The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-04-25
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was one OF the measures strongly urged b.
Governor Wilson, has been signed by tn
Governor and Is now law. The origina
bill was amended in the Senate, but wa
finally passed In almost 1t original form
Some Of the provisions of the bill are a
follows:
Under the act there will be no NOR,
political conventions In New Jersey, tn,
nominations for all officers to be made by
the direct primary plan. Legislatures will
elect the choice of the primary to tbs
United States Senate hereafter without
| question or contest.
| Among the provisions of the new law IL
that no election district shall contain more
than 400 voters, and the governing bodies
of the various municipalities shall i'm
mediatelY re-adjust the boundary lines OF
the election districts 80 that no city election
district shall contain over $50 registered
voters. This REIMBURSEMENT this veal
must be made before May 10.
The Registry Board shall consist of two
members appointed from each of the politi
cal parties. Under this section the chair.
man of each. County Committee shall on
or before the first of June, this year, trans.
NIT In writing to the State Civil Service
Commission at Trenton a list of names OF
men of good moral character whom the
said chairman recommends for appoint
ment in the several election districts in his
county. He may recommend more than
the number of men who are entitled to be
appointed under the act. Then not less
than five legal voters, all of whom shall be
members of one of the political parties.
and who shall reside Ia the same election
district, may prepare and sign a petition
addressed to the State Civil Service Com
mission, endorsing the person named in
the petition as candidate for member OF
the Board of Registry, and that he be ex.
amined and If found qualified, request his
name to be placed upon the eligible list.
Another section provides that the State
Civil Service Commission shall hold in
each county civil service examination for
the purpose of passing upon the qualifca-
lions OF the applicants for positions of
members of the boards of registry This
must be done before August 10 in each
year. The examination is held for the
purpose of determining that the applicants
possess the following qualifications the
ability to distinguish readily the ordinary
colors, such as red, blue, black, green,
white and yellow; such eye-sight as will
enable the applicant, with or without eve.
glasses, to read nonpareil type; the ability
to read the English language readily; the
ability to add and subtract figures correct
lY; the ability to write in a legible hand
with reasonable facility, and reasonable
knowledge of the duties required to be
performed by them as election officers
The list of eligibles must be certified to the
Judge Of the Court of Common Pleas and
to the County Board of Elections and they
make the selections. Another provision
of the bill is that all delegates and alter
mates to the National Convention of the
political parties In the State shall be
chosen at the primary election. The pri-
mary election for choice of delegates and
alternates to the national conventions shall
be held on the fouth Tuesday of Nav each
Presidential year, from II a m to 8 D. m.
The municipal clerks under the bill are
required to furnish to the boards of reg
istry one week before any primary cleo
ton a sufficient number of official sample
primary ballots of each party and suffi-
Gent number Of cent stamped envelopes
to enable the board to mail one COPY of
the sample primary ballot of each party
to each voter who is registered. These
ballots are to be printed on different color
paper from that of the official ballot.
All candidates for the nomination for
the Office to be voted for must file a
petition with the County Clerk, with the
exception of candidates for the nomin-
alton of Governor and Congress.
Under the new law in municipalities
exceeding 5000 population, no person shall
be allowed to vote at any general election
unless he shall first have personally regis
tered, as required by the act. Under this
provision the voter must answer a series
of questions which he must sign. At the
general election in the fall of each year,
instead OF separate printed ballots for
each political party or group of petition
ers having candidates to be voted for at
such election, there shall be a single or
blanket form of ballot, upon which shall
be printed all the names of the candidates
OF every party or group of petitioners
having candidates to be voted for at the
said election.
The names of candidates for the Office
of Representative In Congress, and for
every state, county and municipal office.
except the names for presidential electors,
shall be arranged under the designation of
the office In alphabetical order, according
to the surnames
The names of candidates for presidential
electors shall be arranged In groups as
presented in the several certificates of
nomination or petitions. These groups
shall be arranged In the alphabetical order
of the surnames of the electors. Under
the new law there will be no ballots in the
booths
Another section provides that there shall
be state convention of each party each
year made up of the party candidates for
the Senate and Assembly, the candidate
for Governor, and if no Governor is to be
elected the Governor In Office in the con-
vention of the party to which he belongs;
members of the Senate whose successors
are not to be elected that year, and the
members of the State Committee. These
conventions are to be held In Trenton on
the Tuesday following the primaries and
shall adopt platform
At the September primaries of the year
wherein a Governor is to be elected a
member of the state committee of each of
said political parties shall be elected in
each county.