Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-08-02

Magistrate.
Master.
County commissioners.
No vote for house Of representatives
shall be counted unless 1t contains as
many names as the county Is entitled
to representatives.
RULE v.
The managers Of election shall open
the polls at o'clock a. m, and shall
/. close them at 4 o'clock p. m; Provided,
That in the city Of Charleston the
polls shall open at o'clock m, and
close at 6 o'clock p. m. After tabulat-
ing the result, the managers shall GER
tify the same and forward the ballot
box, poll list and all other papers relat-
ing to such election. by one Of their
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 80 challenged
in an envelope 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 executive 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 removed from the envelope
and mingled with the regular ballots
and counted, but where the challeng-
ers appear, or produce witnesses In
support of the challenge, the committee
shall proceed to hear and determine
the question, and in all instances the
voter shall have the right Of appeal
ing to the state executive committee.
amendment 1929
Rule vi.
The county Democratic executive
committee shall assemble at their re-
spective 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 general assembly and
county officers, and shall forward i'm
mediately to the chairman Of the state
executive committee at Columbia, s.
c., the result of the election in their
respective counties, for United States
senator, state officers. congressman
and solicitors.
Rule VII.
The protests and contests for coun-
ty offices shall be filed within two days
after the election with the chairman
Of the county executive committee, and
said executive committee shall hear
and determine the same at its first
meeting thereafter. The state execu-
tive committee shall hear and decide
protests and contests as to United
States senator's, state officers, congress-
men and solicitors, and three days shall
decision of county executive commit
tee: Provided, That no member Of the
county executive committee shall act
in any contests wherein his candidacy
Is acted on, and provided further that
no member Of the state executive COM
mittee shall act in any contest wherein
his candidacy is acted on.
Rule Viii.
Candidates for the general assembly
and for county offices shall file with
the chairman Of the county executive
committee a pledge in writing to abide
the results of the primary and support
the nominees thereof. Candidates for
other Offices 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 committee for the first cam
paign meeting Of the county or state,
respectively: Provided, further, That
in Charleston county the candidates
for congress, solicitor and county Of
their assessments within the time fixed
by the county executive committee. No
vote for any candidate who has not
paid his assessment nor complied with
this rule shall be counted.
The following is the form Of the oath:
"As a candidate for the Office Of -,
in the Democratic primary election, to
be held on the last Tuesday in August,
1912, hereby pledge myself to abide
the results of such primary and sup
port the nominees thereof, and I de-
clare that am a Democrat, and that I
am not, nor will l become the candi-
date of any faction, either privately or
publicly suggested, other than the reg
ular Democratic nomination" If the
candidate is running for the United
States house of representatives this ad-
ditional pledge shall be required Il
will support the political principles and
policies of the Democratic party dur
ing the term Of office for which l may
be elected and work in accord with my
Democratic associates in congress on
all party questions" This the -
day of -, 191-."
Provided that after the time for fl
ing such pledges, and before the close
Of the election, should any candidate
die, it shall be the duty of the state
executive committee Gas the case may
be) to afford opportunity for the entry
of other candidates for the office in
volved, and should such death occur
more than twenty days before the first
primary. then said committee shall
make provision for others additional
candidates entering the race, but If
said death occurs after said twenty
days, then the balloting for said office
shall not be at the succeeding primary,
but at such other times as may be
fixed by said committee, and that they
shall provide for the filing of pledges.
amendment 1929
Rule TX.