The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-07-11

Columbus, ,sOhio, July 5.-Because Q
the varying pinions relative to wha
laws are to govern elections in Ohio thi'
fall, Secretary of State Graves has ISSUED
written instructions to the Boards of FL
ections and copies were forwarded tC
them to-day.
Apparently he has included in these
instructions a partial decision of the
special questions involved in the conflict
of the new charter of Cleveland with the
constitution and the election laws of the
state. He says that all municipalities
with populate above 1000 must hold
primaries and tdat all officers of the mum
icipality may be nominated at these pri-
maries Cleveland does not plan to so
nominate its candidates for Mayor.
The written instructions issued are as
follows:
Section of Article V of the constitu-
ton of Ohio provides that direct prf-
maries shall not be held for the nomina-
ton of township officers or for officers of
municipalities of less than 1000 popula-
ton unless petitioned for by a majority
of the electors of such township or mum
icipality."
That provision of the constitution is not
self operative and before primaries may
be held for the nomination of township
officers or for officers of municipalities of
less than 1000 population it is necessary
that the Legislature by an act provide
for the filing of such a petition. Such
a provision is contained in the new pri-
mary election law, which does not 60
into effect until January l, 1914. There
is, therefore, no provision of the law
which will be in effect this year and there
will be no primary elections held i'll this
state this year in townships or municipal
tiles of less than 1000 population.
All candidates for elective offices in
any township or municipality of less
than 2, 900 population only can be nomi-
mated by petitions signed i'll the aggre-
gate for each candidate by not less than
Is qualified electors of the township or
Such petitions must be
filed with the Board of Deputy State
of Elections of the county
not less thon 90 days previous to the day
of the November election.
In this connection your attention is
called to Sections 1896 and 5004 of the
general Code, as enacted in April, 1918;
Paragraph 2.
Primary elections must be held in all
of over two thousand pop
ulation, and this year the only places
wherein primary elections will be held
in this state will be in those municipal
tiles.
In those municipalities wherein pri-
mary elections are held nominations may
be made at the primary for all municipal
officers and for members of Boards of
Education. Candidates for municipal
Offices and for members of Boards of Ed
ucation, wherein primary elections are
held, also may be nominated by petition,
signed for each candidate by qualified
electors of the district for which such
are nominated, not less i'll
number than one for each 100 persons
who voted at the next preceding general
election in the district; but such petitions
must be filed with the Board of Deputy
State Supervisors of Elections of the
county not less than sixty days previous
o the day of ihe November election.
Paragraph 4.
Where the names of several persons
ire grouped together upon the ballot as
candidates for the same Office, the ballot
hall contain Immediately before the
iames of such candidates ''Vote for not
more than ---," filling the blank
pace with the number who may be law
ully elected to such office.
Your attention is called to Section
018-1 of the General Code, as passed in
7ebruary 1918:
Paragraph s.
In all places wherein no primary cleo
ions are held there will be no party des-
guation on the ballot used at the No
-ember election, but the names of all
whose nominations for any
,Hices specified in the ballot have been