Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-10-22

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the same shall be canvassed by the same
state officers as are directed by the gen.
eral election laws to canvass returns at
ter a general election. Such ~canvassing
board shall, without delay, open the re-
turns and certify tabulated statements
thereof separately for each political par
appropriate headings, the total number OF
votes cast for each candidate in whose
behalf a nominating petition was filed IN
the office of the secretary of state. by. the
voters of the political party before which
ne stood as a candidate, and after being
signed by the members of said board and
attested by the great seal of the state,
shall be filed In the office of the secre-
tary of state.
Sec. AZ. Highest yote Nuniretesl Any
candidate for nomination whose name is
tlon ballot, who receives the highest num-
Der of votes cast by the voters of his par
ty for any candidate for nomination to
shall be declared the nominee of his par
ty for such office, and any candidate for
national, state or precinct committeeman,
or delegate or alternate to any convert
ton who receives the highest number of
votes cast for any candidate for election
10 the position for which he is a candi-
date, shall be declared duly elected to
sucl position. Any candidate receiving the
highest number of votes for United States
Senator shall be declared nominated and
any candidate receiving the highest mum,
Der of votes for President of the United
States, shall be declared endorsed by his
party.
Sec. As. Certificate of Nomination-How
Issuedl II the office be an elective one,
for which his nominating petition was
filed in the office of the secretary of state.
a certificate of his nomination shall be
Issued to such successful candidate by
the state canvasslng board under the
great seal OF the state, and If such sue
cessful candidate was voted for as a par
ty candidate for nomination to the office
of United States Senator, the state board
Of canvassers shall issue to him a c%ertifi-
cate under the great seal of the state
declaring him to be the regularly nom
the office of United States Senator, to be
filled by the next regular session of the
Legislature OF this state. To the person
who receives the highest number Of votes
cast by his party at all the primaries In
this state, for the position Of national
committeeman the state canvassing board
shall issue a certificate declaring him to
be duly elected AS a member of the ma
tional committee of MIS- party for the en-
suing four years.
Sec. 40. Certificates and Credentials Is
sued-Names to Appear on Ballot II such
office be an elective one, for which his
nominating petition was filed in the office
of the county auditor, a certificate of his
nomination for that office by his party
shall be issued to such successful cam
didate by the county canvassing board
herein created, under the seal. Of the
county,, and if such office be one in which
the candidate was seeking election at the
primary as a state or precinct commit
teeman of any political party or as a dele
gate or alternate, or member of a group
of delegates or alternates to any politi-
cal convention, a credential or certificate
shall be issued to such successful candi-
date by the said ~canvassing board. And
all successful party candidates for nomi-
nation for elective offices whose nomi-
mating papers were filed in the office of
the secretary of state or in the office of
of this act, shall have their names as
such candidates printed upon the official
ballot for use at the succeeding Novem-
Der election, and the names of no other
party candidates for the same office in
the same political parties shall appea
thereon.
Sec. so. Endorsement of United States
S%enatorl The endorsement by popular
vote of Il party candidate for United
States senator as provided by this Act
and the issuance to such candidate of a
certificate of nomination, as herein pro-
vided, shall have the force and effect of
an instruction to such members of the
legislature of the same political party as
such candidate. as were nominated at the
same primary election, to vote for and
support such candidate in the legislature
for the office of United States senator.
Sec. 81. Certificate OF Endorsement for
President There shall be made out by
the said Canvassing Board, under the
great seal of the state, for each political
party which shall nave expressed a presi-
tificate of endorsement of the candidate
of such party receiving the highest num-
beT of votes for President of the United
States, and the said certificate shall be
forwarded Immediately to the person who
received the highest number of votes in
the primary, as a delegate to the national
convention of such party. This said dele
rate shall preserve such certificate of en-
dorsement and shall read the same to
the delegation before the opening of the
national convention. Such certificate of
endorsement shall be construed as pledg-
ing such delegation to support the candi-
date named therein for the nomination as
a candidate for president.
Sec. So. State Convention-Held When
Duties Oft The state conventions for each
political party for which delegates are
elected at the primary herein provided for,
after the holding of the primary election.
at said convention held in each year in
which a president is to be elected, each
party shall nominate Its candidates for
presidential electors. Each county shall
be entitled to one delegate to each party
state convention for every one hundred
such political party in said county for its
party candidate for governor at the last
preceding general election. The state cen
trial committee Of each political party
shall, at least seventy days prior to the
holding of It's state convention, fix the
place and hour for holding the same and
fix the basis Of representation for each
county in said state convention, and shall
issue and publish a call for such conyen-
ton in at least five newspapers in the
state most likely to give notice to the
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days prior to the holding of said conven-
ton. The state central committee of each
political party shall also file with the
county auditor of each county Of the
state, at least thirty days before the June
primary, a certificate issued by the sec,
rotary thereof. which certificate shall
show the number Of delegates such coun-
ty is entitled to in the next following
state convention. and it shall be the duty
of the county auditors of the different
counties to file certificates. without
charge, as a part of the record of their
offices. At said state convention held by
each party, the party candidates nomi-
mated, and the members of the party
state central committee, and ~nationa.
committeeman elected at the preceding
primary, shall, conformity with said con
%vention, make and declare the party plat
form.
Sec. SO. Delegates to National Conven-
tion-Chosen. How-Credentialsl Party
delegates and alternates to national po-
liticai party conventions shall be chosen
by each political party at the June pri-
mary in each year in which a president
is to be elected. Provided, however, that
in order to save time in Issuing creden-
tials to such delegates and alternates tho
county canvassing boards Immediately up.
on canvassins the votes for delegates and
alternates to the national convention shall
forward to the chairman of the propar