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TO work and vote three times for such
principles and candidates in the national
convention before giving support to any
the party presidential electors nominated,
IN the primary for such first choice can
didates for President and Vice-Prestdent,
lege for the candidates for President and
Nfce-Presiden who were nominated by
the NATIONAL party convention.
Sec. IL. The words party platform"
shall mean the selected issue
and the declaration of principles and prop
osltiops which have received the highest
number OF party votes for governor at the
Sec. 10. The word motto shall mean
a condensed statement of one paramount
issue, for national motto, state motto or
county motto, expressed in not to exceed
elght words in each motto, for use as a
heading for group candidates proposed by
the majority or minority party committee
on. the official primary ballot.
Sec. IA. Inc word declaration" shall
mean a statement, as hereinafter provided,
signed by. the party candidate and at
taGhed to his filing papers. pledging him.
self to qualify and obey the party recall,
before his name shall appear on the Of
fetal primary ballot.
Sec: IS The words political record
book kept by the secretary of state, or Il
bound record book kept by the county
auditor. in which record shall be entered
in writing the independent and group
=, "' 'i
party candidates., challenges and accep-
tances to joint debates, minutes of all
proceedings of all party state central com
mittee meetings and of all initiatory party
proposal committee meetings in the order
fiiled. The pages of the political record
book shall be numbered c~onsecutively.
Sec. 16. The words publicity panph-
let shall mean the official party state
publicity pamphlet compiled by the secre-
laiy OF state from the political record book
OF filings made in his office, by proposal
committees and in1pnGnGent marty can1i-
dates, for publication.
Sec: II. The words Official Primary
Ballot" shall mean the official party ball
lot, printed by the auditor of each county
for each party and used at the party pri-
maries on the fourth Tuesday in March
IN even numbered years in the order and
form designated in Section 70 of this act;
but no candidates name shall appear up
on the official primary ballot more than
once in the same primary except the
names of candidates for judges of the
supreme court, who may be endorsed by
the state minority or majority proposal
committee and whose names may appear
twice.
Sec. IS. The words official party en-
dorsement' h mean the act OF de-
termlnlng the party recommendation, OF
party candidates for public offices to be
mary, or by the regular party. central
committee. or by the state and county
party chairman and party national COM
mitteeman, as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 10. The words postmaster pri-
mary" shall mean a municipal election
for the purpose of RECOMMENDING and
master.
Sec. 20. The word precinct" shall
mean a district established under the law
within which qualified electors vote in
Sec. 81. The words November cleo
ton, shall mean the general election.
Sec. %. Public places for posting
notices shall include the outer door OF
polling places, the post office lobby, If
any, and the front outside door of any
nn otaiee e are usga H5 a poyte other place where
Sec. %. The word Clerk shall mean
the clerk, secretary or auditor keeping
| organized into civil townships the word
CLERK shall mean county auditor.
Sec. "a. The precinct committeeman
ity proposal committee may meet in the
court room at the county court house on
the last Friday in December in each odd
numbered year, and each committee may
retire to ~self-appointed separate rooms
in the court house to propose principles
and endorse candidates for state and
instructions to the state proposal com
mitteeman of the minority or majority,
who shall represent the county, at the
state proposal committee meeting at the
state capitol, on the first Monday in anu
airy following; but when the state ma
1ority and minority proposal committee
pfllltiIitS Stl3ll IaSc Dep1l uGClueQ upon
by a majority of the representative vote
of the respective state mem
bers present as a proposal for a party
state platform to be nominated at the pri-
mary, then all county committee pro-
posals or principles must be in conformity
with either the majority or minority state
eommittee proposal principles, par
county or district propose onmitte
candidates 10 the use of either the ma
jority or minority column as hereinafter
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lot. The county auditor shall cause nc
candidates name for county office to be
printed upon the official primary ballot
under ommitte proposals in either the
minority or majority column IL the prin-
ciples and county motto filed are in con-
flict with the paramount issue adopted
committee proposal; such a motto of coun-
ty platform principles, not to exceed eight
words, and not in conflict with the state
platform principles of the minority or the
der the state motto, and designated as the
county motto in the column Of the mi
nority or majority on the official primary
ballot.
Sec. rs. The words party recall shall
mean the right and official act of the
regular party organization by jury trial,
herein provided, to request the resigna-
ton of any public official who has been
elected or appointed to office as a party
Sec. 26. Hereafter all party candidates
for all of the elective offices, presidential,
congressional, state, county, legislative
and district, presidential electors and all
party delegates and alternate delegates
to the national conventions and all pre-
cinct, county, state and national COM
nitteenen. party state chairmen and ma
jority and minority proposal committee
men shall be nominated, or endorsed, as
the case may require, and party repre-
sentatives elected, at the primary held
in accordance with the provisions of this
act. All other proposals. of candidates for
such positions h be by petitions in the
independent column at the November
election in the manner now provided by
law.
Sec. q. This act shall not apply to
city. town, township and school district
offices, but may be adopted by either
by a majority vote upon such proposition
at any election held therein.
ARTICLE TWO.
Party Enrolment.
Sec. 2S. Enrollment-No elector in the
state of South Dakota shall be permitted
to vote at o ny party primary unless he
is duly enr| ed, as herein required.
Sec. 20. Duty of County Audit0r-tEn-
rollnrent Book)-The county auditor OF
each county shall, on or before the first
day of January of each odd numbered
year, provide suitable enrolment books,
one for each voting precinct in his county,