La Junta tribune., 1912-06-15
DIRECT PRIMARY LAW.
Important ps,nss es New Law srs
Made cteas.

Z Any political party. which At the
last general election. vas represent
cd upon the ballot with 4 candi.
date or candidates. can have 4 sep
arate primary ballot, II the candidate
for governor polied ten per cen, Of
the total vote At thst election.
The direct primary election this
year. to nominate candidates to be
voted for At the general election In
November. shall be held At the regu.
lar polling places on the second Tues.
day OF September OF this year. and bi
ennIally thereafter.
All candidates fer nomir ations to
be made at any such primary cleo.
ton shall b" placed on the direct
primary ballot by petition or certit.
lcate OF designation by assembly. as
hereinafter provided.
No such, petition shall contain the
name OF more than one person for
the same office. Such petition shall
state the name Of the office for
which such person Is . candidate.
and place OF business II any. and
shall designate in not more than
three words the name OF the political
party which such candidate repre-
sents.
Assembly designations Of candi-
dates for nominations may be made
BY assemblies Of the several political
parties and the delegates to such
assemblies shall be selected In accor-
dance with the rules and regulations
OF such political parties.
Such assembly shall take but one
ballot upon candidates for each OF.
flee TO be filled at the ensuing cleo
ton.
All assembly candidates for nomi-
nation shall be certified by the pre-
siding officer and secretary OF the
assembly Of the political party max
ing same and shall be filed within
the time and with the same officer
with whom nominations by petitions
for like offices are to be filed, as In
this act provided. and such presiding
officer and secretary so certifying TO
said candidates for nomination shall
add to their signature their respec-
tive places OF residence and postof-
flee address. and make oath by af-
fldavit thereto attached before an Of
fcer qualified TO acknowledge the
same. that affiants are such officers
Of such assembly and that the state
ments contained In such certificate
are true to the best of their knowl.
edge and bsalsG
Every candidate receiving ten per
cent or more OF the vote~ OF the
delegates for any office To b. voted
upon at the ensuing election shall
be certified. and shall be placed upon
the direct primary ballot n 4 can
election.
These candidates shall be placed
upon the primary ballot In the order
OF the vote received The candidate
receiving the highest vote. shall be
placed first for that respective Of
flee, followed by tho candidate re-
ceiying the next highest vote. and
SO on. The assembly shall not de
clare than any candidate has receiv-
ed a nomination.
Assembly candidates shall file writ
ten acceptanccs of same with the Of
ficer with whom certificates and po-
sit Ions are filed within seven days
after the adjournment Of such assem-
bly,.
All candidates by petition for any
psr ocular office shall follow Assem-.
bly, candidates and shall bc placed
on the direc, primary ballot In A.
phabeticxl order.
Petitions for candidates for nation
al. state or district office greater
than u county. shall be signed by not
less than 200 qualified electors. real.
dent within the state or district. and
/ IN tue thbe VI couoNs' W. S"s
other elective office. shall be signed
BY not less than 100 qualified e'~c'
tors. resident within the political sub
division for which the officer ID to
BE- elected.
No such petition. however. shall re.
aulro more slGnatures than ten PER
cent Ut the gsbsrnatorAl votes G
BY such political party a. the last
preceding election In ssch political
subdivision.
Electors supporting such petition.
shall write opposite their names. their
addresses and the election precinct.
and shall make oath BY affidavit At.
tached. before any officer authorized
70 administer the sam~. Ia the truth
thereof. and that such j. placed In