French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-01-06
Judge EWart Gives Digest OF New
State Primary Law.

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out, or erase his ballot in any way
either in the primary or general cleo
ton, but must designate his choice for
any office on the official ballots by
marking the cross mark in the square
On the ticket.
The tickels are placed by the judges
in the following anne boxes, viz:
THE National Primary Box. That
is for your choice as President and
Vice President.
State Primary Box for Governor
and other State officers.
Legislative Primary Box" that is for
member house and all county and
township officers. This o is also
called County Primary Box"
There will not be a new registration
ordered in this county, but all regis,
trars are required to copy the names
OF all voters in the old books in new
registration books, and on a separate
column in said BOOB he must desig-
nate the party with which the voter
afiiiates, whether Republican, Demo-
crat, or Progressive.
All parties offering themselves for
registration must answer the ques-
ton, required to be asked by the reg
istrar: With which political party
are you ~aff1liated?"
No voter can decline to answer this
question. If he refuses to do so, he
cannot register. His answer is set
down by the registrar in the column
above referred to-.
No person offering to vote in a pri-
mary will be permitted to vote unless
he is a Legal voter, and declares, and
has recorded on the registration books
that he afiliates with the political
party in whose primary he proposes to
vote, and is in good faith a member
thereof, meaning that he intends to
affiliate with the party in whose pri-
mary he purposes to vote. and is in
good faith a member thereof.
Until he makes this declaration no
voter will be permitted to vote in a
primary, nor a he procure from any
OF the judges, or the registrar an off
ciaI ballot.
Nor when he receives an official bal
lot is he allowed to vote in the primary
for any candidate except those named
as candidates by the party to which he
has declared he belongs.
ne may NOLC LOT any Ou0, Vi all Vi
the candidates named on his official
ballot.
He may hand his ballot to the judges
to place in the box, or he may deposit
it himself.
All expenses incurred in the election
are paid by the county.
At the primary any one may chal-
lenge the right of a voter to vote
either upon the grounds that he not q
legal voter, or that he does not aff1li.
ate with such party, or does not IL
good faith intend to support the can
didates nominated in the primary Of
such party, and it then becomes the
duty of the registrar and judges tc
determine whether or not the electoI
has e right to vote in said primary.
1t would clearly appear from the
above provision that if a voter stated
that he did not act with the party IL
whose primary he is voting, and die
not intend to vote for the candidates
named on his official ballot that he
could not be permitted to vote in. the
primary.
However there is nothing in the act
which requires or forces him to vote
for any or all of the nominees, named
on the official ballot given him.
The act contains drastic provisions
prohibiting the use of liquors at pri-
mary elections, the bribery, or intim-
idation of votes, neglect of official
duties, or any violation of the primary
law. Such violations are made misde-
meanors, and are punishable with
heavy fines, or imprisonment.
Candidates to secure a formal nom
ination must receive a majority of the
votes cast. -.
Otherwise a second primary must
be held. in which the candidates whl
received the highest and next highest
number of votes are voted for. unless
the party who received the next high
est number of votes shall file with the
county board a withdrawal from the
race.
If a second primary is held it must
be had four weeks after the first cleo
ton is held.
After the primary is held and the re
suit announced it is made the duty o.
the judges of the election to certify e
the county board of e;ection the names
of the several county candidates, who