The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-14

thereon are genuine. When a petition for nomination is presented for filing to the clerk he shall forthwith exam | inc the same and ascertain whether | it conforms to the provisions of this act If it fails to conform thereto he shall designate in writing on said pe- tition the defect omission or other reason why such petition cannot be | filed and shall forthwith return the pe- tition to the person presenting the same. Such petition may then be amended and again, but not later than three days after it shall have been returned, presented to the clerk as in the first instance. The clerk shall forthwith proceed to examine the | amended petition and shall file or re- turn it in the same manner as here l inbefore provided. Any person whose name has been presented under the provisions of this section as a candi- date for any office may, not later than five days before the primary election, cause his name to be withdrawn from nomination by filing with the clerk a request therefor in writing and no name so withdrawn shall be printed upon the ballot. Said town clerk shall, at least five days before the primary election hereinafter pro- vided for is to be held, cause the names of all the candidates, proposed as aforesaid, arranged so as to show the nominations for each office, to he published in a newspaper or news papers having a circulation in said town. All expense for such publica- ton and all other expenses required by this section shall be paid by the town treasurer on orders drawn by the town clerk and signed by the Se- Iectmen
 Sec. 23. On or before the Monday next preceding the date of the pri-
 mary election the town clerk shall cause to be printeds as many ballots as there are electors plus twenty per centurn thereof Upon said ballots shall be printed first the name of the office and below such name the prop CT number of candidates to be voted for, which shall be followed by the names of the candidates arranged a1- alphabetically with a square at the left of each name. The official ballots shall be printed on plain substantial white paper and shall be headed, Candidates for Nominations of Town Officers at the Primary Election" but shall have no party designation pr mark. The ballots shall contain in- structions for the electors to place a cross in the square preceding the names of the persons favored as can dates for the respective positions and shall be authenticated with fac sfmile of the signature of the town clerk Said ballots shall be similar to the ballots used under the ballot law of the state as to stubs, per- forated lines, designation of voting districts, numbering, and other re- strictions, making it impossible after the stubs are detached from the bal lots to distinguish any one of the bal lots from other ballots of the same kind. The town clerk shall cause to be delivered to the ballot clerks of each voting district their proportion of ballots before the opening of the primary and shall provide the voting booths to be used at such primary with a sufficient number of lead pen ciIs Tn addition to the official bal lots, delivered to each voting district. the town clerk shall cause to be pre- pared and printed a number of sam pie ballots for general distribution, printed on pink paper, such number to be twenty-five per centum of the total number of ballots sent to such voting districts; and any person oesir- ing an additional number of sample ballots may obtain the same by filing with the town clerk at least ten days before the primary election an applica- ton therefore and paying to said clerk the actual cost thereof; and said town clerk shall have such sample ballots ready for delivery, at his office in said town at least three days before the election at which the official ballots, of which the same are samples are to be used. Said primary election shall be held at each of the regular voting places of the town on the second Tuesday preceding the first Monday of October, 1918, and annually thereaf- ter and the voting booths therein shall be used as provided by law for electors meetings. The polls shall open at twelve o'clock noon, and remain open until eight-tAirty p. m. of said day. The registrars of each district shall appoint election officials
 
 ance with the provisions of the gen eral statutes concerning the appoint rnent of election officials. And elec- for of the town of Stratford shall have the right to vote at said primary cleo ton. The provisions of the general statutes concerning the manner or voting and the counting and reJec- ton of ballots at regular elections shall apply to said primary elections. The moderator of the first voting dis trict shall declare elected, to be can didates for each office at the annual town election, twice as many persons as are to be elected to each office at said annual town election, such per sons to be those who received the highest number of votes for each of flee respectively, at the primary cleo tion If twice as many persons as are to be elected to any office at saio annual town election shall not have heen DroDosed for election at the pr1-
 
 mary election then the moderator snail declare to be elected, at such primary election, to be candidates for such or flee at the annual town election all narsons proposed as candidates who have received at least one vote at the primary election. If there shall be a tie between persons, one Of whom would otherwise be declared elected at the primary election, the persons so tied shall be declared elected as candidates for the office for which they are proposed. at the annual town election The persons declared elect ed by said moderator shall be the only candidates whose names shall be printed upon the ballot for the annual town election. The provisions of the general statutes relating to elections shall govern the conduct of all per sons at the primary elections excef-cu as herein otherwise provided.
 Sec 24 The town clerk shall pro- cure official ballots to be used in the seneral town election, which ballots