Pocahontas star herald., 1916-08-11
Re II Enacted by the People OF IN,
State OF Arkansas

Re u Enacted by the People Of the
State OF Arkansas;
Section I. Al organized POLITICAL
parties selecting their candidates forl
once through primary elections SHALL
be subject 10 the provisions Of this aet,l
except In case Of vacancies as herein
aftUr provided, and each party shah
election, except as herein othcrwisel
provided, ana all primary elections forl
the nomination Of county, district andl
state officers shall be held on the same
I day,
Provided. however. nominations by
petition Of electors may continue TO be
made a. provided In Section 277T oil
| kirhy's Digest.
Sec. 2. Tho primary elections OF AMI
political parties shall be held on theI
| last Tuesday In May preceding thoI
! general election. Special primary elec-l
| tions may be called TO an vacancies.
snd this law shall govern the same as
Sec. 3. There shall he chosen at each
primary election delegates 20 the
county convention, and the members
| Of the County Central Committee to
which each election precinct or city
ward ls entitled. and Il shall be the
/ duty OF the County Central Committee
/ 20 place on the primary ballots the
names OF all persons nominated for
delegates and committeeman. There
shall be placed on the ballot NJ candi-
dates for delegates and committeeman
/ only such names ne have been nomi-
mated for such position BY petition OF
not less than 10 duallacd electors OF
| the precinct or ward, nl"d with the
| secretary of the County Central Com
mittee on or before lts meeting held as
hereinafter provided for appointment
/ % Judges and clerks OF the primary
| election: provided. n candidates for
/ such positions have not been nominht-
Cd BY petition OF qualified electors AZ
herein provided, then the County Cen
/ trail Committee at its said meeting, for
| tho selection Of iudEes and clerks.
| shall select candidates for delegates
and committeeman for all voting pre-
| cincts and wards where no nomina-
| tions have heen made.
/ Sec. 1. The Judges and clerks of
! election shall be selected by the Coun-
/ ~ Central Committee at an open ana
| public meeting OF the committee. held
not earlier than one week before the
primnry election, ten days written no
| tice Of the time and place OF which
| shall be given each member by the
| chairman. vice chairman or secretary
of the committee. and In sddluon
| or secretary shall publish notice Of the
/ time and place OF holding said meet
Ing IN some Newspaper OF general cur
culation In the county ana ,whsf.
| there Is more than one court district
| IN the county. said notice shall be
| published in a newspaper OF Eeneraf
/ circulation in both districts, or IN
newspapers OF general circulation IN
each district: and n there Is no news
| naner on general circulation In any
| county. or in any district Of any coun-
~, the notice for said county or said
district of said county shG:l be given
by printed handbilis. which the said
| cbsiruan. vice chairman or secretary
/ shall cause 20 be posted ~ puhhc
plnces in each township or such coun-
~. one Of which shall be AZ the pace
| TaHfh1ta nnflrRa AT
tbe court house or other place at
| which the said County Central Com.
nIttee is called 20 hold It's open ana
public meeting.
ternntc FOR each Judge and an alter
nate for each clerk who shall serve
in the pIacs ~ the Judge or clerk
spnoInted should such iudge or clerk
faIi 10 serve. and n neither tho Judge
~ clerk nor his alternate, shall serve.
,ba- such vprsncy In the selection or
Judges and ci.-ts shall he allied by the
electors assembled at the voting pre-
soc n sbaIl he the duty ~ the.
sarretary OF tho committee TO prepare
and have printed the ballots br the
primary election. and the order IN
candidates. Including persons nominat-
"a for committeeman and delcCates 10
'Na county. convention. shall appear on
the baIIotr shall he determined nv lot'
i NJ the nuhllr NlteNN'lE " wv 'i'l''N'
heId 10 annoInt judges and clerk7, ana
N the secretary OF the committee. or
any othc- nerscn. shall print. or cause
n he printed. ballots with the names
Of tho cnndIda'oa appearing thereon IN
INV other or different order from that
determined az hereinhefore provided.
or either Of them shall knowingly ran
10 comply with. or knowingly NiolnteI
any other provision or this sectloh "
or they shall be guilty n mi7de-
ynaaror and upon conviction he pun
ished Nv fne and imprisonment as
herein provided for In cases or mis-
demeanor under this act. .u ,.,r
| Sec G. ANY elector who shnl ven
the Judge that he can not read or write
!, or that bv reason or any physical nls-
ability he e. unable TO mark his ha,lot,
NAV have the assistance or the lunEGis
IN the preparation Of his ballot. VINO IN
the presence OF the elector and IN the
prcgence Of each other shall prepare
his ballot for him NJ he wishes 20 vote
but before anv such eIector shall be re-
nuIrcd or permitted 20 tell for whom
he wishes 10 vote NIL or the electors
including those IN the booths. Fhn.! ne
| required 10 withdraw from the pol,lnE
roon Said ballot shall be prepared in
the following manner: one or the
! iudreg in the presence Of N" other
iudres, shall read 10 the elector the
rnrnes or the respective condidates as
thew pppear upon the ballot. and the
eIector shall then state for which can
didate he wishes to vote, wheranpon
Owe ~ tho Judges In the presence or
oil. shnN strike from the hallot all inc
candidates for that particular ONCE
cxcept tho one for which tho elector
votes. and n he does not wish TO vote
for any candidate fo~ that particular
ONCE she'll scratch the names or an
tho candidates for that particular ONCE
on Of said ballot.
No fudge or clerk shall express any
prererence for any candidate or In any
manner whatsoever ATTEMPT to inhu-
ence anv clector for whom he shall
vote, and pnv iud~e or clerk YioIntlnR
rnv provision OF this section shall ne
deemed guilty Of n misdemeanor and
qNal1 be punished as hereinafter pro-
vided.
Sec. 7. Ench nolitical party holding
n urinary election shall. on the hrst
Monday after the primary, hold a
county convention composed Of the
deIerates elected at such primary cleo
tIon in each township and ward as
herein provided for.
Sec g. The county convention sha 4!
~ snid time declare the result NJ sald
primary election and select delegates
nrd aIternates 10 all conventions.
No candidate for Office. or oficehold-
or or deputy OF an omceholder. shall
he eligible to membership on County
! Central Committees or as ? delegate
10 county or district conventions. or as
Judge or clerk Of any primary cleo
| tion.