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and clerks and officers of the election
shall seal and address two copies OF
poll books in duplicate packages II
the presence of the judges.
The said tickets will be sealed with
the initials of one of the judges by
writing his name across the seal. The
officers of the election shall mail one
package to the chairman of the COM
mittee at Knoxville, Tenn, the other
to the chairman of the county cleo
ton board or deliver the same in
person or send them by the judges
of the election. The tickets voted
and not counted shall likewise be
sealed, marked mot counted" and
sent up with the returns to the chair
man of the congressional committee
at Knoxville, Tenn. Provided that
if in any event, proper blanks, poll
books, tickets, and other things nee
essary are not provided, as herein
set out, then blank paper may be
used by the officers and tickets may
be prepared by the voters and the
election conducted as required by
these rules.
County Manager for Candidate for
Congressional Nominations.
Each candidate for the congress
sional nomination may appoint
county manager in each county to
have charge of his campaign, and
the candidates tickets shall be sent
to the county manager thus APP
pointed for distribution unless the
candidate shall order otherwise in
writing, except where the statutes
of the state requires the voting to
be done under the Australian ballot
system.
Inspectors for Each Candidate.
The county manager may appoint
and commission in writing one in
spector of count in each civil dis
trict, ward or voting precinct to rep
resent the candidate for whom he
acts, and said inspector of count shall
have the right to be present and wit
ness the casting and count of the
ballots, the making out, signing and
sealing of the returns in each VOt-
ing place in the district, ward or
voting precinct wherein said cleo
ton is held, and he shall have free
access to the polling place during
the progress of said election.
Assistant Inspector.
One other republican of good re-
pute may be chosen at each precinct
by the adherents of each candidate
to act in concord with and to aid |
said inspector of count and in the
event any inspector of count shall |
fail or refuse to serve or shall prove |
disloyal to the candidate for whom
he was designated, then the adher-
ents of the candidate thus deprived |
of such inspector may choose a per-
son to serve in his stead. The can
didate for congress shall notify the
chairman of this committee whom
he has appointed as his county man.
ager in each of the several counties
of hits congressional district at the
same time that he gives notice of his
Of any chief Inspector fails or re-
fuses to serve, or proves disloyal,
then the adherents present of the
candidate deprived Of a chief inspec-
tor shall elect both a chief and an
assistant inspector).
Ballots and Registration.
The Australian Ballot law and the
law applies where the
same is declared in force and effect
by the general election laws of the
state. These laws do not apply
where registration has not been had
for some general, special, municipal
election, or where no special regis
tration is had for this primary, and
the same will not therefore be en-
forced, but when such registration
has been had these laws will be in
force and effect and the county cleo
ton boards must see to their proper
No Poll Tax Required.
The poll tax test as to qualifca-
ion of electors shall not be enforced |
The primary election law of the state
SO provides. In all cases where the
Australian ballot law applies it shall 1
pc the duty of the chairman Of this
committee to prepare the official bal I
ot in accordance with the law of the t
state and furnish the same to the /
county election boards who in turn E
;hall furnish them to the election of {
icers of each civil district, voting ,
precinct or ward in ample time to be
N hand when the election is opened,
,ut the name of any candidate for
he congressional nomination shall {
lot be printed on said official ballot :
Who has not complied with the re- +
uirements of these rules and reg t
lations. S