The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1912-03-07
The New Primary Law
BY w. o. PETERSON

In Colorado this year all nomina-
tons of all candidates for office, ex-
cept delegates from this state to the
National political assemblies and
presidential electors, must be made
under the new primary law passed by
the state legislature two years ago.
The primary election this year falls
on Tuesday, Sept 9th and the general
election on Tuesday, Nov s. Two
elections, therefore, viii be held; the
one on Sept. 9 at which the political
parties will determine by a popular
vote of their members. their candi-
dates for the various offices the other
on Nov. at which the people will de-
termine the candidates of which po-
litical party shall fill the various Of
fees.
The primary election law applies to
all nominations for candidates for the
United States senate for Congress
man; for all elective state offices. in
cluding governor. treasurer. secretary
of state. attorney general, auditor,
superintendent of public Instruction,
lieutenant governor, regents, supreme
justices, etc, for all district offices.
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including the district Judge and dis
trict attorneys; for all county and
precinct offices, including sheriff,
coroner. clerk, assessor. treasurer,
superintendent of schools, county
Judge, commissioners, engineer. jus
/ tices. constables. etc. and for state
senator's and members OF the state
house of Representatives.
At the primary election all political
organizations, whose candidate fer
governor at the last election received
ten per cent of the total vote cast,
may have separate primary election
ticket. This means that this year bat
two parties may have separate prf-
mary election tickets: namely, the
Republican and Democratic parties;
because the candidate for governor D:
no other political party Received ten
per cent OF the total vote cast.
Preceding the primary election the
political parties will hold "assemb-
lies'in all OF the counties. and In all
of the judicial. congressional. repre-
sentative and senatorial Districts. and
in the state. The delegates to these
Assemblies" will be chosen under
party rules and regulations as we
have heretofore selected delegates to
party conventions In these ~assemb-
lies but one ballot will be allowed
upon the candidate for each Office
and the name OF every candidate be-
fore a party assembly" receiving the
vote OF ten per cent or more OF the
accredited delegates Is entitled to be
placed on the Official ticket of his
party at the primary alection The
name of the candidate before the .as-
sembly" receiving the greatest num-
Der of votes will appear first the sec
ond, next; and so on. But no one will
be declared the nominee OF the "es-
sembly." To the names placed on the
official party primary ticket by "as-
semblies" candidates may be added
by petition. The tickets made up ly
these party Assemblies" and by Pc
titions must be filed not more than
sixty nor less than thirty days before
Sept. 9.
The primary election will be con.
Quoted by the same judges and clerks
that conduct the general election. TIC
vote at the primary you must be Q
qualified elector and registered.
On entering the polling place yor
will be handed. properly folded. the
official primary ticket OF all the po-
IiticaI parties represented. This year
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