Weekly journal-miner., 1912-07-03
MACHINERY OF ARIZONA
 | ELECTIONS COMPLICATED

garding registration IS given in th
 following section of the rcgistratio, law.
 Every elccior may be registcre,
 by personally appearing at the re
 corders office and complying witt
 the provisions of this act, but i
 said eleetor IS unable for any reason conveniently to register as afore sad. he may register. without charge before notary public ar a justic, of the peace or deputy recorder in the county in which he resides h, using one of the blanks designated as blank A, signing it three time. and meeting q similar test given him by said registering officer. This lest has already been described.
 The remainder of the law relates to the duties of the various officials having ,o do with the registering of electors, the conduct of chal- lenges and similar matters. The foregoing. il will be noted is a rough draft of the registration law and will give the elector an idea of the most import of his duties in preparing to cast his ballot.
 The primary law is much longer than the registration law and only a few of the more important of it's provisions can be named. Tn the first place it provides that the pri- mary shall be held on the eighth Tuesday prior io the election. and that the various political parties may have the names of their can didaies placed on the ballots. The candidates to he voted for include all elective and advisory elective candidates. There Is also provision made for holding primaries to fill vacancies These nominations. how ever. may be made by delegate con vcn,ions if the attorney general and the secretary of state decide there is not sufficient time for holding a primary in the manner prescribed for the regular primaries.
 Al least sixty days before the date of holding any primary cleo ton the secretary of state shall prepare and transmit to the boards of supervisors notice that such primary is to be held Then the clerks of the boards of supervisors shall publish SO much of this notice as may be necessary. which shall give. among other information. the date of the primary.
 Alsn the rn,svttv Sh.r,ffe ebatl cause to be posted notices of the primary, giving the time and place where the voting is 10 be done All these notices must state that the of officers by the various political parties arc ,o be made.
 Any person desiring to become candidate at a primary election shall, fl he desires to have his name print ed on the official ballot. not less than O nor more than a days be- fore such primary. file nominating petition. This petition must contain the name and address of the can didatc, the name of the party of which he desires to become a can ,ldate. unless he desires ,o run on non-patiisan icket. when that fact shall be stated. All petitions of candidates for members of the superior judges and for county and precinct officers shall he filed with the clerk of the board of supervisors. Candidates for | state offices shall file their petitions with the secretary of state. Can didaics shall also file nomination papers which shall contain a declar ation Of party faith and several other 
 Nomination papers shall be sign cd as follows:
 If for a candidate for presidential rlector, United States senator. rep- in congress, or of any state office, except members of the legislature and superior court judges. by one per cent of the qualified voters in inc party in at least three of the state: but the mum ber must be not less than one per cent nor more than 10 per cent of the total vote of his party in the state.
 If for a candidate for county office. member of the legislature. or court judge by at least ihree per cent of the party vote in each county but not more than 10 per cent of the total vote of the party in such county The basis in zach case shall he the vote for governor al the next preceding cleo lion.
 Any political party which ai the next preceding election shall have ,ast five per cent or more of the total vote shall be entitled 10 place on the official ballot.
 Sample ballots shall be prepared ,n which the names of the can ldatcs shall be alphabetically ar 'anged.