The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-03-02
The Direct Primary
Law

The direct primary law passed by
the last legislature, will be in force for
the election in November 1912. 1t will
not apply to the selection this spring Of
delegates to the state conventions nor
to the filling Of vacancies of office.
There will be no more political Con
ventions" in Colorado after the dele
gates to the National conventions to
nominate presidential candidates are
over. Hereafter we will rave As
semblies.
The new Primary law is devoted
solely to methods of selecting candi-
dates for Office from United States
Senator down to Constable. The reg
ular elec ton in November will be held
as formerly. The Primary election
will occur on the second Tuesday in
in September 1912 biennially there
after.
The mode of procedure is substan
TALLY a. follows, Any political party
that was represented at the last
election by candidates may have = sep
arate primary election ticket, as
. political party. providing that It's
candidates for Governor received ten
percent of the total vote east At the
last general election.
An Assembly Of such party may
nominate . ticket. A many per .
as desire Office NJ y - cand dates sr
this Assembly. Oniy one vote can w
taken on candidates for eacn office, and
every such candidate who receives ten
percent of the votes OF the entire dele
gates shall be entitled to have his name
on the ticket at the PRIMARY election.
The next method 10 by petition. l.
the Office to be filled is National, State
or district, greater than county, the
petition must be signed by not less
than three hundred voters, And II
the offiee is for = county or lower
Office, the petition mast be signed by
ONT hundred voters, but no such pet
itions shall require more signatures
than ten percent of the vote
for Governor cast by such politi
cal party in such polilica. sub
division at the last preceding eiec
ton. Only one candidate name shall
be on one petition for the same off,
&c. The petition ,hall state that all
the candidates names are placed IN
nomination on behalf Of the political
party named In the petition. The pc
tition must be signed by the petitioner
and sworn ~ and the candidate named
shall sign his acceptance under oath,
endorsed on the petition. The names
of oil tn. .. candid Ates by petiuons
must 60 on the Primary ballot in alpha
betieal order
Then ther is further provision for
candidates who do not wish to animate
with any political party. These may
be nominated otherwise than by
Primary elestion in the following
manner; A certificate of nomination
containing the names of candidates
with rseideace ETC.; and the designation
Of . name containing not more than
Ave words, instead of party. but no
name of any political party in whole
or in part can bs used. This petition
must BE- sigled by three hundred voters
where the Office is TO bs filled for .
state, lby one hundred voters when
the office is greater than the county
and by fifty whs4 it is county, city
or municipal precinct. None Of the
names on the petition must appear
on any other petition previously hled.
This mode of nomination. IL to b lib
orally Construed, and . candidate eom-
mated under this form gets his name
on the ticket at the General slestion,
the same - though he had been nomi.
mated by Assembly or by petition -
hereinbsfore mentioned.
When all nominations arc completed.
the list 10 pablishsd one week in two
Each party ticket il
made up separately. each bearing its
party name. Suppose tAat sthere are
ahres party tickets made up. One Of
oach, and fastened together at the
top, are given to the voter. He goes
into ths hosth, ts1rs of his party tick
ct marks opposite the name OF the
sandidate he wishes to vote for, IN x.
He may write any names in. but ii he
Aoss. saeh aams or names must not be
"a any Of the Other tickets that have
hssn given him. He shall fold his tic.
kst, also the others frsa which be tsrs
biz ticket, hand his ticket to the judge.
who will number same and return to
him. The vsssr shea pats bic ticket
into The hoaIos bsx snl, thea puts the
unused tieksts in another box labeled
blanks"