The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1914-05-15
CANDIDATES ARE
TOLD THE LAW

Every prospective candidate
for office this fall will be inter.
ested in an opinion rendered by
Attorney General D. M. Kelly
explaining just what candidates
must do under the provisions of
the direct primary law in seeking
nomination. The opinion was
rendered in response to a quiry
from Ward Smith, county attor-
ney of Park county.
1t will be a long campaign this
year, and it is expected calls will
soon be issued by the various
parties for meetings for the con-
sideration of primary details.
Under the primary law the fall
election campaign will extend
over a period of 70 days, whereas
under the old convention system
the campaign generally averaged
from five to six weeks. For the
primary election the registration
closes on July 25 and on August
rs the primary election for the
selection of party candidates for
the various offices will be held.
After this is over the candidates
will have 70 days in which to
promote their candidacy, as the
general election does not take
place until November 3.
In previous county and state
elections the conventions at
which candidates were nominated
invariably took place about the
first week in October, allowing
from five to six weeks for the
campaign.
In answer to the questions of
County Attorney Smith, Attorney
General Kelly replies as follows:
You are advised that before
or at the time of beginning to
circulate petition for nominal
tion, the person intending to be
a candidate for public office should
prepare and sign a copy of his
petition for nomination, substan-
TALLY in the following form, and
send the same by registered
mail, or otherwise, to the county
clerk, where such copy will be
filed, and be deemed conclusive
evidence, for the purposes Of the
primary law, that such elector is
a candidate for nomination by
his party:
To.........................c county clerk and
recorder, and to the members of the
;..,....,,............"pa party and the electors
of..,................c county, in the state. .of
Montana.
I,......................., reside at........~....
and my post office address is.
...... ............... If am nominated for
the office OF Observation-Disclosures. at the
primary nominating election to be held
in the county of ........................ the
of
udy VI 1........,..............., 1O4.. L
will accept the nomination and will not
withdraw, and if l am elected l will
qualify as such officer.
If | am nominated and elected | will
during my term of Office, e,.....................
(Ahove in not exceeding one hundred
words, the candidate may state any
measure or principle he especially ad-
vocates.)
Of not exceeding twelve words, the
words to be printed after his name on
ballot, if any,
Signature of candidate for
nomination.
After filing a copy of the
foregoing, duly signed by the
party seeking a nomination, it is
necessary for the person seeking
a county Office to procure the
signatures of a least two per cent
Of the party vote in the county
at the last preceding general
election, and the party vote for
representative in congress is the
basis on which the PERCENTAGE
for petitions shall be counted.
"The necessary signatures