The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-08-19
PRIMARY ELECTION LAW


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An act relating to and providing
for the nomination OF candidates of
political parties for congress. state,
district and county officers at q
primary election herein authorized.
and expressing a choice for United
States senator; defining political
party; fixing date of primary, quail
ncations Of voters, and manner OF
becoming candidate at q primary
election; defining duties OF state and
county officers in connection with
primary elections; making certain
acts criminal and fixing penalties
therefor; applying the general laws
OF the state to the holding Of primary
elections SO far as applicable and not
inconsistent with this act; regulating
the expenditure Of candidates for
nomination and requiring the fling
of itemized statements of expendi
lures and providing a penalty for a
violation thereof; providing for
party central committees and their
duties; amending section 1913 and
1874 of the Revised Codes of Idaho,
relative to the registration Of voters
and repeating chapter 6, title 3. con-
tanning sections 81, 372. 1913, 374,
s7s. 375a, S76, 277, S7s, S79. $50 and
SSl. of the Revised Codes Of Idaho.
Be 1t Enacted by the Legislature
OF the State of Idaho
Section /. Hereafter all candidates
at political parties for congress, and
for all elective state, district and coun-
ty offices. at regular elections, shall
be nominated at a primary election
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the provisions of this act.
Sec. Q. A political party, within the
meaning of this act, is an affliation
OF electors representing a political
organization under a given name,
which at the last preceding general
election cast for any candidate on
their ticket for office within the state
at least ten per cent of the total
vote cast for the candidates for the
same office within the state and upon
which ticket there were at least three
nominees for state offices.
Sec. 3. A primary election shall
be held on the last Tuesday in
August, 1910, and biennially thereaf-
ter, for the nomination of candidates
required to be nominated according
to the provisions of this act, to be
voted for at the succeeding general
election in November.
Sec. 4. Any person legally quail
fed to hold such office Is entitled to
become candidate for office, and to
have his name placed upon the bal
lot provided for any primary author
lied herein. upon a substantial com
pliance with the terms of this act,
and not otherwise.
Sec. s. Each candidate for office
or some qualified voter in his behalf,
shall file a nomination paper in the
proper office, as herein provided, at
least thirty days, and not more than
sixty days, prior to the primary to be
held to nominate candidates for such
office, in substantially the following
form, to-wit:
Il, the undersigned, being a quail
fed elector of ............p precinct
.........c county, state Of Idaho
and a member of the ......... party
hereby nominate. INSTRUMENTATION, who
resides in the town of. .........
........... Precinct, ......... county
state of Idaho. as candidate for the
ONCE OF ..,........., to be voted fol
at the primary to be held on the
........... day OF. .........., 10.
and certify that he is legally quail
fled to fill said office, and representa-
the principles of said party. And
hereby declare that / intend to sup
port said candidate for said office, an,
that | have signed no other nomina
ton paper for a candidate for tn
same office, and believe that said per
son would accept said nomination.
All blank spaces shall be properly fille
In with the necessary information
Said nomination paper shall be sui
scribed and sworn to before som
officer authorized to administer oaths
Sec. 6. A fee shall be paid, OF 1
lieu thereof. a petition shall be filet
on behalf of each candidate for offic
before the officer herein required t.
prepare the ballots for any primar
hereby authorized shall place sue
candidates name thereon.
Sec z. The fee to be paid on BIZ
half of any candidate, IN case no pet
ton be filed asking for his nomination
as authorized herein, shall be, for an
office with a salary Of $500 or less
the sum of So; when such salary e,
ceeds $500 per annum an additions
sum equal to one per cent thereo
on such excess.
Said fees to be paid to the follow
Ing officers, to-wit:
When the candidacy is for congres
sional, state or district office en-
bracing more than one county, tn
fee shall be paid to the secretary {
state to be paid by him to the stat
treasurer, and when for district o
fees for more than one county tn
same shall be divided equally b.
tween the counties composing sue
district and paid to the respectiv
treasurers thereof, and the secretar
of state shall issue all necessary wa
rants for such payments on the stat
treasurer When such fees are fo
county offices such fees shall be pal
to the county auditors and by thel
to the respective county treasurers.
Sec. 8. The petition to be filed o
behalf of any candidate, when no fe
is paid as herein authorized, shall
signed as follows, to-wit: (al FC
state or congressional office, b
at least three per cent OF the voter