Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-04-29

CHAPTER 1s7-S. r. No. 1857.
AN ACT to amend Sections 305. 1874. 1873
81 SEQ and $50. General Statutes 1918 re.
iating to Primary and General Elections
and repeating Sections s4s. SIC; SIT, SIS
1872. General Statutes 1918, and all other
acts OF parts Of acts inconsistent with this
act.
Be It enacted by the Legislature of the State
Section i. l. That Section aos, General
sec so5. Special Elections, When and How
Called and Conducted. whenever any vacancy
not otherwise provided. the governor, within
ten days after he Ia Informed OF such vacancy,
shall issue a proclamation directing special
election TO be held, at time therein speei-
fed not more than twenty days from the
date thereof. to rll such office. One copy of
auditor Of each county wherein SUCH special
election Is to be held, But II the vacancy
or S q bs and tber
be no session Of the Congress or Legislature
between the happening thereof and the next
such general election. Such special election shall
be called. held and conducted, and the returns
thereof made and canvassed in the same
manner in the case OF general elections
and within fifteen days thereafter the auditor
shall transmit statement of the vote cast
thereat to the secretary Of state.
Sec. 2. That Section ss4 General Statutes
1913, be amended so as to read as follows:
sec, ROTATION OF NaWeS-"neH he-
CURED, Whenever two more persons
to be elected TO the same Office the names OF
all candidates. Of the several political parties
for such office and OF all non partisan cHndi-
dates shah be rotated the ballots used in
each election district In the manner provided
General Statutes 1918. and all the provisions
Of said Section shall be applicable to general
bno's 50 Tar az ann vi n
office Of presidential elector.
Sec. 8. That Section sac General Statute.
Sec. s38 Political Party Defned-No
tons, How Made~~Non Partisan Primary bal.
lot--crrtain Candidates TO Run in classes.-
the meaning OF this chapter is one which
shah have maintained in the district terri
orini division In question a party organize
ton, and presented candidates for election at
the last preceding general election one or more
In each county within the state at such elee.
ton aud shah have received in the state not
less than Ave t5l percentum OF the total vote
cast for all candidates at such election
whose members to a number equal to at least
Ave 10 pereentum of the total number OF
the county where the application is made
shall present 10 the county auditor petition
for place 90 the primary election ballot.
primary election by voters Of several political
parties and not otherwise; provided, how
Justices Of the supreme court and judges OF
the district, probate and municipal courts and
all members OF the state legislature, and all
IN cities of the first and second class, shall
be nominated upon separate non partisan bal
ther that all qualified aud duly registered
voters may participate In the choosing OF can.
didstes for city office ms provided for In the
tcrs; the names Of all candidates for nouina.
ton for the office Of chief Justice associate
Justice OF the supreme court, judges OF the
district court. probate and municipal courts
and all members of the state legislature, and
ali elective county officers. and all municipal
an I'm al of he Npgf AM oil
shall be placed upon n separate primary bal.
lot Hereinafter designated as mon. partisan
No party or other designation. except as
above. shall be placed on such ballot except as
for nomination on said nor. partisan primary
party atflliation All provisions Of law relat-
to the form Of ballot, including rotation Of
names the endorsement thereon. voting. mark
Ing ballots, seuntins' returning and eanysssin ing
officers except that the tally sheets and re-
turns shall be made separately. ana except
that non partisan offices shall not be classified
on the ballot or otherwise. Each voter shall
be entitled to vote q non-partisan primary
ballot without reference to his party sfaia
tion.
The two candidates for nomination for every
such non partisan office who shall receive the
highest numher of votes, ascertatned as pro-
yiaed by this act. shall be declared the nomt
nees and their names shall be placed upon the
election ballot. without party designation, and
when two or more persons are 20 be elected
for the same office, at a general election run
ming At large In city: county; district or
placed upon the. general election ballot shall
be the number OF candidates not exceeding
elected for the same ONCE which shah re-,
c@tye the highest number OF votes Mt such
primary election -, nrGyidea that when en- only
non partisan office, or not more than twice the
number Of persons to be elected to any nom
partisan Office file for the nomination there
o. their names shall NOT he placed upon
the non-partisan primary ballot hut said per
nominees for such ofhce aud their names shall
be placed upon the general election ballot as
such nen-partisan nominees But nothing
herein shall prevent the nomination of can
iiaates by groups individuals or so-called po-
litieal narties which cannot he recognized as
hereafter specified. The names Of candidates
| dominated by certificates for offices herein
| above designated as non-psrtisan shall have
no party or other designation % the certin-
form emittei.t
The nomination OF candidates for the ONCE
of county surveyor shall be made IS follows
= On or before Tuesday, seven weeks preceding
| sny general election and net sooner than Tues,
election. any person eligible aud DESTROYS az
having his name placed epcn the election bal
| Ace as eeanty surveyor shalt ale his arsdsvit
with the county xadftor of his county. stating
his resdsne thai he he Is ans sa -, voter e,i In
he desires 10 be candidate,
The fee required for fling certificates OF
| nomination as provided ny law shall be raid
| At the time of ding such affidavit,
Such nominations may also he made upon
petition by affidavit ~ not less than fifty aud
] not More than one hundred electors of such
| county. substantially in the form hereinhefore
| provided, filed In the same manner and con-
serted to In writing by the party so to be
nonansted. Provided that such petitioners
| shan not be eligible to sign more than one pc
ttsipn for the SAME ostice. The persons so
I mpninstsi shall have their names printed upon
the ofsetat ballot prepared for the sasuins geT-
I srsl electtaa. without party designation upon
| the nasmeat II the tee as herein provided
! 1918. he .sfnend-a so As Ia read as follows;
/ Sec. SAL Voting liz TO We by Eailet-Samrle
Rallet-~Fesna Of Primary ballot. All voting
/ at a primary siecfiea shall be by ballot On
the nineteensh cay sefers. q primary election,
4 the secretary OF state shall certify to the
| auditors of the several counties the names OF
| all nominees 10 be voted for withta sach coan.
tics whose certificates have been properly aled
| WITH him, and ON the Fourteenth day before
such primary each auditor shsf grocp all
| OF each political party by themselves. and
prepare fer public inspection usn-psrtiesn
ballot and n separate sample haftas for each
political party, The naraes shall be arranged
| alphabetically sccordfng to the sarnsaas. and
Il each county auditor shall post the sample bal.
| give ere weeks published notice therees In
the afseiai newspaper 81 his county One
sasanle ballot only OF nom partisan candidates
aud ~ each peltttcsi party, shall be rrintess
| for any eaaatN and thereon shall he placed
| the names - an candidates to be vottd for
ee Tire aarty name, The words Primary Eiec,
tsna Ballet" the names Of the county aud
state, the facsimile 81 the ofaclal signature