Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1916-05-11

Section /. State primary to be held
~on Saturday, June 3, 1916, for state
OFFICERS, members of congress-, dis
~srict officers, and members Of the gen.
oral assembly.
Sec. 2. State primary to be held on
Saturday, June 3, 1915, for president
land yice-president; may by party pr1-
mary express choice for president
and vice-president; delegates to ma
7&ional convention to be bound by
votes TN primary; state board Of cleo
tions to make all necessary rules and
regulations for carrying out the pro-
visions Of the act.
Sec. 3. Primary to be conducted in
accordance with general election law
and chapter 80 of the Revisal, and all
other statutes shall apply to primary
elections unless otherwise provided
tor in his act; all acts made crimi-
nal In The election laws shall be GRIM
sAnal when committed in a primary.
Sec. 4. State board of elections
will meet on Saturday, March rs, 1915
TO appoint the county boards of cleo
lions; the county boards of elections
VIII meet on Saturday, April Is, 1916,
at the c~ourthouses and organize in
the manner provided by law; the
county boards of election, on Sat-
urday, April %, 1916, shall appoint
a registrar and judges of elections
for each precinct in the manner pre-
scr1bed by law; the registrars and
Judges so appointed shall likewise
serve In the general election follow
Ing their appointment unless for good
cause the county board Of elections
shall appoint others; the registrars
and judges before entering upon their
duties shall take the oath of office.
The following named sums shall
zoe paid to the state board of elections
'oy the candidates for the following
offices at the time of filing notices
of candidacy:
For congressional Office. $50. 90
For judge of superior court, So
Hcitor, or any state officer. 1000
Eor state senator. ........... 500
Candidates for any county office.
at the time Of filing notice Of candi-
'dacy. shall pay to the county board
OF elections $500, except candidates
tor surveyor, coroner and county
commissioners. who shall pay 31.oo:
>'~eonstables and township officers ara
mot required to pay any fee.
Sec. s. The registration books shall
4oe, oSaR from Thursday, April AZ.
'1s1s, and closed on Saturday, May
go, 1915.
At the first primary new rseistr,.
ton books shall be provided in which
on each page. there shah be a col.
umn headed with the language. with !
which political party are you anil.
fated?"; the registrar shall trans
'ecribe tho names Of all formerly rse.
&stered voters in his precinct onto
such q book for such compensation
. the state board shall Indicate ~
be paid by the county; when such
voter whose name has been thus
Transcribed appears for the first time
TO vote in a primary, he shall an
swer such question above stated, and
che registrar and judges shall write
opposite his name his answer /
All other persons not already rae.
istered, who shall register to vote in
a primary, shall have %propounded To
them by the registrar, when such ner-
sons register, the same question.
No person is entitled to vote in q
primary unless he be a legal voter or
shall become legally entitled to vote
at the next general election and has
duly declared his party utilization.
Sec. 6. Notice Of candidacy and
pledge to abide the result by a AN.
didate for any office, other than for
the state senate in a district com-
posed of only n county, for the
house of representatives, or for a
county office, shall be filed with III.
state board of elections on or before
April %, 1916; such notice by q can
didate ter the state senate in a die.
trict composed of only one county
cor the house of representatives. ~