Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-01
DIRECT PRIMARY LAW.
Continued from Page six.)

as REQUIRED Dy the pFeceulng secllon
and, in all cities and in towns of two
thousand inhabitants or more, enroll
led as qualified to vote IN the eau
cuses of his political party in the man
ner provided by the general or spe-
cial laws applicable 10 said cities, or
any Of them, or to said towns. The
selectmen of towns and the wardens
Of wards in cities shall be seasonably
furnished by the town or city clerk,
or other official charged with the duty
of preserving the same, with duly
certified copies of all enrolment lists,
arranging each political party separ-
ately and it's names of voters therein
alphabetically If not therein enrolled
any voter qualified by law and this act
as legal voter at such voting place,
may be enrolled after subscribing and
making oath before ballot clerk to
the statement as required by chapter
G, sec 1903, Revised Statutes, and the
duties imposed upon the secretary OF
a caucus by said section shall be per-
formed by such ballot clerk. A SUIT
able number of such statements shai
be furnished at each voting place by
the city or town; if the number De IN
sufficient, or none be furnished, the
statement aforesaid may be sworn 70
as aforesaid and return thereof made
in Ike manner as If the same had been
subscribed, At the polling places IN
the cities and towns aforesaid each
person applying to vote shall give ms
name, residence, party aitthatlon, ana
place of last enrolment. if any; il al
ready enrolled in the precinct he shan
be given 4 ballot OF his party, his
name shall be checked on the enroll
ment list; and he shall be admitted TO
the voting booth and vote. IF not en-
rolled and then enrolled as hereinbe-
fore provided. he shall be given bal
lot of his party, checked and may vote
as aforesaid. In plantations and
towns having less than two thousand
Inhabitants. enrolment shall not be
necessary and any voter, legally quail
lied . vote therein, shall, upon giving
his name and party atiiliation, be
given ballot of his party, his name
checked upon the voting list and he
shall Ne admitted Ia the voting booth
and vote. No ballot shall be received
any Distinguishing mark or
figures thereon other than as herein
expre ssiy permitted.
Sect. IA. Except as modified or
superseded by this act, sections TWEEN
tv-three, tNenty-four, twenty-five,
twent r-six, twenty-seven. twenty nine,
thirty. thirty-one. thirty-two and
thirts-three of Chapter 6. r. S, shall
apply. so far as necessary thereto, to
primary elections. except. however,
that in designating his choice of can
didates the voter shall mark a cross
fXA in the square TO the right of the
name of each person that he desires
10 vote for, and the voter, il desirous
Of voting for any person whose name
is not printed upon the ballot, may do
50 by writing or FASTING such name
or names in the blank spaces left
therefor and marking a cross tA1 to
the right of such name or names.
Sect. Is. The Secretary of State
shall seasonably furnish blanks for all
voting places on which to make the
returns required hereunder. The
names of the candidates shall be print
ed thereon substantially as in the
nominating ballot and in the space
made for the purpose following each
name shall be there entered the num-
Der Of votes received in that polling
place by each candidate. The ballots
shall be sorted and the result declared
in open plantation, town and ward
meetings. Such record shall be sep
arately made for the political parties
respectively having proposed nomin-
ees upon the ballot and shall give the
number of votes lawfully cast for each
of the nominees thereon, following as
near as practicable the order of the
political parties, officers and nominees
thereon, so as to give the detailed re-
suit of such voting. Returns thereof
shall be attested by the seleetmen and
town clerk, in towns, and by the as
SCISSORS and clerk in plantations. in
like manner as at the biennial election
for Governor. Such clerks shall cause
the returns aforesaid to be delivered
at the office of the Secretary of State,
by mail or otherwise, within seven
days after such primary election and
if not SO delivered within said seven
days like proceedings shall follow as
provided by Chapter six, sections nj
ty-five to fifty-eight, both inclusive,
of the Revised Statutes In cities. the
warden shall preside, as required by
law at state elections, receive the
votes of all qualified voters present
and. as herein required in case OF
town meetings sort, count and declare
the results in open ward meetings,
and in the presence of the ward clerk
who shall make return and record
thereof, as in towns, and fair copy
of the record shall be attested by the
warden and the ward clerk, sealed up
in open ward meeting and delivered
10 the city clerk, within twenty-four
hours after the closing of the polls.
And the aldermen of each city shall
be in session within twenty-four hours
after the close of the polls in such
meetings, and in the presence of the
city clerk shall open, examine and COM
pare the copies from the lists of votes
given in in the several wards, of which
the city clerk shall make record and
a return thereof shall be made into
the office of the secretary of State in
the same manner as selectmen oil
towns are required to do hereunder.
Sect. 16. The Governor and Council
by the first Tuesday of July in each
year in which a primary election is
held hereunder, shall open and com
pare the votes so returned hereunder
and have the same tabulated, and may