Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1911-11-29
PRIMARY ELECTIONS.
HOW NEW NOMINATING sYs.
TEN WILL WORK.
CHIEF POINTS OF THE NEW BLECyror
Law TOLD AS SIMPLY AS
POSSIBLE.

49, '~'~'-
CHIEF POINTS OF PRIMARY ELECTION LAW.
a. Applies to all State and county Of
hces, State senator's, members OF lecisla-
lures, congressman and U. 8. senators
to municipal or town Offices.
(2) Political conventions merely, adopt
platforms and elect party committees.
(S) Previous to the first Monday in May
all candidates for nomination mast file
nomination papers with the secretary OF
state containing requisite number OF sig
natures.
az Primary elections OF all political
parties are to be held at same time in each
town and city; opening at II noon on the
third Monday in June in year OF State
elections.
(5) To vote, q man must give name, resi-
dence, party afiliation, place Of enroll
ment. He then gets his party ballot, each
party having different colored ballot. He
votes by putting an X opposite each name
he desires to vote for,..or by writing in
names Of others.
(6) Votes are counted and declared in
the usual way.
W..
~ Deen l.dae..eu ~ eApia'n IN as
- -, . posoio'. 'ne ns VI 'ne
p'y ee" "a" VI haine'
Journals smallest type. We confine our
1e'' ."e' " s"s SIMPLY 'he
the voters standpoint.
" ."e nominations VI
e""u,""te' iol oi'eo o'a.es SENATOR'S
"e =. se's' so'ei"of' o'a'e
"""'.o'' us e'1"'1 'iea'uieis, cierhs
VI COURTS REGISTERS Vi prooa'e, county at
'olness' county coh'nissiohers' ana all
olner county oncers ior whicn we vote
ui'ec.iy III september. IL ooes hot apply
W '"AyoFs' aioer'neh' councuhen, OF any
otner municipai OF town once.
.'eoo"u' oon'e time al.el "slch ~ ana
On OF peiore Ap'il 40, i'l1, escn ponticai
party IN Maihe n'us' noio otsse conVeh-
tioh' TINE law says 'nat TINS convention
shaii De heio mol less imam sixty nor more
imam ninety Gays De'ore 'ne tniro MONDAY
IN June OF eacn year IN ~nich state cleo
ton Is heiu.J lhese STATE conventions are
csiieo IN the usual way, py the state COM
mittees Oh the respective parties. Az the
convention Oh the pohticsi party the soie
business Is 10 ADOPT the party PLATFORM,
ana elect state committee' . district
commiisee TOT eacn congressional district,
ana county com'ni.tee ior escn county
Ih'rd' having heid tnis state conven-
lion a. ABOVE ihoicateo, the next tnihs Is
TO set the nominations on tne omciai pai-
lois. All 'nese noil'ha''ons must oe n'Aoe
on nomination papers sisneu III eacn IN
stance oy a certain nunoer Oh voters. ror
instance II man 10 70 DC cAnaiaA'e ior
governor, ms nomination papers must oe
signed oy not less tnah one per cent NOT
more tnah Two per cen.' o' .he entire vote
cast ior governor IN Inc iase prosecuting
state eiec.ion' Inc same Is true ior UNI
tea States senator's
IN o1ner "oras' tue nomination papers
toe cAnuiua.e ioe ko'ei"o' "oa.u iesu'.o
rom Lax" 10 |'o4o sisna'uieS nan Is
" oeses $50. ~. ...,a.,:.
gress, ne must nave MS noniinA'ins papers
signed py not less 'hAh one per cen'' nor
more 'nan TWO Per cont u .ne saoefna
toriai vote IN nls oonsle'sionai u'''f,.''
propsDiy rom Nv 70 oo s.kna.uieS' 10
hsn ~An'' " 1n ~ ~ 800 s'na
tor' ne must nave no' le'' snan one r..
cent. nor more snan .~o pel o"n'' u
signatules oi INC 'o'&i 'o'e oas' :" LIE
county iol governor.
Inc Same Ii true io1 'ne nan VIM wants