The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-02-16

Sec. g.. On the tenth~Tuesday pre-
ceding each primary election the
State Board of Elections shall meet in
the city of Raleigh and appoint the
county boards Of election for the sew
era1 counties. On the seventh Tues
day preceding a primary election the
county board of elections of each of
the several counties shall meet at the
courthouse and organize in the same
~manner prescribed by law. and on the
sixth Tuesday preceding the primary
election for each election precinct,
and on or before the second Tuesday
preceding the primary election shall
appoint the judges of election in the
manner prescribed by law! and the
registrars and judges shall likewise
serve in the general election unless
for good cause others shall be appoint
ed.
Sec. 4. The regular registration
shall be kept open before the primary
election in the anne manner as before
the general election, when electors
may be registered for both primary
and general election.
Sec. 5. Every candidate for State
Office or Congressional OF judicial Of
fee, or for United States Senate shall
file with the State board of Elections
at least six weeks before such primary
a notice stating his jarty afhlition, the,
Office for which he isNa candidate, and
a pledge to abide by the result and
support the party candidate nominal
ed at such primary. In all cases
where only aspirant for nominal
ton for an Office by his party files
such notice, the board of elections
with which such notice is filed shall
declare him the nominee of said party.
Sec. 6. At the time of filing such
notice the candidates shall deposit
with the proper board of elections the
following sums; Each candidate for
the nomination for Governor, Repre-
sentative, or Senator in the United
States Congress, the sum of $3.50; each
candidate for any other State office,
except for Lieutenant Governor, and
for each judicial district Office, shall
deposit the sum of $3.50. and for Lieu
tenant Governor the sum of $50. all of
which sums, except such as is neces-
sary to pay the cost of printing and
distributing the tickets, as hereinafter
provided, and paying the per diem and
expenses of the State Board of Elec-
tons in the matter, shall be paid to
the county in which primaries are held
in accordance with the number of vot-
ing precincts at the last preceding
gubernational election. All expenses
of holding such priamry elections
shall be paid by the several counties.
Sec. 8. No ballot shall be voted in a
primary election except the official bal
lots furnished by the Secretary of
State, and if any others are voted they
shall be countey. WheD
an elector offers himself for voting,
: he shall present his ballot so that the
name of the political party printed
thereon shall be plainly visible. If
he be 3 qualified e~lector, he may de-
posit his ballot in the ballot box of the
political party whose ballot it is, but
in no other, or he may permit the reg
istrar or judge of election to 50 de-
posit it. At the same time the name
of the voter shall be entered on the
pol1-book, together with the name of
the political party in whose ballot
box he %oted.
Sec. 13. At the time of holding the
primary election for State officers, or
at such other time as the county board
of elections may fix and thoroughly
advertise for thirty days in each cleo
ton precinct, there shall likewise be
held a primary election for the nomin-
alton Of the candidates of all the polit-
ical parties in the State for the Offices
of Senator and Representative in the
General Assembly, and for all the
county and township offices; and at
the same time and place there SHALL
be elected such precinct officers of the
political parties as their constitutions
or plans of organizations may provide
for.
Sec. IA. NO one shall be voted for
in said primary election for the nomi-
nation Of legislative, county, and town
ship candidates unless he shall have
filed a notice with the board of cleo
tons and made the deposite prescribed
by the county board of elections with
in the time prescribed.
Sec. Is. The county board of cleo
lions at the time said county primary
election is advertised, or before. shall
prescribe and publish in each election
precinct such rules and regulations
as they may lawfully prescribe in con-
nection with said primary eietcion.
Said board shall prescribe the notice
to- be filed by those desiring to be
voted for in said primary. which. shall
be substantially the same as that re-
quired of those aspiring to nomina-
ton for State Offices; and said board
shall require deposits in graded sums