The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-07-09


candidates to be voted for, Each tally sheet
or the first sheet Of each tally book shall be
headed TALLY SHEET for. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
(name of political parity ........... Name
of city or yiilage) .................. County,
FlecfioSn wa dltr or t for
primary election held
APPEAR on the tally sheets, or tally books
in the order in which they appear on the
6 6 sample ballots and IN each case snail
thereof; provided, that in primary elections
for city officers in cities having home rule
charters. but two books or tally sheets shall
be provided for each district, and party desg
nations shall be omitted in headings and
Sec. 10. That section 1919 of the Revised
Laws of 1905 be and the same hereby is
amended so to read follows:
Section 1919. The canvassing board shall
prepare, sign and file with the county auditor
the following report:
l. separate statement of each political
party of the names of all candidates thereof
and total of first choice and second choice
votes. received by each and for what office
showing for whom such second choice votes
were cast and from the supporters of which
candidate said second choice votes were re-
ceived in form as indicated in Section
2 A separate statement of the names of
the candidates of each political party who
3. A statement of the whole number of
votes registered and the number of ballots
women separately.
A. A separate statement of the votes
and the names of the non partisan candidates
nominated
Whenever two or more candidates of the
same political party receives equal num-
Der of votes for the same nomination the
board shall determine the tie by lot. Upon
compietlon OF the canvass and Col or before
ten o'clock A. NJ. of the fourth day succeed
ing the canvass, the auditor shall certify to
the secretary of state the vote, as shown by
such report, for all candidates to be voted
for in more than county, and shall mail or
deliver to each nominee to be voted for in
his county alone, a notice of his nomination
and that his name will be placed upon the
official ballot; provided that in primary cleo
lions for city officers in cities having home
RUE charters said canvassing board shall file
nominated for each office under the provisions
are provided for in this section, emitting ali
charters
Sec. IL That Section 200 of the Revised
Laws Of 1905. be and the same hereby is
amended SO as to read as follows:
Section ZOO The state canvassing board
as constituted for canVassing the returns of
general elections. shall open and canvass the.
efary f Of ate It e fSe made the
hour of meeting, on the 18th day after such
primary election 1t shall determine ties:
elections. Upon the completion of the can
vass, the Secretary of State shall certify to
the several auditors the names of the persons
found to be nominated, and mail to each
nominee notice of his nomination.
/. The state, county and city boards of
canvassers shall be guided by the following
rules except as herein otherwise provided.
(a) If any candidate for an Office received
majority of the first choice votes he shall
be declared nominated for such office
(b) If no candidate is thus nominated, drop
the name of the one having the least number
of first choice votes and add the second choice
votes cast by his supporters to the first
choice votes of the remaining candidates for
whom they were cast, and
(c) If no candidate then has majority
drop from the remaining candidates the one
having the least number of first choice votes
combined with the second choice votes re-
ceived through such elimination, and add the
second choice votes cast by his supporters to
the votes of the remaining candidates for
whom they were cast
!. Gd) Repeat this operation until some can
didate has majority until only two can
didates remain. Then the one having the
greatest number of votes to his credit shall