The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-09
The New Primary Law

Inasmuch as politics and poll
clans have begun to buzz lit
in Calhoun county and since
Indicates for the various offices
be filled at the. 1916 election
ave started their fiirtations with
ne voters, it may not be out of
he way to give u brief synopsis
the new primary law enacted
y the last session of the legisla-
ire.
The act provides that all cam
idates of political parties for
'ublic office and that all men,
'ers of state. district and county
Executive committees shall be
hosen at a direct primary on the
irstf Tuesday in June in all pres
idential election years and on the
irst Tuesday in August in all
>ther years.
The primary shall be held un-
der the supervision of the county
court and in one room at the reg
liar voting place in each pre-
Acinct. The hours of election
shall be from six-thirty o'clock
lin the morning until six-thirty in
the evening.
At the first primary to be held
under the new law there will be
chosen two members of the state
executive committee for each
political party from each sena-
torial district in the state and
one member from each county of
the congressional. senatorial and
judicial district committees.
There will also be a county exec
utive committee of each party
consisting of two members from
each magisterial district in the
county. The term of office of
each committeeman shall be four
years from the 18th of June af-
ter his election. Each commit
tee shall elect chairman, Sec
rotary and treasurer.
On the second Tuesday in May
the County Court will meet and
select three commissioners and
two poll clerks for each precinct
to conduct such primary election.
Not more than two of such COM
missioners shall be Republicans
and all officers of election must
be legal voters of the precinct,
men of good standing and who
have no direct interest in the re-
suit of the primary. The chair
man of each political party may
request the appointment of a
commissioner and clerk for his
party at each precinct and it will
be the duty of the Court to ap-
point those so nominated.
A candidate must file his an
nouncement, if for a state office,
with the secretary of state, and,
it for county Office, with the
clerk of the circuit court. The
required assessment must accom-
pany the announcement. Each
candidate to be voted for at q
general primary election, except
candidates for president, for
membership of committees and
delegates to national conventions,
shall pay the following sums re-
spectively: For U. S. senator,
$500; for governor and all other
state Offices, $500; congress, $500;
state senator, $40; county clerk,
circuit clerk, sheriff, assessor,
and prosecuting attorney, 500
each; member of house of dele
gates. $40.
A person desiring to vote must
be duly registered. He must
sign his name and place of resi-
dence in a book of the party
whose ballot he wishes to cast.
The oath he is required to take
is to the effect that he is a reeu-
lar and qualified member and
voter of the-p party, and that
the ballot he desires to cast will
be the only one cast by him on
that day and that he has not re-
ceived nor does he expect to re-
ceive any thing of value for him
self or another, given or promis-
ed for influencing his vote. Hav-
ing taken this oath, the voter
will be given a ballot of the par
~ named in the oath.
The election commissioners and