Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-03-21
PARTY WORKERS GEIIINGBU
new PRIMARY LAW RATHER KN0ITY

wants 70 De the delegate 10 IOngreS
be must secure the assistance of
qualified electors OF the terr;tol
wEo shall In formal terms declal
their party allegiance. and their owe
wbelming. unanimous desire TIL
their friends named in the documel
shall be the standard-bearer cf the
party. Likewise must theY slie.an
declare thair intention to c~nc-t q
party OF which they are TeniJe-s. ~
the candidate they na--n To III
iiaper must be srn~yaf .ta cr..it
este OF the caadia = ~ lit, r~-t-r 2
filiatfons. and OF rs 'rto-fi-a ete.'1
r. be elected. n e --.s'-1e- Orr II
principles and PLEDGES RI his nart
In the case o. countv and lesislatiI
The s'gnetures of but
friends need be secured The pro-
sions OF the Law IN this respect al
as follows:
Section 5. L rke name of no
candidate ~f-T h printed upon
any official bsi'nt to be used IN
any primary ci-rtinn unless at
least twenty l2al dpvs. prior to
such primary. = uomsnation shall
have been fiies n hts behalf as
provided IN this Act in substan-
tally the following form:
We. thu UNDERSIGNED duly
qualified electors ~ the.
District, CT thu Territory of Ha-
wall. and Irambe-s Of the.
Party. hereby nominate $1,000.
..who resides at .,....
in the County of Cor City and
County of .......as candidate
on the ticket for the office Of. J.
......to be voted for at
the primary held on ......s......
and we further declare that we
intend to support the said party
and said candidate.
Name of Signor. 1890. District.
Precinct
...., the above-named
candidate, do certify that ! am
member Of the ......... Party. and
duly qualified electOr of the
district in which / am a candi-
date, that ] believe In the prin-
ciples and policies Of the said
party. and that, II elected. ] will,
to the best Of my ability. seek to
carry out the provisions and
pledges OF the political platform
OF said party, and viii abide by
said party's rules and regulations.
The name I wish inserted on the
ballot Is ..........s........ .....
it's Hawaiian equivalent is......
and my Tostoffice adj
dress is ..s......s....
(Signed) s..,.,.....,
2. All nomination papers shall
have substantially the above form
written or printed thereon, pro-
vided, that those filed for nom
partisan candidates may omit the
words sand members Of the. So.
..... party" and the oertifi-
cate at the foot thereof. No sig
natures shall be counted. unless
they are upon sheets each having
this form written or printed there
on. which shall be provided by
the county clerk
3. No person shall sign the
nomination papers OF more than
one candidate for the same office.
nor for more than the actual
number Of offices Of one class.
Nomination papers shall be con-
strHed in this regard according
to priority of filing. and the name
of any person appearing thereon
shall be counted only so long as
this provision is not violated, and
{ not thereafter.
4. No name or nomination pa
pers shall be counted, unless the
signor Is an elector. qualified to
yota for the candidate at the next
primary county or general cleo
ton.
5. Nomination papers for can
didates for delegate to Congress
shall be signed by not less than
twenty-five (25) qualified electors
. of the territory.
g. Nomination papers for cam
didates for either branch of the
legislature and for county office
shall be signed by not less than
fifteen (15) qualified electors of
the district or county or subdi-
vision thereof for which the per-
son nominated is a candidate.
1t will at once be seen that pla
forms must be adopted prior to pl
mary elections. else the candidate
viii have nothing to certify to. tt
law is silent as to what platforms II
candidate pledges himself tojust Il
territorial platform. or one count
platform, or all county platforms,
all platforms Of every nature adopts
by his party. This is smooth sa
ing, however. for candidates who lo'
q party. When 1t comes to a no
partisan aspirant, he is required
make no declaration whatever IA
he has nothing to do with his non
nation as a nonpartisan. The resul
SO far as the law is concerned.
singular. Fifteen qualified elector
without announcing any party affili
ton, would have the right to place Il
name OF Link McCandless on the pl
mary ticket as candidate for non
nation for deputy sheriff at Kaneoh
and the law provides no method |
which Link could successfully resis
Section 6 Of the act when follows
TO its logical conclusion. is either
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