The Nevada County picayune., 1916-11-16
PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETI-
 TIoN.
FOR ACT NO. 1. AGAINST ACT NO. I.

AGAINST ACT NO. I.
 "An Act to Regulate Primary Flee tions and for other purposes
 Be If Enacted by the People Of the
 Etate Of Arkansas;
 Section 1. All organized political parties selecting their candida tes Tor of7ce through primary elections shall be subject 10 the provisions of ,za de6 except in case of vacancies as hefelh. after provided. and each party shaI pay the expense of tta own p9'Ai v provided. and all primary elections i91 the nomination of eouptE disttiet ana state officers shall be hetd oH the saa5e day.
 petition of electors may cootth4g. I9 p& s ia8ae as provided in &ecl1en 2ttf CT Kirby's Digest.
 Sec 2 The primary elections CT 't Il political parties shalt hc held on tl1 fast Tnesanv in May preceding the general election Gra6f5I uTimarv cfee= fions may be called r. ti Sae Ha=le= and this law shah govern the same 55 far as app1icablc,
 primary election aelsGat sa county convention. and tae UefaHes of the County Central fqhlp5gise which each election precinct at e.'s ward is entitled aH4 # -l'- duty of the Cuunte FHntIHt comm seA to place on the ptl'aafE h# #A9i7 s-. names of all per #n= nom lh=A A5I 5,t5 deIeeateA and commit teeH#eh= i5t shall be placed or tha ballot "s eae9 dates for deIcgatea AHH ee'nnt5j1fli'tl only such names H# HH&H Heea ii't5}t mated for such position hE ptulloh 't not less than 10 dnaftHed rt'efef7 "i the precinct or ward, filed wi ia the secretary of the County Central Com rnIttee on or before its meeting held as hereinafter provided for appolntHeht
 TN election: provided if candidates TOT such positions have not been nomlnat= ed by petition of qua ihed electors as herein provided. then the County Gen tral Committee at its said meeting, TOT the selection of judges and clerks. shall select candidates for delegates and committeeman for all voting pre- cincts and wards where no nomlha- tions have been made.
 Sec 4. The judges and clerKs oi election shall he selected by the Gonn ty Central Committee at an open ai,9 public meeting of the committee, he'a primary election. ten days written no flee of the time and place or Whish shnu be given each member by the chairman vice chairman or secretary of the committee. ana ih ir,,'o, se'a1 e,o,, thereto said chairman, vice chatfmah or secretary shall publish notice of the time and place of holding sald mesI ing in some newspaper or Eenef'l 'iI 1 ru there is more than one court dis,r,ct in the county, said notice shall ne published In a newspaper or sehe' , n' circulation in both districts, or m newsnnpers of general circulation III each district: and if there Is no news naner of general circulation Tn any county or in any district or any eoun, ty the notice for said county or salu di.trtct of said county shall De given hy printed handhills. which the sala rbstrman vice chairman or secretary shsu cause to he posted at Punilc places in each township Of such couh- w one of which shall be at the place nroyided for posting public notices al tbe court house or other place at which the said County Central com, mittee is called to hold its open anu rba committee sholl appoint an all ternate for each Judge and an alter nate for each clerk who shaIl S'tN" fin the nlarc of the judge or c,ef> enpointed should such judge or clrrh yau to aerve, and if neither tn" Judge ~. clerk nor his alternate. shall serve. Il en such vaeaucv in the s"ieGi,oh "I iudgrs ard clerks shaI he hiie" ny .ne electors assembled al me young Pi' circt at S:30 a. m.
 Sec s Ii shall he the duty of the secretary Of the coi,='nitter to nttpa - and have printed tf" Na llots rHr 'hc ~bich the na,-Es or the rrSn"etlNe e candidates. trelud H.. p"r sor~ nortna' - ed for committee'." and dele%7tes f" the coUatN eonver st.,l. hal anh'at -" the ballae- shall he determlned hy iai RI the puhlte meetine nf the co'9nh' ir. h"'d 10 aprs.~t ind" and 'l"' t'. "nN IT tba seer =t7,=--= -re Hha e0tmitt"e, or a,,, o,,er e, -..=..7 zNplt i,rint. OF Carse Ca he n.'-=. ia1iatz Nhh ''aa a.-s' of tho candidates npneariag thereon Tn any othrr or different order from fhai deterAtned se hereinhcfotc prov tded ar either af them Shel} know jHe}V fail l. any oth&~ pr1VtSion ef thfS section, he or they sheu be guilty "f a mIS""- roauor and upon conviction he pun ished bv fue and Imprisonment as herein provided for in caSes of ms demeanar under this act
 Sec { Arv el"ctor who shall teil the iudgo that he can not read or M,iie or that hy reason Of any physical dis ability he is unable to mark his ha Hot, ynsV have inc assistance of the judges Tn the preparation of his ballot. who ln the presence Of the e1ector ana Tn me presenrr of each other shall prepare his ballot for him as he wishes to vote, hut before any such elcctor shall be re- quired or permitted to tell for whom he wishes to vote. afl of the electors, Including those in the booths. shall be raouired to withdraw from the polling room Said ballot shall he prepared m the following manner; one or the judges in the presence CT th" other judges shall read to the elector the 
 tt"v apnear upon the ballot and the elcctor shall then state for which can Sidate he wishes to vote. Whrreupon o.,e of inc judges. in the presence ef an shall strike from the ballot all the s.-,fiaatee for that particular office fvQsot the one for which ff eleCtor votes and if he doe.s not wish 10 vote fo~ any candidate for that partlrular office. shall scratch the names Of all -l,, candidates for th8t partienlar otfiee o~ of said ballot.
 
 n~eference for anV candidate or in anY ,vanner whatsoever attempt 10 ioau- cnee any elector for whom he shall vote. and any iua~e CT clerk Violating -nV provision of tAis section shall be ,Anetre1 guilty If F Hteacmtanor and e'-~H he punished ae hereinafter pro viNed a nFisoHHy election haN on the first Monday after fbe primary. hold Q eaunt= convention rawupeed of tho .-atarates eteef led st sech primary rite- -faa In eaeh township ara ward us ' s'@ ..t., idcd for