The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-04-25
City Committee of Progress
sive Organization Decides
on Short Campaign For
Various Candidates.
QUALIFICATION OF
VOTER BROAD RULE
Utmost Precaution Is Taken
to Insure An Absolutely
Fair Election List of the
Precincts.

At a meeting of the Progressive
city committee last evening it was
unanimously decided to hold the pri-
mary election on Monday, June 9, for
the purpose of nominating munich
pal ticket. The rules for the primary,
as prepared by the executive commit
tee of the organization the previous
evening, were adopted with few
slight alterations. The rule govern
ing the qualifications of voters is
broad and the utmost precaution has
been taken to insure fair election.
The following is list of the voting
precincts and the rules governing the
primary:
Voting Precincts.
The city shall be divided into nine
precincts, as follows:
No 1 shall comprise all of the First
Ward.
No. 2 shall comprise all of the
Second Ward
No. shall comprise all of the Third
Ward.
No. A shall comprise all of the
FOurtn War0.
No. 5 shall comprise all that por-
ton of the Fifth Ward lying south of
the middle line of the P. G. G. & st.
L. Railway.
No. shall comprise all that portion
of the Fifth Ward lying north of the
middle line of the p. C. c. & st. l..
Railway.
S No, shall comprise all of the Sixth
Ward.
I No. s. shall comprise all Of the Sew
enth Ward
No. 8 shall comprise all of the
Eighth Ward.
offiIcers OF Election.
The election in each precinct. as
above specified, shall be under the
supervision. management and control
of the Progressive City Committee.
The members of the City Commit
tee of each precinct is authorized to
select and appoint. subject to the APP
proval of the City Election Committee,
such judicious, discreet, reliable and
reputable Progressives in each voting
precinct as in these rules are provided,
to-wit: ] inspector, ! Judge, / Sheriff,
and 2 Clerks. to assist the Committee
in faithfully and properly receiving
and counting the ballots at said elec-
tion, but it shall be necessary that
any Inspector. Judge, Sheriff or Clerk,
shall be freeholder. but as far as
practicable, the member of the City
Committee shall be the Inspector. No
candidate shall be member of the
Election Board, and no person nearer
related than second cousin to candi-
date shall be member of such
board.
Election, How Conducted.
Each Clerk shall keep separate
poll book and separate tally sheet.
The polls must be opened at a. m.
and closed at o'clock p. m.
AS soon as the polls are closed, all
ballots not voted shall Immediately be
destroyed in the presence of the en-
tire Election Board by consuming the
same with fire.
This election shall be governed and
conducted as nearly as practicable
under the laws, rules and regulations
governing the general election in this
state. All mutilated and protested
ballots shall be preserved, and the in
spector shall indorse on the back
thereof the offices for which any such
ballots have been counted. Each bal
lot as counted shall be strung upon
card and preserved.
Qualifications Of Voters.
All Progressives are entitled to par
ticipate in this primary; and in the
event that there shall be any ques-
ton as to the qualifications of vot-
er his declaration in writing, il re-
quired, before the election board, that
he is Progressive, shall entitle him
to vote. First voters are invited to
affiliate with the Progressive party by
voting at the primary of said party.
Filling Vacancies.
In case of the vacancy in any Office
by reason of death. resignation or
other disqualification of any candi-
date after the nomination. this COM
mittee shall fill the vacancy or de-
termine the method of filling such
vacancy.
Reports and Returns.
The inspectors and judges of said
elections. in all precincts, shall report
in writing to the Progressive City
Committee on the result of the cleo
ton. showing how many votes each
person voted for at said election re
ceived, and the Office for which he
received said votes. This report shall
be made at the conclusion of the court
in each precinct and shall be signed
by the officers of said election.
At the close of the count, in the
presence of the officers of the cleo
ton, the ballots. one pollbook. one
tally sheet and one certificate of cleo
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