The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-03-27
Concluded from last week.
Counting Of Ballots.

Sec. 25. Refers to the counting OF
ballots and certifying returns, which
is to be done in the same manner as
is provided, or may hereafter be pro
vided for counting, certifying and
signing the official returns in the gen.
eral elections. officers Of election
shall count the number of ballots cast
by each political party. and shall keep
them separate so that all the ballots
belonging to one party shah be in
one bunch and the ballots belonging
TO another party in another bunch.
and so on as to all parties who par
ticipate in such primary election.
These boxes. sealed, shall be turned
over to the county clerk, as is now
provided at a regular election. Where
a contest has been instituted and not
disposed of, the ballot boxes shall not
be opened by said clerk until after
said contest has been finally dis
posed Of.
canvassing Returns.
Sec. 26. This section regulates can
wasting of returns and certificates Of
nomination. On the third day after
the close of any primary nominating
election the county election commits
sioncrs OF each county shall proceed
to canvass the returns of said pri-
mary elections and tabulate the same.
Such tabulation OF votes for nomina
lions for United States senator and
for al other candidates for Office
whose nomination papers are now. or
may hereafter be required to be filed
In the Office OF the secretary of state,
shall be made on one separate sheet
for each political party, and shall be
Immediately transmitted to the secre-
tary OF state. The tabulation of vot-
ers for all offices for which nomina-
tion papers are required to be filed
I'm the county court clerks Office shall
be in another separate sheet of paper
for each political party and shall be
Immediately after the canvass of the
returns and tabulation of the votes
by said election commissioners and
certificates of nomination shall imme-
diatefy issue to the persons receiving
the greatest number Of votes for the
Offices for which they were candi-
dates. The secretary Of state shall,
not less than 20 days before the day
on which the general November cleo
ton is held, certify, under the seal Of
his once, the persons whose names
are entitled to be printed on the off,
cia1 ballot at the November election
as the candidates of the various po-
litlca1 parties for Offices to be filed
at such election, and who have been
nominated as herein provided. He
shall make and transmit by regis
tered mail duplicate of such list
and certificate of nomination of can
didates for Offices to the county
clerks Of every county In the state
whore the candidate Is to be voted for
by the state-at-large, and he shall so
transmit the names of such candi-
dates to the county court clerks OF
each and every county in the district
in which such candidate is to be
voted for by n district smaller than
the state.
On the fourteenth day after such
primary nominating election the coun-
ty election commissioners of the larg-
est county in each legislative district
In the state that is composed OF two
or more counties, shall assemble at
the county clerks ONCE IN said coun-
ty and canvass the returns that have
been certified by the election commits
sioners Of each county in such dis
trict for state senator and for repre-
sentative. and they shall issue to the
person receiving the greatest num-
Der OF votes for the once for which
he was q candidate certificate OF