Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-07-10
time NEAR. AT HAND
FOR FILING NOMINATIONS
There Appears to be Scarcity of Candidates for
County Offices in both Parties-PointS Re
garding the Filing Of Nominations.

Onder Cne primary law Ine NOM |
ination papers for all candidates for
state and county offices must be
filed with the proper officer at least
80 days prior to the primary cleo
ton. AS the election is to be held
on Tuesday, the first day of Septem-
ber, the nomination papers for
state offices must be filed with the
secretary of state and for county
offices with the county auditor on
the second day Of August. AS the
second falls on Sunday, the papers
must all be filed before the hour for
closing the auditors office on Satur-
day, August 1st, which is three
weeks from tomorrow night.
A candidate for Office may file his
own nomination paper, or some
qualified voter may file it for him.
If person files nomination paper
for any candidate the paper must
be subscribed and sworn to before
some officer authorized to administer
oaths. Within five days after a
nomination paper has been filed,
there must be filed in the same Of
flee, an acceptance of said NOM
ination signed by the candidate
therein nominated, but no accept
ance need be filed where candi-
date executes and files his own nom-
ination paper.
The fees to be paid for filing nom-
nations for county officers, in case
the nomination is not made by pc
tition, are as follows: auditor $9i
assessor SO; sheriff SO; treasurer So
superintendent of schools, 81; pro
bate judge, $3.50; commissioners
coroner and surveyor, So each.
This year when person goes t.
the polls to vote at the primary
election, he must ask for the part.
ticket he wishes to vote. That is, i
he is a republican he must ask for
republican ballot, and shall be give
the ballot Of that party only. Tn
law provides that voter may b
challenged on the grounds that h
is not a member of the politics
party for whose ballot he asks, an
if challenged one of the judges Q
election shall administer to him a
oath, as prescribed by law. II tn
voter refuses to take the oath b
shall not be permitted to receive
ballot or to participate in the pr
mary election.
This change was made in the la
by the last legislature for the pu
pose of preventing republicans fro
voting the democratic ticket al
vice versa, as was frequently do
at primary elections in the pa
This year it will not be necessa
for any voter to register who re
istered and voted at the last genel
election, unless such voter b
changed his place of residence frC
one precinct into another or fr'
one county into another. All "
are required to register in order
vote at the primary election on Be
lat. must do so before 8 o'clock
July 81, as the law provides
eIector shall be registered wit
80 days next preceding any elect
The registration officers this y
are the county auditor, justices
the peace and notaries public.
The above are the main provisi
of the law governing registrat
the filing of nominations and vo'
at the primary election, which
ers and prospective candid
should bear in mind.
Altho the date for filing nom
tions is only three weeks of,
have heard but very little
about candidates for office in
county. In fact there is appare
less interest being taken this
than there has been any year
we have had the direct primary
So far there appears to b.
avowed candidates for the lef
ture in either the republican
democratic parties. The repubi
have been figuring all along
President ]. R. Shepherd '
again accept the nomination
state senator, but We under