The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-12-13
lew PRIMARY ACT
LIZARDS NEW LAW rs coNsIp.
FEED TO BE AN ADVANCED
ONE.
|aDlCAL IN ITS W. RKINGS

ADlCAL IN ITS WRITINGS
INNER Of Unique Features Con.
,,lned In Its Makeup--voters Ap.
,royed II at Recent Election by an
Almost Two to One vote.
SINK Falls.-When the state can.
..,r@ board meets at the state cant
IN December and officially can.
,..rs the result OF the recent cleo.
iou IN proposed laws which were sub.
,rI,i Ia the voters, and makes an OF.
Eci,i announcement OF the vote cast.
IouiR Dakota will have in effect one
;lt NOS advanced primary laws OF
ay STATE III the Union. The new law
cn,.,ns q number of unique features
Ind radical departure from the
hrluayy election law which has been
f. corce during the past three or four
kcars.
The new law Is known as the Rich.
ards primary law, and was drawn by
|of huron, who. commencing in the
spring and continuing up to the cleo.
| HON made n tour OF the state for the
purpose of making addresses In behalf
Ia. The measure. The proposed new
Urinary Law was stoutly opposed by
The present Republican state admins.
trti!on, which enacted the primary
election law which is displaced by the
Il chardS law. The unofficial returns
STOW III Richards law was approved
hy The voters of South Dakota at the
election this month by a vote OF 51.l54
yes 20 2S.S92 no.
Under the old law the nomination
81 the factions in each party were un.
r,aulatCd. \ few leaders met at some
point. in or out OF the state, and de.
cGoa upon the candidates OF their fac.
nor The voters OF each faction had
nothing 10 say about IL until primary
election day. when the opposing tick.
cts were brought before them and
they had to make choice from them.
Makeup Of Richards Law.
Under the Richards law this will be
changed. as the voters of each party
and faction. in every county, will Sc.
loCt one representative TO a state
nee ting of their party or faction, 20
b. held at the state capital in the Jan.
wry preceding the regular primary
lection. At this meeting each party
;nu faction will nominate its ticket
aEG promulgate its proposed party or
lacuonal platform These meetings
by the new election law and termed
proposal meetings, as the tickets and
lotl0rms thus proposed so before the
voters at the regular primary. The |
tickets which will appear on |
The primary ballots are permitted 10
have At their head n motto. containing /,
lot more than sixteen words, as a |
summary Of their principles. but no
party or faction will be permitted to
use the words progressive. stalwart or
,thcr factional designation.
This method of proposing candidates
tlso applies TO county and legislative
'fices. The law also provides for in.
iividual independent nominations. by
petition, but not independent nomina.
IONS filed as group under motto.
n the past il has been customary for
he candidates to select the party or
actional chairman of the state polit-
cal committee. but under the Richards
aw these officers will be selected by
he voters at the primary election. All
tate and county conventions are abol-
Ned by the Richards law.
Another innovation this law makes
e the regulation OF the state ard FED
raj appointments. II provides that
"a applicant for an appoirtive position
.ay file his written application with
he secretary OF state These appli'
ations will be certified 20 the party
'atc committee In power, which com
'ittec will meet at the state caPlIal
n the second Tuesday In December
nd proceed TO ballot upon the apph'
ants. The applicants receiving the
Majority vote Of the committee shall
ocoive the official party Endorsement
'hich shall be certified to the appoint
NJ power The members OF the state
attending the meeting VIII
@ entitled to cents for each mlle
-aveled in attending the meeting
Selection OF Pootmasters.
The Richards law also provides for
nc selection OF postmastcrs ut pri'
lary election held in the village. town
city where such officials are to De
elected. Under the law IL shall De
10 duty of the party county chairman
the party national administration IN
over, 90 days before the expiration
any postoffice commission III any
municipality in his county. or imme- /
atcly upon any vacancy occurring 10