Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-05-26

no member of the state committee
shall act in any contest wherein his
candidacy is acted on. The protests
and contests for all offices except
county officers and members of the
general assembly, shall be filed within
five days after the election with the
chairman Of the state committee.
As. The state committee shall also
review, on appeal, the decision of the
county committee as to county OFF,
GERS and members Of the general as
sembly and it's action shall be final.
"A. No candidate shall be declared
nominated in the primary election un-
less he receives a majority of the
votes cast for office for which he was
a candidate, nor unless his pledges
were filed as required by these rules.
Second Primary.
As. A second primary, when neces-
sary, shall be held two weeks after
the first and shall be subject to the
rules governing the first primary. AT
said second primary the two highest
candidates alone shall run for any one
office, but if there are two or more
vacancies for any particular office,
then the number Of candidates shall
be double the number of the vacan-
cies to be filled.
Third Primary.
In the event of a tie between two
candidates in the second primary, the
county chairman, If it is a county Of
flee, and the state chairman, If 1t is for
United States senator. state officers,
congressman or solicitors, shall order
the third primary.
Other primaries. if necessary. shall
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if it is a county office, and the state
chairman, If it is for United States
senator, state officers. congressman or
solicitors.
General.
A.. The question of a majority vote
shall be determined by the number
of votes cast for any particular office.
and not by the whole number Of votes
cast in the primary.
4S. The right to levy campaign as
sessments on candidates for United
States senate, congress, state officers
and circuit solicitors shall be vested
exclusively in the state committee. On
other candidates the assessments shall
be levied by the county committee.
Amendments.
49. These rules may be amended or
altered at the regular May convention
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 chairmen, county committees,
and state committee shall remain as
ut present constituted until 1916, 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 member or such club to fill
the office. In the year 1914, each
county committee shall meet at the
county court house on the first Mon
day in June, at the call of the respect
i've county chairmen, and proceed to
lay out and designate each club dis
trict and its 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 provided in section g.:
Provided, further, That if any club be
found to now exist inconsistent with
these rules, said club shall be abolish
ed
81. The state committee may make
any rules or regulations for the pur-
pose Of enforcing these rules not in
consistent Herewith.