The Brinkley argus., 1916-08-11

l general election, to De neiu on =, day November 2, 1916, for adoption or rejection.
 FOR ACT NO. 1.
 AGAINST ACT NO. l.
 "An Act to Regulate Primary Eiec- tions and for other purposes
 Be It Enacted by the People or the State of Arkansas;
 Section l. All organized pon'iSeer @ Sor parties selecting their candidates lol 2, | office through primary elections shati be subject to the provisions of thls acl' | except in case of vacancies as hei t S,I 1T after provided, and eacn pn pni,S Urinary 1 election except as herein otherwlse | provided, and all primary elections od TOT | the nomination of county, olstil oe @ = z day. .,o,s Inv Provided, however. nomln:atlohts bs bs petition of electors may contihuoez oz7g W oT made as provided in Section z''i VI
 Sec. 2. The primary elections of 2 ail | political parties shall be heid on th tte . last Tuesday in May preceding ,nae general election Special dIr Prin1ad nacancies, and this law shall govern the saine "9 far as applicable. oocb
 Sec 3. There shall be chosen fos to at efSe tSe primary election deIegafes d ths members o9us o9 ths County Central Committee to which each election precinct, or crss 4bs ward is entitled, and It shaiI aeidIo,i+tae po tee | to place on the primary ballots the t names of all persons nominateg TOT TOT delegates and committeeman. dt lnS shall be placed on the pallo. i.t as tearnen dates for delegates and commltteeIne,h | onlv such names as have been nomi . mated for such position by petltdon os ot not less than 10 qualified electors . pa nd precinct nt t6e qf Caln Connty "5sa Central Com | mittee on or before it's meeting helo as hereinafter provided for appolni ,.,, of Judges and clerks or the @ prilhat fnr eiection. provided, if candidates TOT snoh positions have not been nominat- | ed by petition of qualified electors as herein provided, then the County cen tral Committee at It's saio me- me- n1.rise | shall select candidates for delegates and committeeman for all voting pre- cfncts and wards where no hoiiiii'a- tions have been made. ns clerks of elaction shall be selected by the Coun, ty Central Committee at an open and id public meeting of the committee, hsia % urinary election, ten days written, no flee of the time and place or Which shall be given each member ny the , chairman. vice chairman or or secrHtaaag adi.aag of the committee. and in addltion thereto said chairman, vice chairman n n or secretary shall publish notice of the time and place of holding said meet ing in some newspaper or genera hare o1 | there Is more than one court dlstrlco in the county. said notice shall pc published in a newspaper or sepei s ,Ii circulation in both districts, or Tn newspapers of general circulation In each district; and if there Is no news naner of general circulation In any county, or in any district of any coun, T district of said county shall De glvesn1 bv printed handbills, which the sald chairman, vice chairman or secretary ar, shall cause to be pSs.ed a. smcb at pop,,c oo,,n. ty, one of which shall be at the place provided for posting public notices al the court house or other place at which the said County Central Com : ,ntttee is called to hold it's open and The committee shall appoint an al- ternate for each judge and an alter nate for each clerk who shall serve in inc place of the judge or clerk anpointed. should such judge or clerk fall to serve. and if neither the judge or clerk. nor his alternate. shall serve, then such vacancy in the selection of iudGes and clerks shall be filled by the electors assembled at the voting pre- cinct at 830 a. m:
 Sec. g. It shall be the duty or the secretary of the committee to prepare and have printed the ballots for the primary election, and the order Tn which the names of the respect7ve candidates including persons nominat- ed for committeeman and delegates to the county convention, shall appear on the ballots shall be determined by lot at the public meeting of the committee held to appoint judges and clerks. and if the secretary of the committee, or any other person. shall print. or cause to be printed. ballots with the names of the candidates appearing thereon ln
 mi | determined as hereinbefore provided or either of them shall knowingly fai to comply with, or Knowingly violate | any other provision of this section, he or they shall be guilty of misde- meanor, and upon conviction be pun ished by fine and Imprisonment as herein provided for in cases Of mis- demeanor under this act.
 Sec G. Any elector who shall tel 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 in the preparation of his ballot. who 1T the presence of the elector and In tht presence of each other shall prepare but before any such elector shall be re. ouired or permitted to tell for whom he wishes to vote. all of the electors including those in the booths, shall b' required to withdraw from the pollinf room. Said ballot shall be prepared 1T the following manner: One of th' judges in the presence of the othel | judges, shall read to the e1ector thu names of the respective candidates a. | they appear upon the ballot, and thu elector shall then state for which can didate he wishes to vote, whereupoi one of the judges. in the presence O all shall strike from the ballot all thu candidates for that particular offic except the one for which the electo votes: and if he does not wish to vot for any candidate for that particula office. shall scratch the names of al the candidates for that particular offlc off of said ballot.
 No judge or clerk shall express an, preference for any candidate or In an, manner whatsoever attempt to infu ence any elector for whom he shal vote, and any judge or clerk violatinl deemed guilty of misdemeanor an shall be punished as hereinafter pro
 Sec. T. Each political party holdinl 9 primary election shall on the frs Monday after the primary. hold
 county convention composed of tn dalegates elected at such primary cleo ton in each township and ward a herein provided for.
 Sec The county convention shal at said tinre declare the result Of saf primary election and select delegate and alternates to all conventions.
 No candidate for office. or officehold he eligible to membership on Count Central Committees or as a delegat to county or district conventions or a judge or clerk of any primary cleo ton.
 The selection of ineligible person shall he void, and the vacancy filled a other vacancies are herein provided l le l.1 fne n Q 1aI fT