Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-12-01

thus silently asking the merchants
what they have to offer. Those who
refuse to meet this desr e for informa
ton in the public print are lost in the
shuttle. River Junction Land
mark.
The Primary Law
| 1t is .neralIy understood by the
voters of the state that next March
meeting they will have an opportunity
| to vote for or against a primary law
and that if majority vote in favor of
it the law will take effect on March
| 20, 1916. but if the majority votes
against it the law will not take effect
until March 20, 1917; but very few
voters know what the law they vote
upon really is. In an effort to have
the law better understood we shall at
tempt to give the essential features of
the proposed law.
All candidates for elective offices are
to be nominated by prin, airy or cOnven-
ton or by nomination papers signed
and filed in accordance with the present
law. A primary is to be held when all
| the voting places used st a general
election can be used. All the expenses
of the primary election are TO be paid
by the state, county or town the same
as the expenses of general election
are now paid.
To get his name on the official ballot
to be used at a primary a candidate
for United States senator or state
Office must file with the secrt tsry of
state, at least 40 days before such pri-
mary a petition signed by 500 voters of
his political party; for representative
to congress the petition must contain
fOT Mt off a l.
ton must be signed by at least two per
cent of all the votes cast at the pre-
; vous election; for town representative
= at least three per cent OF HI Inc
votes cast for town representative IN
the last eIectlon.
A voter by signing petition cesg-
? mates The political rarty to wnIch he
f belongs and must vot+ for only the
candidate OF h. S party at the primary.
He can sign the petition for only one
candidate for any office and if he signs
conflicting petitions his name will not
| count on any At The primary the
dates of one party. If his ballot is
marked in the columns of more than
t one party it will be thrown out as
defective. The names of all candidat es
are to be arranged in party columns.
r. | The seie :tmen are to prepare and
post check list and only voters having
their names Oh the check list can vote
at the primary.
i Provision is made for the count
ing and announcement of the votes
s at each polling place. for the can
! canvass of the votes by state, county
S and town officials and committees and
D persons receiving plurality of all the
e votes cast by a party shall be the can
II II Of hot hn off .a1
!, ballot 10 be used at the regular cleo
ton. In case two Or more candidates
u of party are tied for the same office
{ the party committee is to determine
[ which one shall be the nominee.
All of the laws regulating the con-
e duct of general election not lnconsist-
I ent with the primary law shall apply
10 the primary election. The state
convention of any political party under
e the proposed law will be composed of
the nominees of such party for state
. and county officers and town nominees
: for represent alive to the general as
: sembly. They shall make the plat.
form for their party, nominate for two
f years. The party nominees for each
f county can name county committee
a and designate a member for the state
: committee to be elected by the whole
v convention The party members in
: each town can make any organization
. they want and nominate candidates fOl
y justice of the peace
Section II seems to let down all the
bars in the act 1t reads -
SEC. IT, This act shall be literally
J., construed so that the real will OF
n the votes shall not be defeated, and sc
: thai the voters of any town shall ro1
y be deprived of their right to nominate
# or participate in the nomination OF
= candidates for office by any informally
r ar failure to comply with the provision
l. If the law in respect TO giving notice
= Of or conducting the primary or certi
" tying the results thereof.
~ Another section that seems rather
: liberal ie No. z8 which reads -
N Sec. 90 Should no nomina; ing peti
! ton De filed for any office 10 be filed
4, vacancy on a party ticket so arising
y shall be filed as provide! in section l.
except in case of candi late for repre-
Y Sent alive 10 the general assembly fo
: the choi Of which party caucus
.s shall be called, as provided by existins
j. laws. not later than fifteen days befor.
II the election. In case such a caucus il
n held, nomination shall be made BY
70 ballot conforming as far as is possible
n to the primary plan specified in tn.
:. act, and the ballot box shall remain
open not less than two hours.
10 Strict publicity of all expenses of ;
ID candidate for nomination is provided
h and any person soliciting any money, in
toxicatng liquor or anything of value