Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-05-27
STATE CONVENTION
SAFEGUARDS PRIMARY
Body By Overwhelming Majority Votes to Throw
Restrictions About Elections in South Carolina
Special Provisions for Char1eston-New Party Con-
stiturion and Rules.

cant for membership. or voter. shall
! be y years Of age, or shall become
! 50 before the succeeding general cleo
ton. and be a white Democrat. He
shall be a citizen of the United
states and of this State. No person
shall belong to any club or vote in
any primary unless he has resided in
the State two years and in the coun-
~ six months prior to the succeeding
general election and in the club dis
trict GO days prior to the first pri-
mary following his offer to enroll.
Provided that public school teachers
and ministers Of the Gospel of a rev
ular organized church shall be en-
empt from the provisions Of this sec
ton, if otherwise qualified.
Z. Every negro applying for mem
bership in a Democratic club, or o.
fering to vote in a primary. must
produce a written statement OF ten
reputable white men, who shall swear
that they know of their own knowl-
edge that the applicant or voter vo-
ted for Gen. Hampton in 1876, and
has voted the Democratic ticket con-
~tinuously since. The said statement
shall be placed in the ballot box by
the managers, and returned with the
poll lists to the county chairman.
The managers Of election shall keep
a separate list Of the names Of all
negro voters
s. (a) In cities Of over 10000 in
habitants one or more clubs shall Sc
organized in each of the wards. Each
ward shall be a club district.
CD In cities or towns of less than
10000 inhabitants the county COM
mittee may authorize the consolida-
ton of two or more wards to form a
club district, Il where townships
are embraced in whole or in part in
such cities or towns, the county COM
mittee may permit the voters resid-
ing in such townships to belong to a
club located in such own or city and
to vote in sue city or town in the
club nearest to their respective resi-
dences, calculated by the nearest
practicable route: Provided, No per-
son shall be enrolled or vote out of
the county in which he resides. In
cities or towns which are not divided
into wards the county committee
may designate the extent Of the club
district. Each territory so designat-
cd for a club shall be its club dis
trict.
(c) In all other cases the voter
must enroll in the club nearest his
place OF residence, calculated by the
nearest practicable route. and can
vote only at the voting place Of such
club and the territory included by
this test shall be considered the club
district OF such club.
ld) No person shall be enrolled in
any club or take part in any club
meeting or vote in any primary or be
elected a delegate to the county con-
%ventiOn, except in the club district in
which he resides.
(e) There shall be in no case more
than one voting place for each club.
No club shall have less than % mem
bers: Provided, however, that any
county committee may permit the or
ganiZation Of a club Of less than 25
members ut inaccessible points where
there are less than % voters.
.. No person shall vote except at
the voting place authorized BY the
county committee for the club to
which he belongs: Provided. that if
he rcmovc from a club district within
sixty days prior to the first primary
he may vote in the year in which he
mOvcd in the club district in which
lac previously resided, provided fur
Their that he must have enrolled be-
lore the closing Of the club list.
10. State and county officers tenn
porarily residing at or near the CAPT
tai or near the county seat may re-
tain their membership and voting
rights in their former home clubs if
they 50 desire.
In case Of the mobilization OF the
National Guard of this State, the
State committee shall provide for the
enrolment and voting OF all mem
hers Of the National Guard qualified
to vote under this constitution and
rules.
II. Books Of enrolment for vot-
ing in primary elections shall be
opened by the secretary OF each club,