The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-04-14
THE PRIMARY LAW.
An Act Passed by the General Assembly Of 1909 Regulate
Primary Elections in Halifax and Nash Counties.
The General Assembly Of North
Carolina do enact:

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Carolina do enact:
SECTION l. That every politics
party, organization or association i
any county whose legislative candi
dates at the preceding election re
celved as much as one-third of tn
total vote cast in the county sha]
nominate its candidates for the Gen
aral Assembly, county and township
officers by a primary election held a
hereinafter provided.
| SEC. 2. The time Of holding sucl
primary election shall be fixed by tn,
county executive committee or othe,
governing body Of said political par
~, organization or association, O.
which there shall be not less thar
fifteen days notice.
SEC. 3. The said executive com
nittee or other governing body shal
promptly notify the county board O.
elections of said county Of the time
fixed for said primary election, anc
it shall therupon be the duty of sale
board of elections to appoint three
managers of said primary for each
election precinct in said county t.
hold said election, who, before enter
ing upon the duties of their office
shall each take and subscribe an oath
that he will faithfully, impartially
and honestly conduct the same accor.
ding to law. Should one or more OF
the managers appointed to hold such
election fail to appear on the day OF
the election, the remaining manager
or managers shall appoint others in
their stead and administer to them
the oath herein prescribed. The
managers shall take said oath before
a notary public, justice Of the peace
or other officer authorized to admin
ister oaths; but if no such officer can
be conveniently found, the managers
may administer the oath to each 9TH
er.
SEC. 4. The county board of cleo
tions shall provide at each election
precinct thren ballot boxes. one FOR
the legislative candidates, one for
county candidates and one for town
ship candidates. Before any ballots
are received at such election, and i'm
mediately before opening the polls,
the managers shall open each ballot
BOX to be used in such election
and exhibit the same publicly, to
show that there are no ballots in such
box. They shall then close, lock or
seal such boxes, except the open
ing to receive the ballots, and shall
not again open the same until
the close of the election. They shall
keep poll list, with the name of
each voter voting in said election,
and shall, before receiving the bal
lots of any voter, require the said
voter to state that he is a bona fGe
member Of the political party holding
said primary, duly qualified to vote
therein, and has not voted before in
said election, and to pledge that he
will in good faith port and vote
FOR the candidate minated in said
primary at the ensuing election, un-
less prevented by sickness or other
unavoidable cause from attending
the same.
Sec. 5. At the close Of the election
che managers shall proceed publicly
to count the votes and declare the re-
suit. They shall certify the result Of
such election and transmit such GER
tificate, with the poll lists ara all 9TH
ar papers relating to such election,
on the second day after the election,
to the county seat, by one of their
whom they shall appoint a