Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-22
HOW MANY NAMES
ON THE BALLOT?
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OF Messrs. Gorgas and Bowman, con-
tended applied also to these two high
candidates in the list of councilmanic
nominees.
Lawyers discussed the question pro
ana con to-day but-none would ven
ture an opinion on the subject.
me three candidates themselves said
they had not been giving the matter
any real serious consideration as vet.
anyway they said they preferred
10 wait until the official count
was made in order that they might
nave some authority upon which to
The Clark act provides that the
eight candidates which received the
highest votes at the primary shall he
pIaGed on the nonpartisan at the gem
eral election and that the four of this
sroup which received the highest vote
at the general election shall be the
councilmen
The act that had municipal and le-
t saI circIes all agog this morning was
tne supplement to the third class act
yyIiiS Wnich was approved May 13, 1918.
win reference to the mayoralty situa-
tion this act provides:
Section THAT whenever. at any
primary election. any candidate for
nomination Tor the office of Mayor
-: shall receive a number of
t totes greater than one-half of the
total number of votes cast
ana greater than one-half the number
| of ballots cast such lanai
date shall be the sole nominee for
such eoffice at the succeeding election
ana his name and none other shall be
printed on the ballot"
Now then what does that mean %
a II-Fn -.
What does the reference to greater,
| than one half the number of ballots
cast mean? What ballots? Non
partisan ballots? The act to nv mind
certainly isn't clear on that score"
The section with reference to the
cholce of councilmen follows:
, Section 2.-That whenever at an1,
primary, any candidate for office of
city councilman shall re-
ce1Ve number of votes greater than
one-half the number of official ballots
cast by electors for nominations. the
name of such candidate receiving n.
vote greater than one-half the num-
per or Dallots, shall be printed on the
ol1clal ballot at the head of the group
! OF candidates at the succeeding elec.
| ton' ana, unless at said succeeding
election, person voted for, who has
not been nominated as provided by
law ana whose name does not appear
III print on the official ballot receives
more votes for said office than the
number cast for election of said cam
didate nominated at the primary shall
be considered as elected to said office
as city councilman"
While haven't gone into this mat
ter very thoroughly and wouldn't feel
at liberty to express an opinion ON the
subject because of it's apparent
ambiguity" said a well-known auth
ority on municipal law" my view of
| 1t is this:
"All the official ballots cast for
councilmen would have to be counted.
The record of the ballots is kept by
the election boards. This doesn't
mean votes cast because some people
voted for but one candidate The act
says ballots. If any candidate re-
cetved more than half the total num-
ber of ballots cast, then I should saw
he would be entitled to a place on tho
! ticket without opposition and de-
clared elected"
Unless" continued the attorney. "a,
candidate who has not been nominated
at the primary should obtain by writ
| ing his name on the ticket or by the
use of 'stickers.' more than half the
required number