The Mena weekly star., 1916-08-03

&Aaftu Ef fAW4 ana tHAt lNt nsAfttN Wtft be submitted 10 the qualified electors or the state Of Arkansas at the next general election, to be held on Iues- day, November :, is1e, for adoption or rejection.
 FOR ACT NO. I.
 AGAINST ACT NO. I.
 -An Act 10 Regulate Primary Elec- ssons and for other purposes.
 Be It Enacted by the People of the
 State of Arkansas;
 Section l. All organized political parties selecting their candidates Tor ofIce through primary elections shall De subject to the provisions or this act except ln ease of vacancies as hersln. after provided. and each party snail pay the expense of its own primary election. except as herein otherwise provided, and oil primary elections Ter the nomination of county, district and Ftate officers shall be held on the same
 Provided, however. nominations by petition Of electors may continue 70 pc made as provided in Section 2717 or Kirbys Digest.
 Sec. 2. me primary elections of all political parties shall be held on the last Tuesday in May preceding the general election. Special primary eiee- Hons may be called to fill vacancies, and this law shall govern the same as far as applicable.
 Sec. 8 There shall be chosen at each primary election delegates to the county convention, and the members of the County Central Committee 70 which each election precinct or city ward is entitled. and t shall pc me duty of the County Central Committee Co place on the primary ballots the pamee of all persons nominated TOT delegates and committeeman Ihtie shall be placed on the ballot as cnndi- Hates for delegates and committeeman only such names as have been nomi- mated for such position by petition ot not less than 10 qualified electors ot the precinct or ward, filed with the secretary of the County Central Com- rnittee on or before its meeting held as hereinafter provided for appointment of Judges and clerks of the primary election, provided. if candidates for such positions have moi been uominat- ed bv petition of qualified electors as herein provided, then the County cen tral Committee at its said meeting, for the selection of judges and clerks, shall select candidates for delegates and committeeman for all voting pre- cincte and wards where no nomlna- ffons have been made,
 Sec q The judges and clerks of election shall be selected hy the Nou2- ty Central Committee at an open andd public meeting of the committee. held not earlier than one week before the primary election, ten days written no- tice of the time and place of which shall be given each member by the
 
 Of the committee. and in addition thereto said chairman, vice chairman or secretary shall publish notice or tne time and place of holding said meet ana in some newspaper of general cir cuiation in the county, and where there is more than one court district fn the county, said notice shall be published in newspaper of general circulation in both districts, or m newepapers of general circulation In each district; and if there is no news county. or in any district Of any coun. fy. the notice for said county or said district of said county shall be given by printed handbiiis. which the said uhall cause 10 be posted at public places in each township of such coun- ~. one of which shall be at the place fhe court house or other place at which the said County Central Com- aittee Is called to hold its open and The committee shall appoint an ai- ternate for each judge and an alter- nate for each clerk who shall serve in the place of the. judge or clerk appnfnted should such judge or clerk fafl 10 serve. and if neither the judge or clerk nor his alternate shall serve, then such vacancy in the selection of judges and clerks shall be hlled by the cinet at S.sO q. m:
 sec. 5. It shall be the duty of the secretary of the committee to prepare and have printed the. ballots for the primary election. and the order in which the names of the respective candidates. including persons nominat- ef for committeeman ard delegates to the county convention. shall appear on fha ballots shall be determined by lot, nt the public meeting of the committee held to appoint Judges and clerks, and N the secretary of the committee. or any other person. shall print, or cause Co be printed. ballots with the names sf the candidates appearing thereon in any other or different order from that determined as hereinbefore provided. or either of them shall knowingly fall to comply with. or knowingly violate nny other provision of this section. he or they shah be guilty of q misde- meanor. and upon conviction be pun tshed by nne and Imprisonment as herein provided for in eases of mis- deyneanor under this act.
 Bee. C. Any elector who shall tell the judge that he can not read or write or that by reason of any physical dis ability he is unable to mark his ballot may have the assistance Of the judges ln the preparation of his ballot, who in the presence of the electUr and in the Yresence of each other snail prepare kut before any such elector shall be re- auired or permitted to tell for whom he wishes 10 vote all Of the electors including those in the booths. shall be required to withdraw from the polling reom Said ballot shall be prepared in the following manners One of the judges in the presence of the other judges shah read to the elector the names of the respective candidates as they appear upon the ballot. and the elector shall then state for which can didate he wishes to vote. whereupon one of the judges. Tn the presence of all shall strike from the ballot all the candidates for that particular offce except the one for which the eiector votes: and 1T he does not wish to vote for any candidate for that particular the candidates for that particular ofice of of said ballot
 No judge or clerk shall express any preference for any candidate or in any manner whatsoever attempt 10 infu- ence any elector for whom he shall vote and any iudre or clerk violating any provision of this section shall be shall be punished as hereinafter pro-
 Sec '. Each political party holding primary election shall. on the first Monday after the primary. hold a county convention composed of the delegates elected at such primary cleo tfon in each township and ward as herein provided for.
 Sec & The county convention shall at said tin1e declare the result nf said primary election and select delegates and aiternstes to all conventions
 No candidate for office. or offlcehald- CT. or deputy Of an offleeholder shaH be eligible to membership on County Central Committees or as a delegate Co county or district conventions or as . judge or clerk Of any primary elec-
 The selection of ineligible persons shall be void. and the vacancy filled as