The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-07-22
NEW PRIMARY LAW.
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flee where the mistake is made shall
be rejected.
Five electors, upon sworn petit
tion to the court of common pleas
may obtain recount.
New penalties provided by the act
are, A fine of 500 for presenting
false names on nomination papers; a
fine of $500 and one years imprison-
ment for violation of the provision
forbidding policeman, either in uni
form or not, coming within 100 feet
of the polling place, except to vote
or to quell disturbance.
Strict Regulations for Petitions.
All nomination petitions must be
signed by enrolled voters Of the par
ty on whose primary ballot the pc
tition intends to place a name. Each
signer can sign but one petition, un-
less more than one person is to be
elected for the same office, then he
may sign for as many as he could
vote for at the election. Each signer
must give his occupation, residence
and date of signing. Each sheet of
the petition must have attached to it
an affidavit of some persons, not
necessarily a signer and not neces-
sarily the same person on each sheet,
setting forth that he is an eIector of
the division referred to in the petit
ton, giving his residence, stating
that the signers knew what they were
signing, that all residences on the
| sheet are correctly stated that each
signer signed on the date after his
name and that the signers are all
qualified electors of the party for
which they are making nomina-
tion.
No petition can be circulated prior
to sixty days before the last day for
| filling petitions. No signature shall
be counted unless it bears a date
within this limit.
The first day for filing petitions
for this Falls primaries has already
passed and petitions may be gotten
out Immediately.
The first day for next year for
state officers will be February 21,
1914. The first day next year for
county officers will be February 2S,
1914.
Nominating petitions for president,
United States senators, congressman
and all state officers and delegates to
national conventions must be filed
with the secretary of the common
wealth four weeks prior to the pri-
mary.
Last day for Superior court judges
this year, August 10, 1913.
Last day for above-named officers
next year, April 21, 1914.
Petitions in all other cases for all
other officers must be filed three
weeks prior to the primary.
Last day for all county offices this
year, August 26, 1913.
Last day for all other state Of
fices next year, April 28, 1914.
Number of Signers to Petitions.
The number of signers for presi
dent and United States senators
shall be 100 in each of at least tel
counties.
For state offices to be filed by tn,
state-at-large, or for delegate or al
= ternate at large to national conven
ton, 100 in each of at least fiv
counties.
For congress, for district nationa
delegate and for all judges, excep
Supreme and Superior court judges
and for state senators, 200 in the dis
; trlct In which the candidate
standing.
NOA obobO SLdI
d committeeman, or for any county O
o city office, 100 in the county or dis
trict.
For inspectors of election, in tn
J. division.
y For all other party offices, 10 i
t. the district.
"a Assistance to voters shall be giy
It en- only on affidavit that the vote
cannot read or has physical disabi
a. ity which would prevent him mark
10 ing the ballot.
- A voter when challenged mus
u swear that he voted at the last elet
y tion for majority of the candidate
'e of the party for whose ballot he ask
In this respect the new law make
an important change, namely, ths
the group of presidential electoi
TO shall count only as two in computin
majority of the candidates of
party.