The log cabin Democrat., 1913-12-08
IMMEDIATE COUNT ' OF VOTE REQUIRED
MUST ANNOUNCE RETURNS
RULES OF COUNTY PRIMARY FORBID HOLDING BACK
 ELECTION RESULTS.

A feature of the resolutions adopt ed Saturday by the Democratic Coun- Ity Central Committee is require
 ment that the judges and clerks re-
 main at polls after the close, count
 the ballots before adjournment and post upon the door of the polling
 place the results in each township immediately after the count is con- cluded. This rule was enforced at the primary of January, 1910, which was one of the most satisfactory ever held in the county.
 The full text of the resolutions
 adopted by the committee follows:
 Be it resolved by the Democratic Central Committee of Faulkner Coun- ty, that primary election is hereby ordered held in each of the political townships throughout the county on Tuesday, the 9th day of January, 1914 for the purpose of nominating
 persons to become candidates for all
 county and township officers through out the county to be voted for at the general election held in September
 1914, and at said election all white
 Democrats who have paid their poll taxes for the year 1912, or are other wise legal voters, as provided by law shall be eligible to vote at said cleo tion so ordered, and one of the com mitteemen from each township shall serve as one of the judges of said cleo tion and the other two judges and clerks shall be selected by the entire committee to hold said election Said judges and clerks shall before enter ing upon their duties as such judges and clerks, take the same oath of of flee and subscribe to said oath, as is provided by law for officers holding a general election, and the vote of any township shall not be received by this committee, whose election officers have failed to take and subscribe to such oath as required by law, but such re- turns shall not be counted for any candidate at said election. Said judges and clerks shall open the polls at the various different precincts at o'clock a. m. of said day and shall keep the same open until 6:3O o'clock p. m. of said day, and immediately after the closing of the polls said election off cers shall at once proceed to count the ballots and shall continue to so count said ballots until all ballots are count ed without adjourning, and upon the final count being completed said judges and clerks shall make a certifi cate of the total number of votes re- ceived by each candidate and shall inn mediately post such certificate of the votes cast and received by each candi date on the front door of the polling place where said election was held, and said certificate shall be signed by each judge and clerk holding said election. Said judges and clerks shall also on the 9th day of January, 1914, return all poll books, tally sheets, bal lots to the chairman of the County Central Committee at Conway, Arkan- sas, where on said day the committee shall meet and declare the result of said election And for the purpose of defraying the expenses of said cleo tion there is hereby assessed each can didate, who shall pay such fees as may be fixed by the chairman, secretary and treasurer of this committee. Said sums shall be paid to the treasurer of the County Central Committee, who shall issue receipt to the party pay ing the same and such receipt shall authorize the secretary to have print ed the name of the party as candi- date for the office to which he aspires on the official ballot, but said sums shall be paid not less than 10 days be- fore said primary election, at which time the ticket shall be closed. The chairman and secretary shall make the most favorable contract for the furnishing of all poll books. tally sheets and ballots with some reliable company, offering to furnish same at