The Lexington standard. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1892-1912, 1911-11-04
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! Such petition shall be verified b.
/ the affidavit of some person or per
sons as to the genuineness and ad
dresses of the signers.
/ No voter shall sign more than one
such petition with reference to- eacf
Office that is to be filed. In the even
that a person shall sign more THAI
one petition of applicants for nomina
! ton for Mayor or Police Judge, OF
shall sign the petitions of more thar
four applicants for nomination fol
commissioners, then the name of SAID
petitioner shall not be counted as 6
valid name on any of said petitions.
-isaFtisan 'TiY.TsTy Eiec ton. -
Immediately upon the expiration Of
the time for filing such petitIohs, the
said County Clerk shall cause3 to be
published for three successive days
in the official newspaper of the city
and in such other newspapers as he
may designate, in proper form, the
names of the persons as they viii ap
pear upon the primary ballots and
the said Clerk shall thereupoH cause
the primary ballots to be printed
authenticated with the fac-simile OF
his signature. Upon said ballots the
names of said applicants for each
nomination shall be placed in alpha
right of each name, and above the
names of the applicants for nomina,
ton for Mayor shall be printed the
words, vote for one" and the above
names OF the applicants for nomina
lions for Commissioners shall be print.
ed the words, "Vote for four
The ballots shall contain no party
designation, or emblem of any kind
nor any sign indicating any applicants
political belief, or party affiliation.
Having caused said ballots to be
printed, the said County Clerk shall
cause to be delivered at each polling
place a number of said ballots equal
to twice the number of votes cast in
such polling precinct at the last pre-
ceding general municipal election for
Mayor. The persons who are qualified
to vote at the general municipal cleo
ton shall be qualified to vote at such
urinary election, and the law applica-
Bile to challenges made at a general
municipal election shall be applicable
to challenges made at such primary
election. The officers of election shall
i'm mediately upon the closing of the
polls count the ballot and ascertain
the number of votes cast in each pre-
cinct for each of the applicants and
make return thereof to the County
Clerk, upon proper blanks to be fur
nished by the said clerk within six
hours of the closing of the polls. On
the day following the said primary
election the County Board of Election
Commissioners shall canvass said re-
turns so received from all the polling
precincts, and shall publish in the
official newspaper of the city at least
once the result thereof. Said canvass
NV he ,aIT -
made.
At such primary election the two
applicants receiving the highest num-
Der Of votes for nomination for May
or shall be thereby nominated; and
the eight applicants receiving the
highest number of votes for nomina-
tons for Commissioners shall be
thereby nominated.
Non-Partisan Regular Election.
Sec 4 At the regular election next
following the names of the nominees
shall be placed IN alphabetical order
upon ballots differing from those used
at the nomination only in that they
1.-THE election baHots) shall contain
only the names of the successful appli-
caDts for nomination And the one
nominee receiving the greater num-
Der OF votes cast for Mayor, and the
four nominees receiving the greatest
number Of votes cast for Cfmmissfon-
ars shall be elected. respectively, May
Dr. and Commissioners
Future Elections.
Sec g. Every fourth year after the
regular election herein above pro-
vided for. at the corresponding times
II the year, a primary election and an
election shah be held in the same man
ner and for the same Offices as above
described
Election Of Police Judge
Sec. 9. Beginning with the second
zear after the regulaf election herein /
Trs< above provided for, 1T the cor.
'espcnd1rg tines Of tie year, and
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