The Detroit times., 1912-06-26
From the corporatIon counsel.

TO the Honorable the Common Council:
Gentlemen BY resolution intro
duced by Aid. Tossy your Honorable
Bedy has requested this department
for an opinion on the following propo-
sittons. to-wit
First In view OF the provisions OF
Section 81 of the Primary Law, that no
candidate for any city county, district
or state office shall be deemed nom
mated and no certificate OF nomina-
tion shall be given TO any person whose
political party with which he is en-
rolled casts at such political election
less than 10 per centum OF the vote
cast by such political party for Sec
Tetary Of State at the last preceding
biennial or November election; and
Ia such case such political party shall
not be entitled 10 have the names OF
any candidates printed upon the Off
cial election ballot what shall be the
basis of computation with reference
10 candidates for alderman"
Second: In view Of the provisions
OF section 81, above mentioned what
shall be the basis Of computation
relative to candidates for Mayor"
In answer TO the first query az 70
what shall be the basis Of computation
with reference to n candidate for the
position OF alderman. / am OF the
opinion that given candidates party
must poll In the particular ward in
which such candidate is running at
least is percentum OF the vote cast by
said candidates party I'm said ward for
it's candidate for Secretary OF State at
the preceding biennial or November
election. Section 81 OF the Primary
law provides among other things as
follows:
mo candidate for any city .........
office shall be deemed nominated and
no certificate OF nomination shall be
given 10 any person whose political
party with which he Is enrolled casts
at such primary less than 10 percent
um OF the vote cast by such political
party for the office OF Secretary OF
State at the last preceding biennial or
November election"
Thus the ward is the unit as the ba :
sis Of computation In determining the
number OF votes an aldermanic candl-
dates party must poll In order that
a nomination can be made. As for
example, II "a" were a candidate on
the Democratic ticket for the position
OF alderman from the First ward at
the coming August primary and the
Democratic candidate for Secretary OF
state al the November election in 1910
polIed / 900 votes In the first ward.
.tAen in order that "a" may be
nominated. Il would be necessary for
his party I'm the primary 10 be held
next August TO cast at least $50 votes
In that particular ward asc that num-
her would be at least l5 percentum OF
the 900 votes cast two years ago
for AS" party candidate for Secre-
This does not mean that "a" must
noil al least so votes IN the primary.
but that the highest vote cast In that
vard upon AS" ticket must total
AT least i50 votes
I'm the event that AS" party did not
-poi $50 votes there would be no nomi
ratton for the office for alderman, and
4n-such- event the statute eNpresslS
foFbfdE the party committee Writing TN
i've name OF a candidate for the po-
sitIonr
,TT7--yy- ryt sfraft nc ttrp-- basis OF C0r1r-
tatIOr with reference TO the candi-
dstcs for Mayor" I beg leave TO say
tbat the city at large would he the
unit. and In order that nomination
snaV he made by given party fO'
the office OF Mayor. that party must
pel IN the primary at least ID per-