nominations was held. and if two or
more persons are to be elected to the
same office at such annual or special
| city election. the several persons, to a
! number equal to twice the number so
to be elected to such Office, receiving at
such preliminary election for nomina-
tions the highest number of votes for
nomination for that Office, or all such
persons if less than twice the number
OF those so to be elected. shall be the
candidates. and the only candidates
for that office whose names shall be
printed on the official ballots to be used
at such annual or special cite election
except that in case of tie for the last
name. both names shall be placed on
the fra, ballot.
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! tior for organizations shall he nececSor,