The Glenwood post., 1912-04-13

There is a wonderful lot of misin-
formation throughout the country and
no end of rumor and .uesswork as to
the plan to be practiced this fall IN
putting candidates for office before the
people in a legal manner, for while it
is very well understood that there is
some sort of change in the method here
tofore pursued, the exact change has
never beeen outlined or explained to
the people who are at sea on the sub
ject. 4
We find that the big majority of the
people here and elsewhere in the state
are not familiar with the workings ot
the direct primary election law whicn
will be effective in Colorado this fall.
Believing that it is about time tina.
all local citizens were becoming famii-
lar with the manner in which they will
be called upon to select their candi
dates to be voted upon at the Novem
Der election, the Post presents be
low the details of the new Colorado
U1recC primary election law.
Direct primary elections are to be
held just as regular elections. The
state conducts both. The same judges
and clerks act at both primary and
general elections. The same general
laws of the state apply. The voter
must have the same qualifications.
h.,ra ha ha ct
The law of challenge is the same.
Under the law, only parties having
polled 10 per cent of the vote will be
considered at the primary; therefore,
in the next primary election there will
be only democratic and republican bal
lots, and only democrats and repubii-
cans may vote.
AT such primary election the voter
will be handed a democratic and re-
publican ballot, fastened together at
the top. He will proceed to the cleo
tion booth and place cross after the
name of the candidate for each office
for whom he desires to vote, ON one
ballot only If he should place cross
after names on both the republican
and democratic ballots, or if he should
write name on the other ballot, he
will lose his vote. The ballot will con
tain names for all candidates from
United States senator down to consta-
BILE and including precinct committee
men. After marking his ballot he will
separate the two ballots and fold them
and deposit the one he has voted in the
ballot box and hand the other one to
the Judges to be placed in the discard
box.
Names are placed on the ballot in
two ways.
First, an assembly of the party is
called, just as conventions are now
held, to nominate state, county or dis
trict officers.
The assembly shall take only one
ballot-for each office to be filed. The
name of every candidate receiving lc
per cent or more of the vote of the
convention for that office will go on
the direct primary ballot. The assem-
bly, has no other power.
Second, any member of a party de
string to become candidate of his
party for an office may also have his
name placed on the primary ballot by
petition in substantially the same man
ner as Independent candidates are now
placed on the general election ballot.
An office for the state or district
larger than a county requires 300 peti-
TONERS County officers require 100
petitioners. All petitioners must be
qualified electors.
The candidate for any office who
receives the highest number of votes
A for such office at the primary election
becomes the candidate of his party at
the general election.
The name of the candidate of party
for United States senator, SO nominal
ed At the primary election, goes onto
the general, election ballot just as the
candidate for governor, SO that the