The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-02-05
LOCAL COMMITTEES
HAS SUGGESTIONS
ON PRIMARY LAW
Republican County Central Or
ganization Gives Views TO )
j' Territorial Beard z
WOULD ADVANCE 1 + 3. :.
%Afta DATE or ELECTION
Greatest Change Proposed Is For
Strict Partisan Nomination
BY Secret Ballot
tFrOm Thursday Advertlser.)

for suggestions regarding proposed
amcndatory provisions in the present
primary law, the Republican county
Central Committee Of Oahu through
its chairman, Walter r. Coomss, has
presented series of recommendation
to the territorial body.
The recommendation were drafted
by a committee composed or W. IL.
MeInerny, Charles II. CLARK and Cliff.
ford Kimball, appointed by the pres1.
dent, and were endorsed by the execu.
tive committee of the county organIza.
ton.
The suggestions made to the terrItor.
lal committee are as rollows: ID
, Section estates, among other things
that the primary shall De nefd at the
regular polling place in eacn precinct
on the second Saturday OF September,
IN the year 1914, and DienniaIiy there
after, p.etc. ..
Suggestions to above:
Primary to be held on tae first Sat.
urday OF October in each election wear.
SECTION y, paragraph /, stasss tnat lat
least fifteen days before any primary,
the Secretary of the Territory shah
trAnsmlt TO each county Cierx q certI-
fed list, containing the uan,es or all
persons for whom nomination papers
have been duly fled in his Office etc.
Suggestion to aDove:
Change fifteen days TO twenty days.
Section IL, paragraph /, states that
at least ten days before the primary
the Secretary of the Territory and the
County Clerk shall prepare a specimen
ballot and shall forthwith SUBMIT n
copy of the same to the Chairman Or
tine several Territorial and county Com.
mittees," etc. g .
Suggestion to above;
Eliminate Secretary Of the Territory
from participating with tne County
Clerk in the Preparation of the specI-
men ballot, leaving it alone 70 the
County Clerk to prepare the same. The
County Clerk, however, TO submit d
copy Of said ballot to the Secretary or
the Territory as well as to tine Chair.
man of the several Territorial and
County Committees.
Section ~. lNo person shall be en-.
titled to vote at any primary unless he
shall have been registered as a duly
qualified eIector OF the precinct at
least ten days prior to said primary,
which fact shall be determined by lists
presented to the judges of election by
the County Clerk at least three days
prior to said primary"
Suggestion TO above:
And very necessary, extend period Of
closing registration to twenty days
prior to said primary instead of ten
days. The twenty days period Will
then correspond with the time stated
in the General Election.
Section Is states that Immediately
upon the closing Of the polls at the
primary the inspectors shall count the
votes cast, in the same manner as PR
vided by law for the counting of votes
at an election. The inspectors shall,
on separate sheets or blanks to be pro
vided for that purpose, make full and
accurate returns of the votes cast and
shall forthwith send one copy Thereon
TO the Secretary of the Territory ana
to the County Clerk, where the primary
IS held; and one copy to the ehairmen
of the Territorial Central ana County
Committees OF each. party
Suggestion to above; -
Strike out phrase "and one copy TO
tie Chairmen of the Territorial and
oupty Committees of each party"
same being unnecessary and cumber.
some to detail work in County Clerk 5
office.
Sector 10. Alterations to be made fl
conformity with decision of the Su-
preme Court.
Also insert Sth line after district
reading "for the office"
Section Is. Change phraseoligy to
read in this wise: "In case of the
death, withdrawal, or disqualification
of any candidate before the primary,
the vacancy so caused may be filed by
the Central or County Committee of the
party, as the case may be
"In case of the death, withdrawal, or
disqualification of any candidate after
the holding of any primary, the va
cancy so caused shall be filed by the
candidate receiving the next highest
vote for the office, otherwise by the
Central or County Committees, as t:4e
case may be-"
Separate party ballots, each voter
receiving one for each party, but al.
lowed to put one only in the ballot box,
those not being used put IN separate
box thus securing strict partisan nom.