The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1916-01-13

the officers, judges and clerks from
the republicans who are present, and
il nus making the appointments,
those appointing shall divide the Of
ticers of election as equally as pos
sible as to judges, clerks and Off
GERS among the various candidates
to be voted for.
Qualification of Voters.
All bona fide republicans, rec
ognized and known to be such in
! the district, ward or voting precinct,
in which their votes are offered to
be cast, shall be permitted to vote
and participate in this primary cleo
ton, but no other persons.
None But Republicans Can Vote.
The judges of election shall not
allow any persons known to bear al
legiance to any other political party
to vote in this primary election.
Challenges.
No person shall be permitted to
vote who if challenged will not agree
to pledge himself to vote for and
support the successful candidate for
congress in said primary, and all per-
sons voting therein shall be deemed
to have pledged themselves to sup
port the nominee thereof.
Must Be Qualified Voter, Etc.
Each republican voting must be a
qualified voter of the civil. district,
ward or voting precinct where he cast
his vote, shall be qualified to vote in
this primary election.
Young Republicans.
Al young republicans, however,
Asepwill be Of age and legally quail
fed voters at the November election,
1915, and who are otherwise qualified
to vote in this primary election.
Meters Sworn and Examined.
k-sld Case the officers Of election shall
be in doubt as to the right Of any
person to vote, such persons shall be
sworn by the judges of election and
examined as to his right to vote. Any
bystanders may also challenge the
right of any person to vote, and in
all such cases such persons whose
right to vote is challenged, shall be
sworn and examined.
Poll Books.
The chairman of the congressional
committee shall furnish to each
chairman of the county election
board, who in turn shall furnish each
civil district, ward or voting precinct
a duplicate set of poll books, which
must be delivered to the officers of
the election before the time arrives
for the opening of the polls.
These poll books must contain
copy of the oath to be subscribed to
by the officers of the election, the
judges and clerks, and blanks for
recording the names of those voting
as well as blanks for the return Of
the election; also a copy of these
rules and regulations and a copy Of
the primary election laws of this
state under which this election is
to be held.
Tickets.
The chairman of this committee
shall aslo furnish the manager in
each county of each candidate for
the congressional nomination an
equal number of tickets for each
candidate for said nomination to be
mailed or delivered at least ten days
before the date of the election un-
less the candidate requests that these
tickets shall be mailed or delivered
to him, in which case this shall be
done.
Australian Ballot.
This rule, however, does not apply
where the Australian ballot law will
be in force and effect
Each ticket shall contain blank
space under the name of the can
didate sufficiently large to enable the
voter to write thereon the name of
the person he prefers for his candi-
date for congress, and shall also con-
tain blank space for the name of
person to be voted for in his county
for a member of the next congress
sional executive committee.
Balloting and Counting of Votes.
The balloting while the election is
being held shall be conducted in the
same manner as at a regular cleo
tion, and the count when the election
is closed shall be in the same man
ner as in the general election.
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