The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1913-07-25
Friday, July 18th. 1913
PRIMARY ELECTION LAW

The following information con-
tanned in the Primary Election
Law will be of interest to voters
and those interested in politics
because it will apply to the cleo
tion in the fall.
The primaries cannot be held
earlier than September 9th, or
later than September 18th;
provided the chairman of the
governing bodies in the State
agree on the date, and if they do
not agree then the primaries
will be held on the second Mon
day in September, which would
be September 9Th this year. The
The primaries will be under the
direct supervision of the Board
Of Election Supervisors of the
county. They will be legal un-
der the law known as the -''Pri-
mary Election Law"
All candidates for local offices
must file their application with
the Supervisors of Election at
least 20 days prior to the pri-
mary election day. The applica-
ton must be in writing and must
be accompanied by the fee re-
quired under the law. The fee
is regulated as follows: All
offices which pay over $500 a
year the applicant must deposit
$25 to become candidate. All
offices which pay less than $500
per year the fee is $40. The
cash must accompany the appli-
cation. Offices which have no
emoluments require no fee, but
the application must be filed just
the same. In this county per-
sons seeking the nomination for
State Senator, Register of Wills,
Members of the House of Dele
gates, Sheriff, County Commits
sloners and Road Director, must
pay a fee of $25; Delegates to the
State Convention and Members
OF the State Central Committee
no fee is required.
Five days before the primary
election, the registration officers
Will sit one day in each district
Tor the purpose of adding names
and giving transfers from one
district to another. All young
men becoming of age can register
on this day also. This registra-
ton day is for the purpose of
giving persons who have moved
from one district to another the
opportunity to register and vote
In their district on the day of the
primary election. No voter can
change his party affiliation at
this days registration, however.
The right to change his party
affiliation ceased last October,
but he has another opportunity
to change his affiliation at the
registration next October. A
registered voter, however, who
has not declared his party
affiliation will be entitled by vir-
tue OF provisions of Section 100
+. to declare his party afiliation
for the first time when he ap-
pears to vote at the primary
election next September. On
the day of the primaries the vot-
ers will be given the ballot and
official envelope of the party to
which he is affiliated and he can
not use any other. The Demo-
cratic ballots are to be printed
on different colored paper than
the Republican ballots. A voter
who is not affiliated with either
party, or refuses to affiliate on
the day of the primary cannot
be allowed to vote in the pri-
maries. This year will be the
last chance in the counties for
voters to affiliate unless they
change their residence from dis
trict to another and be register
ed anew.
Candidates for local Offices
have the right to get any num-
ber of the official ballots from
the Supervisors to use in the
canvass provided they pay for
same, but they cannot get the
official envelopes. The ballots
may be marked outside the elec-
tion house and. inserted in the
official envelopes on the day of
the primaries. The names of all
candidates will be printed alpha
betically on the ballot in groups
under the offices for which they
are running. The voter must
make an X mark opposite the
name of each candidate he wish
es to vote for.