The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-07-05

to be voted shall be in the following
forms, one for
United States senator.
Governor.
Lieutenant governor.
Secretary of State.
Comptroller general.
State treasurer.
Adjutant and inspector general.
State superintendent of education.
Attorney general.
Railroad commissioner.
The other spaces to suit the diff
ferent counties.
For congress ------.-. district.
For solicitor -------judicial circuit.
State senator.
House Of representatives
Sheriff.
Judge of probate.
Clerk of court.
County supervisor.
Count superintendent of education.
Treasurer.
Auditor.
Magistrate.
Master.
County commissioners.
No vote for house of representatives
shall be counted unless it contains as
many names asthe county is entitled
to representatives.
Rule 5. The managers of election
shall open the polls at 8 o'clock a.
M, and shall close them at o'clock
p. M; Provided, That in the city of
Charleston the polls shall open at 8
o'clock a. M, and shall close at 6
o'clock p. m. After tabulating the
result, the managers shall certify
the same and forward the ballot-box,
poll list and all other papers relat-
ing to such election,-by-0ne- t1S 4;
number to the chairman of the respec-
tive Democratic county executive COM
mittees within forty-eight hours after
the close of the polls.
At any election when the right of a
person to vote is challenged, the man
ayers shall place the vote so chal-
lenged in an envelop and endorse
thereon the name of the voter and that
of the challengers, and the person so
challenged shall be allowed to vote,
and the challenged votes shall be kept
separate and apart and not counted,
but turned over to the county execu-
tive committee, who shall at its first
meeting thereafter hear all objections
to such votes, and where no person
appears to sustain an objection made
at the polls the ballot shall be re-
moved from the envelope and mingled
with the regular ballots and counted,
but where the challengers appear, or
produce witnesses in support of the
challenge, the committee shall proceed
to hear and determine che question,
and in all instances the voter shall
have the right of appealing to the
State executive committee. (Amend-
ment 1929
Rule 6. The county Democratic ex-
ecutive committee shall assemble at
their respective court houses on the
morning of the second day after the
election on or before IL o'clock NJ, to
tabulate the returns and declare the
results of the primary, so far as the
same relates to members of the gen.
eral assembly and county officers, and
shall forward Immediately to the
chairman of the State executive COM
mittee at Columbia, S. c., the result
of the election in their respective
counties, for United States senator,
State officers, congressman and solic-
itors.
Rule 7. The protests and contests
for county officers shall be filed within
two days after the election with the
chairman of the county executive COM
mittee, and said executive committee
shall hear and determine the same at
its first meeting thereafter. The State
committee shall hear and de-
eide protests and contests as to United
States senator's, State officers, con-
gressmen and solicitors, and three
days shall be allowed for filing the
same after the decision Of county ex-
ecutive committee: Provided, That no
member of the county executive COM
mittee shall act in any contests where
in his candidacy is acted on, and pro-
vided further that no member of the
State executive committee shall act in
any contest wherein his candidacy is
acted on.
Rule 8. Candidates for the general
assembly and for county officers shall
file with the chairman of the county
executive committee a pledge in writ
ing to abide the results of the primary
and support the nominees thereof.
Candidates for other officers shall file
such pledge with the chairman of the
State executive committee: Provided,
That the pledge of such candidate
shall be filed on or before IL o'clock,
meridian, of the day preceding the
day fixed by the county executive
committee or the State executive COM
mittee for the first campaign meet
ing of the county or State, respect
lively: Provided, further, That in
Charleston county the candidates for
congress, solicitor and county officers