Mohave County miner., 1911-09-02
Election Ordinance
 the Direct Primary.

Now that Arizona is face to face with an election, preceded by a direct prim, ary, voters generally want te know how it will be conducted. The direct primary law contained in election or dinance No. 2.adopted by the constitu tional convention follow:
 ELECTION ORDINANCE. No. 2.
 Be it ordained by the Convention as sembled to form a constitution and State government for the proposed State of Arizona, as follows, to- wit:
 Sec. l. In complain ce with the En. nabling Act of Congress, approved June 20, 1910, hereinafter referred to as the Ennabling Act, and by virtue thereof, an election shall be held in all the voting precints of the Territory ot Arizona at a time to be named in the proclamation of the Governor of Ari- zona, provided for in Sec. 9 of fthe said Enabling Act.
 Sec. 2. At the said election, officers for a full State government shall be chosen by the people, including all the elective State, county, and precinct officers and members Of the Legisla- ture provided for by said Constitution, and one Representative in Congress. For the purpose of advising the Legis- lature, the people shall also express al said election, their choice for two United States Senators to represent the State in Congress.
 Sec. 3. Any male citizen of the United States of the age of twenty-one years, who shall have resided i- the Territory of Arizona at least twelve months next preceding the date of the election heretofore held for the cleo tion of delegates to this Constitutional Convention, who shall possess in other respects the qualifications of an elect or as provided by Title Twenty, Re viSed Statutes Of Arizona, August, ,, 1901, and whose name shall appear up- on the greater register as constituted by Sec. l9 of said Enabling Act, or as said register may be hereafter constitu. ted by Act of Congress, shall be quail fled to vote at said election.
 Sec. f. The ballots used in voting for said officers shall be prepared, printed, furnished, and distributed as required by the election laws of the Territory of Arizona. Candidates for said cleo tion, whose names are to be placed up- on the official ballot therefor, shall be selected in accordance with Chapter 24 of the Session Laws of the Twenty-ffth Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Arizona, 1909, approved March To, 1909, hereinafter named and designat- ed the Primary Act as modified by the provisions of this Ordinance.
 Sec. ,. For the said purpose the said Primary Act shall be in full force and effect except that the following provisions shall prevail:
 (a) The time of holding a primary under said Primary Act, shall be on the fifth Tuesday after the day on which the Governor shall issue the proclamation calling said election.
 (b) The notice named in Section 4, of said Primary Act shall be prepared and transmitted by the Secretary of the Territory at least twenty-five days before said primary, and he shall in- clude in such notice the statement that two candidates for United States Sena- tor shall be voted for at such primary.
 (c) The nomination papers describ- ed in Section , of said Primary Act may be filed with the proper authori- ties on any day or not less than fifteen days prior to such primary.
 (d) No fee shall be required of any person under the provisions of Sub division 2, Section 5, of said Primary Act.
 (e) In paragraph (a) Subdivision 5, Section 5, of said Primary Act the words ''for delegate to Congress- shall be stricken out and the following words substituted therefor, "for Rep resentative to Congress, any State office, or candidate for United States Senator"
 (D In subdivision CD of Section 6, of said Primary Act, the words 'for dele gate to Congress and joint council man" shall be stricken out and the following words substituted therefor: ''For Representative in Congress, any