Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-11-30
NEW JERSEYS SPLENDID direct PRIMARY PLAN
EXPLAINED FOR BENEFIT Of HAWAIIAN VOTERS

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Iruri ballots are mailed TO .a,n No. -.
. h.r th'S" ballots cannot he Nut"l. Bal
los 10 We vC'rd al ne iHiWall"~ az
gIycH 10 he 'i'iZcms al til" primary
polling places Oh primary day by rhA
rj"criun officers. None of these BAL
lots j., allowed OutS!d" the polling
place.
TIC same process is u>ci in rccar,;
20 The distribution Of haIIu.S before
and at III" general election. On Cie,-
ton GaV tn" voter must sign his name
on the POLLOCK thar il may be com
pare with the signature on the regis
lraripn book. He must sign before h,
receives a ballot lIli;cratc voters.
who crnnOt write. must here make
answers 10 questions concerning their
IDENTITY and the answers are com
pared with those which were made
! which, they registered.
Gepare'e Party '..!t,'..
At the primaries there are separate
ballots for each party. At the %"M1rA]
election the single or blanket UaGOt
is used. Party emblen6 are abolished
The voter votes for individual Candl-
dates whose names appear in alpha
bette order. with the party to which
each belongs indicated by its name, at
the right. He must vote ballot, not
ticket.
! The new Election Law is strongly
reinforced by the Corrupt Practices
Act All committees designated by
! candidates showing every receipt and
paigns are required to file itemiZed
statements and each candidate must
expenditure, and each candidate must
! fl" sworn statement Of his per. onal
contributions. There is also a limit
TO the amount which candidates may
spend, in seeking nomination and cleo
items. This varies according to the
salary paid by the office. Any candi-
date who fails to comply with this
feature of the law must forfeit the Of
tice to which he shall be elected
All campaign literature must bear
the inscription of, the writer's name
No money may be spent for transport
, ing voters to the polls, unless they are
physically unable to go, in which case
| the expense is paid by the county.
! There are variots specific acts des-
ignated which constitute violations of
the law Candidates are protected
I from solicitations of private indlvid-
Utls for churches, clubs, charitable in
s;itutions, and other organizations.
l Corporation contributions in any form
are positively forbidden. Pay enNel-
C9es must not bear political inscrip-
tons. No political hand-bills contain
irg threats OF coerCiVe statements can
Re posted in factories under penalty
J Of forfeiture of the charters possessed
by the corporations guilty of such mis-
Grmeanor Any person violating this
i.El DIVISION is. also guilty Of a msdc
nieanor. i
Secrecy Of Ballot Guarded.
The secrecy OF the ballot is strongly
safeguarded. The records of Corrup.
ton in the conduct Of elections in this
State in. previous years have been
most dsgraceful AID extraordinary.
! Accordingly, the hew law makes
; fraudulent voting and ballot-boX stuff
irg practically impossible. Tic de-
strUtion of records lin the recent At
lantic County election frauds, where
+ Judge Samuel Kalisch, appointed by
Governor Wilson, the first Hebrew, in
tie State, ever elevated to the Sn-
plcme Court Bench, so admirably up
FLED the law to the offenders. led to
most stringent legislation for the pun
isnment of such notorious lawbreakera
III future Altogether, with these meas
Il, es of protection we are pretty we'll
intrcnched against rcpeaters end
crooks of all classes. Already it has
beer discovered in carrying over the
primary registry lists from 1910 that
thousands of voters. who resided on
" cant lots at That time, have moved
away. evidently beCauS., they did not
like the new election laws; or posi-
lily because New Jersey winters ar"
getting colder. WagOnloads Of ample
ballots mailed to spool" voters have
l,e On returned to the pOst-Ottic"s. "On"
thing is sure' rs the governor says,
"orly 1esh-and-blood men will vote in
this State, in future.
Another step forward in prOgrCSsiE"
legislation was taken by the enact
ment of statute which gives cities
and municipalities OF tn" state tn"
privilege of adopting the commission
form of government, under what was
known originally as the "GalvestOn