The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1914-05-27
EAssis snssyae

peISOuS running IOT ulSmDerS Oh Il0i
/ general assembly, county officers, con-
the house Of representatives nor for
county commissioners shall be count !
ed unless 1t contains as many pamea
as the county is entitled to representa-,
| tives and to county commissioners re-
spectlvely. Any ballot deposited in
the wrong box shall not be counted
That in case the managers find
more ballots in the ballot hox than
names on the poll list the managers
shall draw out the excess ballots and
destroy them.
40. At any election when the right
OF person to vote Is challenged, the
managers manager shall place the vote SO chal- (
lenged in an envelope and indor
thereon the name of the voter
that OF the challenger, and the per
so challenged shall be allowed to vo3
ana the callenged votes shall be ke8
separate and apart and not counteV
but turned over to the county commit
tee who shall at It's first meeting,
thereafter hear all objections to such
votes, and where no person appears to
sustain an objection made at the polls
the ballot shall be removed from the
envelope and mingled with the regular
ballot and counted, but where the chal-
In support Of the challenge the com
mittee shall proceed to hear and de-
tefmlne the question, and in all in
stances the voter 81 II have the right
of appealing to thel ate COMMITTEES
Cap s..
Al. The .cOuny nmittees shall as
semble at their ref Jctive court houses
on the morning OF the second day af-
ter the election on or before IL
o'clock noon to tabulate the returns
ana declare the result Of the primary,
SO lar as the same relates to members
or the general assembly and county
offlcers and shall forward Immediate
ly TO the chairman Of the State COM
mittee at Columbia S. c., the result
OF the election in their respective coun-
Ties Tor United States senator, State
olhcers congressman and solicitors.
me State committee shall proceed to
canvass the vote and declare the re-
suit.
AZ. The protests and contests for
county officers and members Of the
general assembly shall be filed within
two days after the day of the declara-
tion by the county committee OF the
result of the election with the chair
man OF the county committee, and said
county committee shall hear and de-
thereafter. The State committee shall
meet on the Tuesday after each pri-
mary or at such other time as may ne
designated by the chairman to hear
and decide protests and contests as to
United States senator's, State officers.
congressman and solicitors: Provided
,lhat no member Of the county commit
tee shall act In any contest whereia
Ills candidacy Is acted on, and provided
further that no member Of the State
committee shall act in any contest
wherein his candidacy is acted on.
The protests and contests for all Of
iicers except county officers and mein-
bers of the general assembly shall be
filed within five days after the cleo
tion with the chairman of the State
committee.
43. The State committee shalt also
review, on appeal the decision of the
county committee as to county off,
GERS and members of the general as
sembly and its action shall be final.
Al. No candidate shall be declared
nominated in primary election I'M
less he receives a majority Of the votes
cast lor the Office for which he was q
candidate. nor unless his pledges were
fled as required by these rules.
81 A second primary, when necas-
sary. shall be held two weeks aftcr
the first and shall be subject to the
rules governing the first primary At
SAD second primary the two highest
candidates alone shall run for any one
once, but If there are two or more va
cancies for any particular office, then
the number of candidates shall be dou-
bic the number Of the vacancies to be
filed.
40. IN the event of a tie between
Two candidates In the second primary,
the county chairman. If it is county
once, and the State chairman, If it is
ior United States senator, State off,
GERS, congressman or solicitors, shall
order he third primary.
Other primaries, If necessary, shall
be ordered by the county chairman,
If 1t Is county office, and the State
chairman, If 1t Is for United States
senator, State officers, congressman
or solicitors.
~ The question of a majority vote
shall be determined by the number Of
votes cast for any particular office.
not by the whole number Of votes cast
in the primary.
as. The right to levy campaign as
sesSments on candidates for United
States senate. congress, State officers
ana circuit solicitors shall be vested
exclusively In the State committee.
On other candidates the assessments
shall be levied by the county commit
tee.
49.These rules may be amended or
altered at the regular May convention
OF the State or any State convention
called specifically for that purpose. the
call for which shall specify the chang