Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-07-02
REPORT OF REPUBLICAN,
RULES COMMITTEE APPROVED

terfere with that right: and a full and
free discussion of the subject is rec
commended
No. 10-To change the time for
closing the secretary's roll books
Amend Section Is, Article 1, by
striking out all except the first SEN
tence and adding the following:
The rolls shall be open for the reg
istration of voters until 10 O'Clock p.
ms on the day precautionary club cleo
ton and the secretary of each pre-
cinct club is hereby acquired to be
present at all meetings Of the precinct
club with his roll book; and O. para
graph to read: ~. i.
The secretary's roll book shall be
open at all times to inspection by any,
officer of the club. or by any member
of the Territorial or county commit
tees and to any member OF the club
at any meeting thereof -
The present rules close the rolls
books at the same meeting at which
nominations are made or. at the latest,
on the following day. In the last cleo
ton the rolls were not closed, in ac-
cordance with the call issued by the
Territorial Central Committee, until 10
O'Clock on the Friday evening preced-
ing the election This enabled the var
ious clubs to take advantage of the
increased interest manifested by rea-
son of the nominations that had been
made during the preceding week: and
this was found to be of considerable
advantage in enrolling persons quail
fed to be members of the club; and.
so far as we are aware, no i'll effects
came ofsthe innovation. This proposed
amendment is for the purpose of taking
advantage of the days intervening be-
tween the nominations and the cleo
tions
The latter part of the amendment.
makes the secretaries roll books avail
able to any person of competent au-
thority.
mo. 13-To amend procedure in fl
ing nominations.
Amend Section II, Article 1, by
adding after the last sentence thereof:
The chairman shall announce to
the meeting. Immediately upon the fl
ing of any nomination., the name of
the nominee and the office for which
he is nominated; and this announce
ment shall be prima facie evidence
as to the validity of the nominations;
provided, however. that such nominal
ton shall not entitle the. person so
nominated to be candidate If he shall
later be found ineligible to hold the
Office for which he was nominated,
The present rules provide that NOM
nations shall be fled in writing This
has been the source of numerous COM
plants from time to time. AS no form
is prescribed by the RULES for this
purpose, it occasionally has happened
that nominations made in good faith
by qualified persons have, subsequent
to the nomination meetings. been ruled
out of order for more or, Jess technical
reasons. 1t is not thought wise to now
prescribe a form for this purpose, as
1t would soon be lost sight of or for
gotten by many. with the consequence
that many nominations would subse-
quently be made that might be ruled
out on technical grounds,
by having the chairman of the
the filing of any nomination. the name
of the nominee and Office for which he
is nominated, these. difficulties are
avoided.
! eff the nomination Is not in order,
the chairman will not announce it.
which will at once elicit the reasons
for it's imperfeetion and lead to its
correction before the meeting Is over.
The nomination having once been an
neunced can not subsequently be ruled
out, except on account of ineligibility
of the person nominated, or by his
voluntary withdrawal. and not, as at
present, on account of technicalities
attendant upon the filing Of the nomi-
nations
mo. Ito allow judges of election
to grant election certificates without
!; holding an election in cases where
there are no contests
Amend Article by inserting after
Section 9 a new section designated as
Section ga reading as follows:
eff on or before the hour of the
opening of any primary election it shall
! be found that there are not more can
! didates from any precinct than any
Office or offices for which the election
is. to be held. the judges of election
! Of such precinct club may declare the
polls closed; and in tsuch case they
shall forward returns as provided in
Sections and of Article Z, showing
the election of all of such candidates
to the offices for which they were
nominated respectively
This relieves the judges of election
and their club officers of the need
less trouble of holding an election
! when there is no contest.
The foregoing comprise the amend
ments either originating with this COM
mittee or suggested to them, the adop-
ton of which they now recommend.
In addition to this. there have been
presented number of well-considered
propositions, the adoption of which is
not recommended at the present time.
1 Among. the latter is the suggestion
! that the treasurer of the Territorial
Central Committee shall be required
to publish all of the contributions re-