Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1913-08-29

terial statements therein. and in case
any person offering to vote at such cleo.
robrated, the judges of election shall re-
ceive his vote although his name does
not appear upon the registration rolls.s
and and may pEovide registration days sim
liar, as near as may be, to those herein
and shall appoint the necessary judges
of election, who shall appoint the nec-
essary clerks of election; and the conn-
Gil shall provide all means for
and under the same conditions as herein
enumerated for general municipal cleo
tiOns.
officers shall be by petition.
(a) The petition for the nomination OF
each candidate shall consist of not less
than twenty-five (25) .ceri dictates. Each
certificate shall be Of uniform size, to be
determined by the Manager; shall be
signed and verified by one elector, ana
shall contain the name of only one candi-
date.
It an elector signs more certificates &c, e:
than there are offices. to be tllied. Only my
those certificates equal in number to the
Win the clerk, shall be valid.
d. The form of the certificate shall
be substantially ; as f9ll e,TToN crRr1-
INDIVIDUAL F MGMrEAlloN chhA
/ / do hereby join in a petition for the
nomination OF g, 80 ~
Street, Little Fails for the office Of
voted for at the municipal election to be
held in the city on the. :..;1.. day day. OF
that thai, am Qualified to vote for candidates
for said office, and am not at this time
a signer of more certificates nominating
candidates for city elective officers than
there are offices to be filled; that my
residence is at No: .............. Street.
Little Falls, and that my occupation is
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County of Morrison. &C.
State of Minnesota,
first duly sworn. deposes and says that
he is the person who signed the tore
going certificate, and thas the statements
therein are true.
Signed ..................... ..'.'...''
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this. .........day f................l9l..
Notary Public, Morrison County, Mime
The petition of nomination Of which
this certificate forms a part il found de-
fectiye shall be 'et strsal f;ft;e F,is
(c) The petition, consisting If. at least;
twenty-five sufficient certificates, snail
be presented to the Managar Tor f'hns
than twenty coo days. before the cleo
ton. The Manager shall endorse thereon
the date of it's presentation and by whom
presented. If the petition be suftlclent,
he shall file the same at once:
(D II, upon examination by the mama
ger the petition shall be found not to
conform, to the provisions OF TINS cn ar
on said petition. why it cannot be filed.
He shall then within two days. return
the defective petition personally or by
purpose therein. Within five days Of it's
return the petition may be amended and
again presented for filing. The procedure
in the case Of an amended petition shall
be the same as in the case of an original
Petition
(e) Any person nominated under this
article shall file his acceptance with the
before the day of election; and in the
absence of such acceptance, the name OF
the candidate shall not appear on the
stantially in the following form:
State of Minnesota, &C
County of Morrison.
heretofore been nominated for the office
of. Observation-Disclosures. of the city OF Lit
tie Falls. do hereby accept said nomina-
ton. I am not candidate as nominee
promised support from, any political
party. or any committee or convention
representing or acting for any political
party or organization.
Subscribed l. and nd sworn to before for ,oi me
Notary Public, Morrison County. Mime
sofa.
81 Any person who has filed such ac-
eeptance may withdraw fis his name anne from from
five days before the election, by written
notice to the Manager.
(g) 1t shall be the duty of the Manag-
err, upon application, to furnish a reason
able number of forms of such individual
certificates, and of acceptance, or re-
lection, of nomination.
office for period of four years, all pa
pers relative to nominations
Sec. 7. The Manager on the tenth day
before every Cfe; election Sna and
a complete list of the offices to be filled,
stating whether for full or an unex-
pred term, and the candidates for each
Manager shall cause to be published, in
all succeeding issues of the official pa
t to- an election notice, Which shall con-
tain a copy of the certificate above de.
scribed, and also the time and place Of
holang sh such e election of S4e
places seven days before the day of
Sec; $ The Manager shall eause bal
ton to be prepared, printed and authen-
ticated The ballots shall contain a COM
plete list of the offices to be filled and
the names Of the, candidates nemtnatsd
When the number of can6i"
dates is more than three times the num-
Der of offices to be filled, the. form Of
ballot shall be substantially as follows:
COR SPECIAL) MUN1CIP-
AL ELECTION
CITY OF LITTLE FALLS INSERTING
DATE THEREOF
INSTRUCTIONS
To vote for any person mark a cross
(N in a square to the right of the name.
Vote your first choice In first column.
Vote your second choice in second
column.
Vote only one. first choice and only one
second choice for any one office.
Vote in the third column for all other
candidates whom you wish to support.
Do not vote for more than one choice
for one person, as only one choice will
count for any candidate.
Any distinguishing mark makes the
balloO void. :,
# you wrongly mark, tear or deface
this ballot, return it and obtain anothep
from the election officers.
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