The Brinkley argus., 1916-08-25
Be It Enacted by the People of th' State of Arkansas:

Be It Enacted by the People of the
 state of Arkansas:
 Section l. All organized political parties selecting their candidates for office through primary elections snall be subject to the provisions of thls ac'' except in case of vacancies as neFtlIIII1 I1 after provided and each party sflall pay. the expense of it's own primary election, except as herein otheI"ls lse provided and all primary elections io5 the nomination of county. dtstFlcl a ana state officers shall be held on the saiHe day.
 Provided, however, nominations hy petition of electors may continue 70 pss made as provided in Section 2fff or Kirby's Digest 4,
 Sec g. The primary elections Of 2 Ill political parties shall be held on e t,e last Tuesday in May preceding tne tions may be called to fill yaeanc'.s. zr and this law shall govern the same 4S far as applicable. ,.e,-
 Sec. 3. There shall be chosen at e$sa tf, primary election delegates 10 luH county convention, and the memoef9 of the County Central Commltlee which each election precinct or tls5 ward is entitled, and it shall pc .He duty of the County Central comm 1St to place on the primary ba alots, tlg names of all persons nominatema m LoI delegates and committeemen' lnV' shall be placed on the ballot as c9LIol-
 
 only such names as have been nom 2 mated for such position by petlllon - not less than 10 qualified, elecltqrs .,, oa q the precinct or yard. hJea W, com nnfttee .on or before it's meeting heid ae hereinafter provided for appol t,lleIle t IT. of judges and clerks or the Pf fiIl'tL election: provided, if candidates TOT such positions have not been nominat- ed by petition of qualified electors H9 herein provided, then the CouhtE ,rru tral Committee at its said meetli.,l' I iDi the selection of judges ana cleI Ns. shall select candidates for deieEtles and committeeman for all voting pre- cincts and wards where no Hoii'liia- lions have been. made. a,ar,-s of
 Sec 4 The judges and c3eras oi election shall be selected by the t"uLl ty Central Committee at an open i alig public meeting of the committee hela not earlier than one weeK ,,,ritteg ngi'dp mo- r5 tfce of the time and place or "hlrH shall be given each member hy Ln me chairman. vice chairman or secrgtssiS of the committed. and in afGlti"H thereto said chairman. vice che irf14n ,5. n or secretary shall publish notice of t3 C time and place of holding sac 1'e ing in some newspaper or genera 'll l cu1ation in the county and W'tLt there is more than one court dlst IleI in the county, said notice shaIt De published In a newspaper or Een't3tl circulation In both districls,, ., i9
 
 each district; and if there is ne news paper of general ctreulatlon m ant county. or in any district Of any cou455 ty the notice for said county or saia district of said county shall he given by printed handbills. which me SN.- chairman, vice chairman or secir v shall cause to be posted at= pu..L' pIaces in each township of such cpuH- ty- one of which shall be at tho place provided for posting public notices the court house or other pta'| VI which the said County CentfAl toHl,7 mittee is called to hold it's open and The committee shall appoint an al- fernate for each judge and an alter nate for each clerk ths Wn9 iu6re s"a or elaTIs appointed. should such iudee or clerk fail to serve. and If neither the 1udEe or clerk. nor his alternate. shai sFVe then such vacancy in the selection ot judges and clerks shall be filled hy the electors assembled at the voting pre- cinct at S.30 a. m.
 Sec. 5. It shall be inc d4tF ot lue and have printed the ballots for the urinary election. and the order in which the names Of the respeciEe candidates including persons nor nom m ,o i- the county convention. shall appear on the ballots shall be determtned by lot et the public meeting of the committee held 10. appoint judges and clerks, and tr tbe secretary of the committee. or sapvs other person, shall print, or cause to be printed. ballots with the nance of the candidates appearine thereon ln onv other or different order from that dafermiued as hereinbefore provided or either of them shall knowingly fail to comply with. or Knowingly violate any other provision or thls seetl"n. ne or they shall be guilty Of a misde- ,aaanor and upon conviction be pun iahed by fine and Imprisonment as herein provided for in cases or mis- demeanor under this act
 Sec. 6. Any elcctor who shall toll tbe iudre that he can not read or write or that by reason of any physica dls- ahfIitv he is unable to mark his ba llot ,,,av have the assfstance of the 1udEes t,, the nreparation of his ballot. who in tha nresence of the elector and in the nresence of each other shall prepare his ballot for him as he wishes TO vote Tt hafore any such elector shall be re- xsstred or permitted to tell for whom Se wishes fa~ vote, all of the electors SncIudfnr those In the booths. shall be Required to withdraw ron @ 1he ll, polsi'tE t, the following manner; one or the iudees. in the presence or inc other iudges shall read to the eleetor the ranoes Of the respective candidates as th.v annear upon the ballot, and the eiector shall then state for which can didate he wishes to vote, wherenpon one Of the judges Tn tng prefennie lret ii tSa oa rdidates for that particular office t the one for which the elector wntes. and if he does not wish to vote for any candidate for that particular nfnce shall scratch the names of all fhe candidates Tor mat paftlSutaI "i4ef ofY of said ballot
 - ecc yudre or clerk shall express any nrafarence for any candidate or in any ar xuhatsoever attempt to infu- nnce any elector for whom he shall vnte. and any judge or clerk Tlols tinR ,v nrovfsion of this section shall be .ss,eA guilty of a mfSdemeanor and ehelI be punished as hereinafter pro- vieec eec :. Each political party holdinr
 oeJ o,arv election shall. on the first zrardav after the primary, hold ? anyrfv convention composed or tho nelse n each township and ward as tion a,n rn provided for.
 sc The county convention shall
 S1iia lime declare the result Of said ,r,mary election ana select delegates an1 Acandidate for office, or offieehoId-
 NC Iar,stv of an officeholder. shall er' ov,~itie fo membership on County 1centrai ce Committees or as a delegate tn county CT district conVenitlons, or as a fudge or clerk or any primary eiee-
 Iue .s void. and the vacancy filled az ets,er vacancies are herein pI,oXylded to to be sIied vacancles lh snf f,ogl daafb fo v resfgnation or ineligibility apsenih ha fiied by the. alternates in the sna. a.r of their selection. and in ab- sence Of alternatdes, ox an vacanees n Central Committee shall be filled 6v the committee s ,1o,,.- of ,t,.e
 aer q The judges ana cleiks ol ens .ss~fion shall make duplicate reg isfer sf the names Of edch Wbiob aba an tbev 5e