St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-07-15

ballot boxes and PROVIDE LOT Sc
cret ballot. Any expenses incurred,
except the preparation and furnish
; of ballots and cards of regulation
and instruction, shall be paid by the
town committee.
Any person who will be a legal
} voter at the November election and
who intends to support the cand1-
dates of the Republican party shall
be eligible to vote in said primary
In case a voter is challenged, his
right to vote shall be forthwith de-
termined by the members of the Re-
publican town committee or, in their
absence or failure to decide, by the
chairman of the primary. A record
shall be kept of the name of each
person who votes in the primary and
such list shall be open to the in
spection of the party committee Of
the Republican or any other party.
VII.
In towns or cities where a petition
for caucus check list has been filed
under. section 10 of the Public
Statutes, as amended by section 2 of
No. of the acts of 1912, the list
prepared pursuant to the Statute
shall be used.
VIII.
Inasmuch as by force of section 81
of the Public Statutes, in order to
i nominate candidates of the Republ1-
can party, state and district conven-
tions must be held, the Republican
voters present at said local primary
shall at some hour designated by the
town committee, elect delegates to
state and district conventions; but
no delegate shall be eligible to par
1 In
signs a declaration that he will vote
in said conventions for the candl>
dates who receive a plurality of the
votes cast in the primary through
out the state or district, as the case
may be.
The town or local committee pro-
vided shall count the votes and pub
licly announce the result in each
town. They shall also prepare a GER
tificate showing the vote cast for
each candidate voted for and forth
with forward such certificate to the
secretary of the Republican state
committee; and said secretary and
two other persons to be designated
by the state committee, shall, on or
before Sept. Is, canvass the certifi-
Gates received from the several
towns and publicly announce the re-
suit.
4 x.
The secretary of the state commit
tee shall also announce in the Re
publican state convention the re-
suit of the primary and the vote
cast for each person voted for for
state office and United States SEN
ator, and the convention shall pro-
coed to nominate as the candidates
for the several officers the persons
who received the most votes, re-
spectively, at the primary. The sec
rotary, or some person authorized by
him, shall make similar announce
ment at the district convention of
the vote cast for candidates for rep
resentative to Congress, and the
same proceedings shall thereupon be
had in such conventions.
XI.
In case no person shall file his
candidacy to be voted on in the pri-
mary as a candidate for any Office
named, or if no candidate be voted
for, or in case of a tie vote, or to
fill any vacancy due to death, with
drawal or any other cause, vacancies
so occurring shall be filed by the
state convention, if such vacancies
then exist.
As soon as the result of the pri-
mary is ascertained and announced,
as provided in paragraph TX, the
candidates who have received the
III greatest number of votes, respective
ly, shall forthwith file with the sec
rotary of the Republican state COM
mittee a statement OF the expense
incurred by such candidate in his
canvass; and copies of such state
ments shall be furnished to the
press of the state for publication, at
least six days in advance of the con-
vention. If a candidate neglects or
refuses so to file such statement, the
convention may nominate some
other person as the Republican can
didate for the particular Office.
XIII
The state and district convention
shall have power to formulate plat
form; and the successful candidates
at the primary shall become mem
bers of the convention when it pro-
ceeds to the preparation of the plat
form.
XIV.
The hours and places of voting in
the primary snail De uA0O Dy the 10
cal committee in charge thereof, hav-
ing particular regard to the conven-
fence of the voters; but said pri-
mary shall be open for at least the
number of hours herein specified:
In towns of 500 or less popula-
ton, two hours, in towns of more
than 500 and not more than 1000
population, three hours; in towns of
more than 1000 and not more than
H 5000 population, four hours; in
towns of more than 5000 and not
more than 5000 population, five
hours; and in towns of more than
\ 5000 population, six hours.