The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-03-31
Plan Of Organization.
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different day and method for Legislative county, and township can
didates.
Primary Election it shall be the duty of the county chairman to
Immediately notify the State, Congressional and Judicial chairmen
mittees shall furnish tickets to said county chaiImens for all can
didates to be voted for in said primary election for the respective
Offices, and no additional tax orgfee shall be charged against such
candidates BY the county committees. so
SEc.. Is. That any person who wishes to become a candidate for
any State, Congressional, oraJudicial office, to be voted for in the
county or counties where said primary election shall be held, shall
at least twenty days Cor, in case OF a legislative or county ohlce,
man of the proper committee of the Office for which he has become
a candidate, and at the same time deposit with him such fee, charge,
necessary for printing and distributing tickets for such Office: Pro
videds that after paying such expense the residue shall be refunded
y such 'hair1 eoUs t9 sRs aS SssP ssEsls ss4d oRasa RaES7RSS ne sans,
SEC 10. The unit Of county organization shall be the voting
to consist of five active Democrats, who shall be elected by the Demo
cratic voters at the several precinct meetings or primary elections or
county conventions in mass, first called by the County Executive
Committee. And said committee SO elected shall elect one Of its
members as chairman, who shall preside at all committee meetings.
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same time and place as the County Convention first held in each
election year, and elect a chairman OF said county committee, who
need not be a member OF the committee, and ne shall preside at all
meetings of said committee, and shall hold his place until his sue
cessor shall be elected. A majority of said precinct chairmen, in
person, or by proxy in the person OF some active Democrat OF the
precinct in which an absent chairman resides, shall constitute a
quorum. The county committee may appoint a central committee
of five, who shall act In It's stead when the county committee IS not IN
session.
SEC. IS. In case there shall be a failure on the part of any precinct
to elect It's Executive Committee for a period of thirty days, the
County Executive Committee shall appoint said committee from the
Democratic voters of said precinct.
SEo.t 10. The State Democratic Executive Committee shall have
the power to fill all vacancies occurring in said committee vacancies
occurring in Congressional, Judicial and Senatorial committees shall
be filed by the Executive Committee of the county in which said
vacancy occurs; precinct committees shall fill all vacancies occurring
in their respective committees.
+ Sec. 20. The County Executive Committee shall appoint all neces-
Isary precinct meetings and primary elections and county conventions
by giving at least twenty days notice by public advertisement at the
courthouse door and at three public places in each precinct, and in
such Democratic newspapers as may be published IN said county,
requesting all Democrats of the county to meet at the appointed
place on a common day therein stated, for the purpose of electing
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Sec. 81 If at the meeting of the County Democratic Executive
Committee it shall be determined by a majority of the full committee,
proxies not counted, to nominate candidates by delegates chosen at
the precinct meetings, then the said precinct meetings shall be held
under the following rules and regulations:
Sec. %. At the meeting held in each precinct in pursuance OF said
notice, delegates and alternates to represent it in the County Con
vention shall be elected from the bodyof.the Democratic voterssof the
precinct; and said delegates or alternates, or such of them as shall
attend the County Convention, shall be entitled to vote the full Demo
upon all questions which may come before said County Convention.
If there is a failure to hold a precinct meeting in pursuance of
said notice, or if said meeting shall fail to elect delegates to represent
it in said convention, the precinct executive committee shall appoint
delegates and alternates from the Democratic voters OF the precinct
for the different candidates for office whose names may be presented,
and the delegates shall vote in the County Convention of their Tespec..
tive counties in accordance with this vote; that is to say, each cam
didate shall receive in the County Convention that proportion of the
vote to which the precinct may be entitled which he received in the
precinct meeting, and the vote received by any candidate in the
precinct meeting shall not be changed unless by a twothlrds vote OF
the delegates representing said candidate from said precinct. The
chairman or presiding officer and secretary of the precinct meeting
shall certify to the County Convention the vote recelvedsby each cam
didate at the precinct meeting, together with the names of delegates
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SEC. %. Each precinct shall be entitled to cast in the County
Convention one vote for every 25 Democratic votes, and one vote for
fractions over ID Democratic votes cast by the precinct for Governor
at the last preceding gubernatorial election: Provided, that every
precinct shall be entitled to cast at least one vote in the County
convention as it may see fit, not exceeding three delegates and three
aHernates for each vote to which said precinct may be entitled in the
County Convention.
SEC; "a. The chairman of the Precinct Executive Committee shall
preside at all precinct meetings; but in the absence of the chairman
of said committee, any other member thereof may preside.
SEC. 25. The County Executive Committee shall have power to
make any rules with regard to holding precinct meetings which it
may deem proper, not inconsistent with the rules prescribed in this
plan; it shall be the duty of said committee to prepare and furnish
alt forms and blanks needed in making the returns from said precinct