Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1910-05-06
How the Candidates for the Various State and County
Offices will be Nominated by Direct Vote of the
People Belonging to the Different Parties
FIRST PRIMARY ELECTION AUGUST 80, 1910
Prospective Candidates Their Names the Party Tickets
by the Payment of Small Fee o by Filing Properly
Signed Pettion-An Voters Should Study the Law

Under the new primary law, no man
can become a candidate for office and
have his name placed upon the official
ticket of either of the two leading
parties except he be nominated by a
primary election.
There are two ways provided where
by prospective office holders may get
their name on the ticket, which is to
be used at the primary elections, which
are to be held upon the same day for
all parties, which is the.last Tuesday in
August. 1910, and every two years
thereafter.
The first method provided is by pay
ment of fee to the secretary of state,
for state and district offices and to the
county clerk for county offices. This
fee is fixed at level sum, s. for all
offices carrying a salary of less than
$1,000. When the salary exceeds that
amount an additional sum of one per
cent on the amount above $500 per
annum is required.
The other method pro- ided is by
petition, in which case no fee need be
paid. For state Offices the petition
for candidate must be signed by three
per cent of the party vote as determined
by the vote for governor at the pre-
ceding election; if for a district office
the petition must be signed by at least
three per cent of the party votes of
the district and if for county vote by
five per cent of the party voters of the
county. The petitions for state Of
fee may not all come from one county,
for the law requires that at least three
per cent of the voters of four counties
must be obtained. For a county office
five per cent of the party voters of at
least one-fourth of the precincts must
be secured.
Signers of petitions may not sign the
petition for more than one candidate
for the same office and must signify
their intention of supporting the can
didate for whom they petition.
Before candidates name may be
placed on the official primary ballot he
shall signify in writing, or some one in
his behalf shall signify in writing, at
least 30 days and not more than 60
days before the primary election that
the prospective candidate is member |
of the party whose candidate he pro-
poses to become, naming the Office and
that he is legally qualified to fill the of
fee and represent the principles of
that party.
The petition filed asking for the
nomination must be accompanied by an
affidavit that each person whose name
is attached actually signed the petition.
that they reside at the address given in
with their names and that
they belong to the same political party
as the candidate, but no petition must
be received which was signed before
June 10 Immediately preceding the
primary election. This gives about As
days in which to secure petitions for a
Within 20 days for state and district
Offices and within five days for county
offices there shall be filed formal
written acceptance of nomination by
The candidate, in default of which his
name shall not be placed on the Official
ballot.
At least % days before the day for
he August primary, the secretary of
tate shall certify all nominations for
tate and district offices to the county
Jerk, giving the name. postoffice
ddress and party designation of each
andidate entitled to appear on the Of
fetal ballot together with the office FOR
Which he is candidate and the county
lerk shall have published under the
roper party designation the list of
tate, district and county candidates of
ach party, given the date of pri- \
naries, the time of opening and closing
he polls, the name of the candidates ,
ppearing in alphabetical order under n
he Office and party designation. This p