The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-03-03
Measure introduced in House
Today Understood to Contain
Views of the Republican
State Chairman.
DISTRICT AND STATE
CONVENTIONS PROVIDED
Rigid Rules Laid Down for
Conduct of Primary Elec-
tions, Largely Along Lines
of Walton Measure.
Estate Capital iNircau
(Eycning Herald
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SANTA re. y. NJ. Mufch g. lttpit-
sentative Skidmorc uf ColfaN county
today introduced In the house pri-
mary election law which Il Is under
stood embudics the Views of Ralph
C. Ely. the Republican state chair
man. upon the regulation of primary
elections In ~ general provisions
as tu management uf tho primary
ballot the bill follows the lines of the
Walton bin introduced In the senate
last week There is this essential
change. The Skidmoro bin provides
Tor delegate conventions foi the nonl-
ination uf district nominees where
the legislative or judicial district CON
sists ot more than one county. and
also for nominations for state offices.
For county nominations the direct
primary nominating system is pro-
yidcd The provisions of the hin fol
low.
Re Il enacted by the legislature of
the state uf New Mexico.
Section l. All nominations ol can
didates for election Ia public Office
must be made as provided in this act
To ontitle the names OF candidates to
be placed upon the official ballots.
Section g. An such nominations
for county and district Offices when
the district comprises one county or
less than one county, and municipal
and school district offices shall Dee
made by direct Nptc OF tho electors
as hereinafter provided.
section 3. All such nominations
Tor state and district offices, when
the district comprise mur" than one
county shall bee made ut delegate
conventions and the delegates trcr1'-
To shall be selected by the electors Of
the several parties by q direct vote
in primary election Go bc held Ia each
voting precinct as hereinafter pro-
,ided.
section 4 An primary elections of
all political parties shall bc held on
the same day and ut the same place
Ia each voting precinct ana shall be
conducted In the same manner as
general elections or" held and con-
ductcd and under the same rcgula
tions of law. ana by judges and clerks
of election tu ho appointed by the
board of county commissioners IN
each county.
section T. At each primary cleo
tion to be held as aforesaid there
shall b, separate ballot box aud
pDl hoc.s for each political party,
and no voter can have "a vote dcpos-
itcd In more than one such ballot
box. and his name shall bc recorded
On the poll books ut the party with
which he votes.
section g. The day for holding
primar, elections shalt bee ON the
q. l.. a H.FHN
general election for winch uuHina
tions are 10 he made. aud uu that day
the electors Of each political party az
such primary elections shall vote Tor
the nominees of such party for all
county, district municipal and school
distric, offices us hrr,iuhcf"rc pro
Vided IN section numbered ., ana for
the selection of delegate tu the state
and district conventions hcreinhriorr
provided for in section numbered j.
The state and district conventions ~
all political parties shall Dee held on
the first "Wednesday following the day
Of the primary elections at places
tiXed by the can of regularly cunsu-
tutcd committee of thD several po-
lucll parties, which ,IllH shall he
published az least two weeks before
The primary elections Prov iicd, thal
| the district conventions shall Do" held
az places Within the districts for
which nominations are Geo hc made
section g. Tho regular precincts
IN each county shall constitute the
voting precincts Tor th" purpose Of
holding primary ana general ole,-
tons. but In AIT cases where the
number nf voters iu the ordinary pre-
Cinrt shall exceed -'U % shall bee the
duty uf the board uf county Commls-
| siuucrs in each county tn divide such
precinct Tor voting purposes into tw"
or more voting precincts, as may may
bee necessary and to appoint separate
boards of registration ana election
officers Tor cnoh subdivision so made
Section g. Thirty days before any
such primary election the board oi
county commissioners Boo each county
shall appoint % board Of registration
Tor each voting precinct each board
Ia consist at three members, not
more than two of whom shall belong
to the same political panty ut th"
| time of their appointment. The
county clerk shall furnish each board
of registration with q list uf the Not-
I ors registered in their precinct at the
. Inst preceding general election for
their assistance ana Information. The