The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-05-28

SuCQ OCQoT tlme DIS uldy Ue ueSiS udI-
ed by the chairman, to hear and de-
eide protests and contests as to Unit
ed States senators, States officers,
congressmen and solicitors: Provid-
ed. That no member of the county
committee shall act in any contest
wherein his 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 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 chair
man of the State committee.
43. The State committee shall al
so review, on appeal, the decision of
the county committee as to county
officers and members of the general
assembly and it's action shall be final.
A. No candidate shall be declar-
ed nominated in primary election
unless 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.
IS. 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 primary.
At said second primary the two high
est candidates alone shall run for any
one Office, but if there are two or
more vacancies for any particular
office, then double the number of
candidates shall run for the vacan-
cies to be filled.
Third Primary.
46. In the event of a tie between
two candidates in the second prl-
mary, the county chairman, if it is
county office, and the State chairman,
if it is for United States senator,
State officers, congressman or sollcl-
tors, 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
senator, State officers, congressman
or solicitors.
General.
AZ. The question of majority
vote shall be determined by the num-
Der of votes cast for any particular
office, and not by the whole number
of votes cast in the primary.
48. The right to levy campaign
assessments on candidates for Unit
ed States senate, congress, State Of
ficers 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-
yention Of the State or any State
convention called specifically for 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 chairman, county committees,
and State committee shall remain as
at present constituted until 1915, but
all existing club rolls are hereby de-
clared null and void and before any
act may be done by any club or any
member thereof may vote, its 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 re-
spective county chairmen, and pro-
ceed to lay out and designate each
club district and it's boundaries as
provided in these rules, and at that
time may form any new clubs
which they may deem advisable. If
any new clubs are formed they shall
organize within ten days as provid-
ed in section 3. Provided, further,
That if any club be found to now
exist inconsistent with these rules
said club shall be abolished.
81. The State committee may make
any rules or regulations for the pur-
pose of enforcing these rules not in
consistent Herewith.
raIJS FOR TWO. GENT FARES,