Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-10-10

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- Sec. 10. Forms to be Supplied nv tho
Sierk-lt shall be the duty OF the Citv
clerk to furnish upon application, a reS.
certificates. Nui'iuuai
Sec II; Requirements Of Certificate
/ Encn Imn ceftl1lcate must be a separate paDer
All certificates must be Of a uniform siIa
as determined BY the City Clerk. Each
| Icertinchte snail contain t,r name uf -
candidate and no more. In case nm eiacto,
| mas signed two or more conflicting rartifi
Gates, all such conflicting certificates shah
De rejected. Each slgner must make oath
~, ~ It nus eertlllcate before a notary public
SUBSTANTIALLY in the form subscribed in
secll0n y Of this Chorter
sec u Date Of Presenting Petition
A petition OF nomination consisting Of NOT
tisioon tgss tnan twenty-five (25) individual GER
presented to the City Clerk not earlier than w
thlrty nor later than twenty days before
the election. The City Clerk shall endorse
thereon the date upon which the petition
was presented to him. Provided, that should
Isere be no petition filed for one office 90
uays before election the date of presenting
| petitions for said office shall be extended
TO fifteen days before said election. and the
acceptance of the candidate shall be filed
win the City Clerk on same day.
Sec. 13. Examination of Petition nv
oIerk-When a petition of nomination Is
presented for filing to the City Clerk. lie
snail forthwith examine the same, and
ascertain whether 1t conforms to the pro
visions of this Article If found NOT 70
conform thereto, he shall then and there
IN writing designate on said petition the
uelect or omission or reason why such peti.
ton cannot be filed, and shall forthwith
return the petition TO the person. named
us the person to whom the same shall be
returned In accordance with this Article
Ihe petition may then be amended. but moi
later than three days after said petition
smaIi nave been returned, presented to the
CierE as IN the first instance The City
CLERK shall forthwith proceed to examine
vlded P''
Sec. IA. Filing Of Petltons-If either
the original or the amended petition of
hereinafter provided, the city Clerk shall
file the same forthwith. Upon final filing
OF such nominating. petitions In due form
as herein provided, the candidates therein
named shall be deemed duly nominated
Sec. 10. Withdrawal or Acceptance
ANY person whose name has been presented
under this Article as a candidate may, not
later than fifteen days before the
election. cause his name to be with
the City Clerk a request therefor in
writing. under his own signature, duly
attested by a notary public, and no name
so withdrawn shall be printed upon the
ballot. Amy person nominated under this
Article shall file his acceptance with the
City Clerk not later than fifteen days be
fore the day Of election, and i'm the ab.
SenCe or such acceptance, the name of the
candidate shall not appear on the ballots
except as otherwise herein provided
Sec. lG. Preservation of PetitlOns-Tho
City Clerk shall preserve in his office for
period of two years all petitions of nom
inatlon and all certificates belonging
thereto filed under this, Article.
mi.
Clerk shall, on the tenth day before the
election. certify list Of the candidates so
nominated whose names are entitled to
appear on the ballot as being the list Of
candidates nominated as required by this
'harter. with the offices TO he fll"d nnr
the Board shall cause said certified list of
names AVID the offices TO be illnd doSig
mating whether for full or unexpired term
to be published in notice calling the elec
tion, five successive days before the cleo
nominated whose circulation published in
the City. Such publication must be made
for any questions or measures to be voted
upon. % '''.---.
Sec. 49, Form of Ballots-The city
Clerk shall cause the ballots to be printed
as provided by the codes and statutes Of
the state Of Oregon, except MS otherwise
In this Charter provided, The ballots shall
contain the list Of names and the respective
offices, as published in the election notice
shall be substantially of the form provided
by Lords Oregon Laws, except as herein
otherwise provided.
Sec. 10 Arrangement of Offices on Bal
lOt-The offices to be filled shall be ar
ranged in separate columns In the follow
ing order:
For Mayor Cif any, .....Vote for one"
For. Commissioner, Department No. .,
For Commissioner, Department No. 3,
III nnyl vote for one. -
Sec 90 Requirements of Ballots-An
ballots printed shall be precisesly of the
same size, quality, tint Of paper, kind Of
type and color of ink Space shall be
provided on the ballots for Charter amend
ments or other questions when to be voted
on at the municipal elections, as provided
by this Charter or the Laws Of the State.
The names of candidates for each office
shall he arranged in alphabetical order
Nothing on the ballot shall be indicative
of the source of the candidacy or of the
support Of any candidate, No ballot shall
have printed thereon any party or political
designation or mark, and there shall not be
appended to the name Of any candidate any
such party or political designation or mark
or. anything Indicating his views or
opinions.
Sec 81 Sample Ballot-The city Clerk
shall at least five days before the election
cause to be printed five hundred sample
ballots. upon paper Of different color. but
otherwise identical with the ballot to be
used at the election, and shall distribute
the same upon. application to registered
Sec. 90. Election Officers, Judges, Ap-
pOintment-It shall be the duty of the
Board of Commissioners at its regular ses-
sion. and at least twelve days previous to
the day Of holding any municipal election,
to appoint for each ward from the quail
fed electors of said ward one Inspector
and two Judges, who shall constitute
Board Of Judges of Election. In case those
appointed in accordance with this section
shall not be, present at the place desig-
mated by the Board of Commissioners, at
the hour to open the polls, the electors
present may appoint a Board of Judges
for such ward
Sec %. Clerks - The Inspector and
Judges of Election for each ward shall,
before the time Tor opening the polls, ap-
point two suitable persons to act as Clerks
who shall be qualified voters. Each Clerk
shall write down each office to be filled and
the name Of each person voted for for such
office, and shall keep the number Of voters
by tallies, as they are reads aloud by the
Ircuect"r or Indigo
Sec. "a. Polls Open-All elections held
under the provisions Of this Charter shall
commence at 8 o'clock a. m. and continue
until o'clock p. m. Of the same day, with
out closing the polls.
Sec. % Canvass and Electlon-As soon
as the polls are closed the election Judges
shall Immediately open the ballot boxes.
take therefrom and count the ballots, and
enter the total number thereof on the tally
sheet provided therefor. No vote shall be
counted for any candidate more than once
on any ballot. all subsequent votes on that
ballot for that candidate being void.
The person receiving the largest number
Of votes cast at such election for any office
shall be elected to that office.
The Board of Commissioners shall meet
as a canvassing board and publicly canvass
the election returns within two days after
any municipal election, and In case Of the
election Of officers shall issue certificates
Of election to each person elected
tie between two candidates sLall BE-
determined by lot under the direction Of
the canvassing board.
Sec. &c. Informalities In Election-No
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