Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1912-03-28

Time OF n0lulHR primaries, i"S,
Tuesday in July.
Names of candidates must be alter
mated on ballot.
Forty per cent. first choice ballots
will nominate. If no 40 per cent,
nomination goes to plurality of first
and second choice votes.
The following is the new primary
law:
BE 1t Enacted BY the Legislature of
The State of Idaho:
Section l. That Section of an Act
of the tenth session of the Legislature,
approved March 6, 1909 entitled "An
act relating to and providing for the
nomination Of candidates of political
parties for congress, etc., be and the
same hereby is amended to read as
follows:
Section 3. A primary election shall
be held on the last Tuesday in July.
1912, and biennially thereafter, for the
nomination of candidates required to
be nominated according to the provis-
ions of this act to be voted for at the
succeeding general election in Novem-
ber
See. g That section IL of said act
be and the same is hereby amended to
read as follows:
Section ~. At least twenty days
before any primary in July the secre-
tary of state shall transmit to each
county auditor within the state Ger
titled list containing the name, postof
fee address, and party designation Of
each person entitled to be voted for
Mt such primary, within the respect
i've counties, and the office for which
he is candidate as appears from the
nomination papers fled in the office of
the secretary of state.
Sec. 3. That said section Ia of said
act be and the same hereby is amend
ed to read as follows:
Section II. AS soon as possible aft
er the time has expired for the filing
OF nomination papers in his Office, and
the receipt of the certified list of can
didates from the secretary of state,
the county auditor of each county
shall prepare a form of official ballot
for each additional party which has
unal,GnI a., 4 4
which has candidates regularly nomi-
mated for Office; the names of candi-
dates for each office shall be arranged
thereon alphabetically according to
the first letter of the surname of each
candidate. The official primary ballot
shall be printed therefrom in the fol
lowing manner: The name of candi-
dates under headings designating each
official position shall be alternated
thereon in the printing in the follow
ing manner, namely:
Names to Alternate.
First: The form shall be set up
with the names of candidates in the
order in which the appear upon the
form of official ballot prepared by the
county auditor; in printing each set
of official ballots for the various elec.
tion precincts the position of the
names shall be changed in each office
division or group in which there are
nj Jotap -, h. "a.
group in which there are the most
names; as nearly as possible an equal
number of ballots shall be printed
after each change. In making the
changes of position the printer shall
take the line of type at the top of each
Office division and place it at the bot.
tom of that division, showing up the
column so that the name that was sec.
ond before shall be first after the
change. After the ballots are printed,
before being cut they shall be kept in
separate piles for each change of posi-
ton and shall then be piled, taking one
from each pile and placing it upon the
pile to be cut; the intention being that
every other ballot in the pile of print
ed sheets shall have the names in diff.
ferent position. After the piles are
made in this manner they shall be cut
and placed in blocks of one hundred
ballots in each block, every other bal
lot in such blocks to have the names
In different positions, as nearly as
practicable. The said ballots shall be
prepared in substantially the form of
the sample ballot hereto attached For
each party there shall be separate
ballot uniform in size and printing.
white and printed in black ink Across
the top of each ballot shall be printed
in plain type:
First: The words "Official Primary
Ballot
Second: The name of the partv.
Third: The name of the county !,
which the ballot is to be used.