Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1913-08-08
The Primary Election Law.

For the benefit of the voters of Mont
gomery county that they may fully under
stand the rules that have been laid down
for the coming primaries, we submit the
following information
The primaries will be held on Septem-
Der 9Th. They will be under the direct
supervision of the Board of Election Super
visOrs for this county. They will be legal
under the law of 1912, which is known as
the Primary Election Law"
All Of the candidates for the local offices
must file their applications with the Super
visors of Elections at least 20 days prior
to the primary election day. The applica-
ton must be in writing and must be &C
companied by the fee which is required
under the law. The fee is regulated as
follows All Offices which pay over $500
year, the applicant must deposit $25 to
become a candidate. All offices which
pay less than $500 per year. the fee is
$40. The cash must accompany the ap-
plication. Offices which have no emolu-
ments require no fee, but the application
must be filed, just the same. In this
county persons seeking the nomination for
the State Senate, members of the House
of Delegates. Sheriff, County Commission
ers and County Surveyor, must pay a fee
of $25; delegates to the State Convention
and the members Of the State Central Com
mittee, no fee is required.
Five days before the primary election.
the registration officers will sit one day in
each district for the purpose of adding
names and giving transfers from one dis
trict to another. All young men becoming
Of age can register on this day also. This
registration day is for the purpose of Civ
ing persons who have moved from one dis
trict to another the opportunity to register
and vote in their district on the day of the
primary election. No voter can change
his party utilization at this days registra.
ton, however. The right to change hil
party utilization ceased last October, bu
he has another opportunity to change hi
affiliation at the registration next October
A registered voter, however. who has no
declared his party utilization will be emit
tied by virtue Of provisions of Section 100 E
to declare his party utilization for the frs
time when he appears to vote at the pri
mary election next September. On tn,
day of the primaries the voters will b,
given the ballot and the official envelop,
of the party to which he is affiliated anC
he cannot use any other The Democratic
ballots are to be printed on different col
ored paper than the Republican ballots. A
voter who is not affiliated with either party
or refuses to affiliate on the day of tn,
primary. cannot be allowed to vote in tn,
primaries. This year will be the las
chance in the counties for the voters t
affiliate unless they change their residenc,
from one district TO another and then b,
registered anew.
Candidates for the local offices have tn,
right to get any number of the officia
ballots from the Supervisors to use in thu
canvass. provided that they pay for them
but they cannot obtain the official en-
velopes. The ballots may be marked out
side Of the election house and inserted il
the official envelopes On the day of tn,
primaries. The names Of all Of the can
didates will be printed alphabetically OF
the ballot in groups under the offices TO
which they are running. The voter mus
make an X mark opposite the name o
each candidate that he wishes to vote for