Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-05-27

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committee shall proceed to canvass
the vote and declare the result.
AZ. The protests and contests for
county officers and members Of the
General Assembly shall be filed with
in w days after the day Of the cleo
ton with the chairman of the county
committee, and determine the same
at its first meeting thereafter. The
State committee shall meet on Tues
day after each primary or at such
other time as may be designated by
the chairman, to hear and decide
protests and contests as to United
States Senators, State officers and
Congressman and solicitors: Pro-
vided, that no member Of the county
committee shall act in any contest
wherein his candidacy is acted on,
and provided further that no mem
Der Of the State committee shall act
in any contest wherein his candidacy
Is acted on. The protests and con-
tests for all officers, except county
officers and members Of the General
Assembly, shall be filed within five
days after the election with the
chairman of the State committee.
43. The State committee shall also
review, on appeal, the decision of the
county committee as to county Off
GERS and members of the General AS
sembly and it's action shall be final.
A. No candidate shall be declared
nominated in a primary election I'M
less he receives a majority of the
votes cast for the office for which he
was a candidate, nor unless his
pledges were filed as required by
these rules.
Second Primary.
45. A second primary, when nee
essary, shall be held two weeks af-
ter the first and shall be subject to
the rules governing the first pri-
mary. At said second primary the
two highest candidates alone shall
run for IN one office, but if there
are W o or more vacancies for any
particular office, then double the
number Of candidates shall run for
the vacancies to be filled.
Third Primary.
46. In the event Of a tie between
two candidates in the second primary,
the county chairman, if it is a county
office, and the State chairman, If it
is for United States Senator, State
officers, Congressman or solicitors.
shall order the third primary.
Other primaries, if necessary, shall
be ordered by the county chairman,
If it is a county office, and the State
chairman, if it is for United States
Slnator, State officers, congressman
or solicitors.
General.
AT. The question of a majority
vote shall be determined by the
number Of votes cast for any partic-
ular office, and 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 Off
GERS and circuit solicitors shall be
vested exclusively in the State COM
mittee. On other candidates ASSESS
ments shall be levied by the county
committee.
Amendments.
40. These rules may be amended
or altered at the regular May Con-
vention Of the State or any State
that purpose, the call for which shall
specify the changes to be made.
Special Provision for 1914.
so. The officers of all clubs, the
county chairmen, county committees.
and State committee shall remain as
at present constituted until 1916, but
an SAlSlliS CluD IOllS are hereby de-
clared null and void and before any
act may be done by any club or any
member thereof may vote, it's roll
shall be revised as provided in these
rules: Provided, If any Officer OF any
club be found to reside outside Of the
club district for which said club is
authorized the county committee
shall appoint a member of such club
to fill the office. In the year 1914
each county committee shall meet at
the county court house on the first
Monday in June, at the call of the
respective county chairmen, and pro-
coed to lay out and designate each
club district and its boundaries as
provided in these rules, and at that
time may form any new clubs at
which they may deem advisable. IF
any e clubs are formed they shall
organize within ten days as provided
in Section 8: Provided, further,
That if any club be found to now ex-
ist Inconsistent with these rules said
club shall be abolished.
81. The State committee may
make any rules or regulations for
the purpose Of enforcing these rules
not inconsistent Herewith.
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