Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1910-04-21
TEXT OF NEW
PRIMARY LAW
CONDITIONS WHICH MAKE COM
ING ELECTION INTERESTING
TO IDAHO POLITICIANS.
How a Candidate Must Proceed In
Order To Place Himself Before the
People For Election To ANY Office
In the Gem State.

The following resume of the new
state primary law has been published
in a number of the state papers. It
gives, briefly, the procedure by which
nominations are made for the various
offices:
Under the new primary law no man
can become a candidate for Office and
have his name placed upon the official
ticket of either the two leading
parties except to be nominated by
a primary election.
There are two ways provided
whereby prospective Office holders
may get their names 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
payment 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 a level
sum of 50 for all offices carrying a
salary of less than $1,000. When the
salary exceeds that amount an adj
ditional sum of one per cent of the
amount above $1,000 per annum is
required.
The other method provided is by
petition. in which case no fee need
be paid. For state Offices the petit
tion must be signed by three per
cent of the party vote as determined
by the vote for governor at the pre-
ceding election; If not for a district
Office, the petition must be signed by
at least three per cent of the party
voters of the county. The petitions
for a state Office are required to be
signed by at least there per cent of
the voters of four counties; for a
county Office five per cent of the party
voters Of at least o%ne-fourth of the
precincts must be secured.
Signers of. petitions may not sign
the petitions for more than one can
didate for the same Office and must
signify their intention of supporting
the candidate for whom they petition.
Before a candidates name may be
placed on the official primary ballot
he shall signify in writing. or some
n in his behalf shall signify in writ
ing, at least 30 days and o more
than so days before the primary cleo
ton, thai the prospective candidate
the same political party as the candi-
date he proposes to become, naming
the Office. n that he is legally
qualified to fiji the office and repre-
sent the principles of that party.
The petition filed asking for the
nomination must be accompanied by
an afidavit hat each person whose
name is attached actually signed the
petition. hat they reside at the ad-
dress given. that they signed it OF
the date given in connection Will
their names, and that they belong tc
the same politica lparty as the candi
date; but no petition must be received
that was signed before June 10 i'm.
mediately preceding the primar,
election. This gives about As day.
in which to secure petitions for nomi
nation.
Within ten days for state and dis
trict offices n within five days FOL
county offices there shall be filed
formal written acceptance of nomina
ton by the candidate. in default o
which his name shall not be placed
upon the official ballot.
At least % days before the day foi
the August primary the secretary o
state shall certify all nominations To-
state and district Offices to the count,
clerk, giving the name. post Office ad
dress and party designation of eacl
candidate entitled to appear on thu
Official primary ballot, together will
the Office for which he is a candidat,
and the county clerk shall have pub
lished under the proper party designa
ton the list Of state, district an,
county candidates of each party. Civ
ing the date Of the primaries. tn,
time Of opening and closing the poll
the names of the candidates appear
ing in alphabetical order under tn
Office and party designation. Thi
notice shall be published at least ono.
a week for two consecutive weeks il
two newspapers representing the tw,
parties receiving the highest humble
OF votes in the last election, if an,
such papers, N if rot, then in an.
Two likely to give notice.
The "Omcial Primary Ballot" shall
be separate for each party, uniform il
size. color and nrinfing- A nnnna.