The Monticellonian., 1916-08-24
PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PEFI-
 TION.
Be I. Enacted by the People Of the State of Arkansas:

State of Arkansas;
 Section All organized political parties selecting their candidates l1I IT office through primary elections sha ! be subject to the provisions or tnls Il. t' except in case of vacancies as hefelhI after provided. and each party L ShHLl election. except as herein otherwise provided and all primary elections los the nomination of county, district anu anu state officers shall be held on the saHe day.
 Provided. however. nominations by petition of electors may continue to be made as provided in Section 2fa or Kirby's Digest.
 Sec. 2. The primary elections of q Il political parties shall be held on the last Tuesday in May prec,ealng as. 1ea. general election. Special primary elec- e lions may be called to fill Vacahcits. and this law shall govern the same as far as applicable. t primary election delegates to the county convention. and the members of the County Central Committee to which each election precinct or tilE ward is entitled. and II snail De !Ie duty of the County Central Committee to place on the primary hailots tht names of all persons nominalea Io1 delegates and committeeman. iis5 shall be placed on the ballot as eanal- dates for delegates and committeeman only such names as have been nomi. mated for such position ny petition ot not less than 10 qualified electors .a oa the precinct or ward filed with the secretary of the County Central com mfttee on or before it's meeting held as hereinafter provided for appointment of judges and clerks of the primary election. provided if candidates for such positions have not been nomlnat- ed by petition of qualified electors aS herein provided, then the County cen fral Committee at it's said meeting for of tH5RaE and CIeTkSs shall select candidat tes for delegates and committeeman for all voting pre- ciucts and wards where no nomlna- tions have been made.
 Sec. | The judges md clerks of election shall be selected bv the coun- ty Central Committee at an open and public meeting of the committee, held not earlier than one week before me primary election. ten days written no tice of the time and place of which shall he given each member hN the chairman. vice chairman or secretary of the committee and in addition thereto said chairman. vice chairman pr secretary shall publish notice of the time and place of holding said meet ing In some newspaper of general CIT -ulation in the county. and where there is more than one court district in the county, said notice shall be published in newspaper of general circulation in both districts, or In newspapers Of general circulation in  paper of general circulation in any county, or in any district of any coun- ty the notice for said county or said district of said county shall be given by printed handhills. which the said chairman, vice chairman or secretary shall cause to be posted at public places In each township or such eoun- tv one of which shall he at the place provided for posting public notices at the court house or other place at which the said County Central Com mittee Is called to hold its open and public meeting.
 The connittee snail 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 appointed. should such judge or clerk fail to serve and if neither the judge or clerk. nor his alternate. shall serve then such vacancy In the selection of Judges and clerks shall he filled by the electors assembled at the voting pre- cinct at S:30 a. m.
 Geo 5 It shall be the duty Of the secretary of the committee 10 prepare and have printed the ba I1ots for the primary election and the order in which the names of the respective candidates including persons nominat- ed for committeeman and delegates to the county convention. shall anpear on the ballots shall he determined hy lot, at the public meeting of the committee held to appoint judges and clerks. and
 
 any other person, shall print. or cause to he printed. ballots with the names of the candidates appearinG thereon in any other or different order from that deterp1ised ns hereirhefore provided or either Of them shall knowingly fai1 10 comply with. or knowingly violate any other provision of this section. he or they shall he guilty of misde- meanor and upon conviction he pun ished by fine and Imprisonment as herein provided for in cases of mis- dereanor under this act
 Sec 6 Any clector who shall tell the judge that he can not read or write or fhat by reason of any physical dis ability he Is unable to mark his ballot, may have the assistance of the judges fn the preparation of his ballot whe In the presence of the elector and in tho presence of each other shall prepare his ballot for him as he wishes to vote but before any such elcctor shall he re- quired 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 room Said ballot shall be prepared in the following manner One ef the tudees in the presence of the other judges. shall read to the elector tbe names of the respective candidates as thev appear upon the ballot and the eiector shall then state for which cam didate he wishes to vote, whereupon one of tho iudCes. in the presence of all shall strike from the ballot all the
 
 except the one for which the CIeCtor votes and if he does not wish to vote for any candidate for that particular office shall scratch the names of au the candidates for that particular office of of said ballot
 No judge or clerk shall express any preference for any candidate or in any manner whatsoever attemnt 10 inf9u- once any elector for whom he shall vote, and any judge or clerk violating any provision of this section shall he deemed guilty Of a mfsdemeH nor and shall be punished as hereinafter pro-
 Sec. :. Each political party holding 2 primary election shall. on the first county convention composed of the delegates elected at such primary cleo tion In each township and ward as herein provided for
 Sec. s. The county convention shall et said time declare the result of said primary election and select delegates and alternates to all conventions.
 No candidate fos office. or oftlcehold- CT, deputy of an otlieeholder. shall be eligible to membership on County Central Committees or as a delegate to county CT district conventions. or as T judge or clerk of any primary cleo tion.
 The selection of ineligible persons shall be void, and the vacancy filled as other vacancies are herein provided to he filled. Naca ncies in the delegatian lo 9 convention. arising from death, absence. resignation or ineligibfity. shall be filed by the a1ternates in the order of their selection, and in ab sence of alternates. by the remaining members of the delegation Vacancies in the Central Committee shall be filled by the committee.
 Sec. 3. The judges and clerks of the election shall make a duplicate reg ister of the names of each and all the electors in the order in which they present their ballots. placing opposite
 | N4FsFa prescribed in Sections 2S11 to 2S16, in elusive. of Kirby's Digest. The voting