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Chapter 1o7. Session Laws Of 1918. "
Dated this 26th day Of September, 1916.
County Auditor.
INITIATED AND REFERRED LAWS
TO PRIMARY ELECTIONS.
An Act Entitled, An Act to Provide for
heguiation Of Political Party Transac-
tons; Cribs act is for the purpose of
sanpllfytng primary elections and maxi
WI OF the people, and thereby complete
me PURPOSE of the so-caled Richards
larty Primary Lay, also to correct typo
election expenses
BE 1T Enacted by the People of the State
OF South Dakota:
INDEX.
Organic Provisions and Definitions of
Article l. Sections o to ~ inclusive.
Party ENROLMENT By Registration With
IoWnship or Municipal Clerk or County
Article 2. Sections IS to 81 inclusive.
Party Organization: (How Formed, by
Precinct, County, State and National
Comnnltteemen and Officers.......
Article 3, Sections 80 to As Inclusive.
Individual Proposal Petition for lndepen-
gent Candidates and Representative Ma
ivy NpiIlIililLt" PROPOSALS OF Idnul.
dates: CForm of Blanks and Meetings)
Article 4, Sections 50 to SO Inclusive.
Defining Evolution of the Paramount Is
Article 5, Section go.
Public Joint Debates on the Paramount
issue
Official Party State Publicity Pamphlet
Article Z, Sections 62 to &C Inclusive.
official Party Primary Ballot Color.
Article s.. Sections 81 to Is inclusive.
Duties Of Secretary of State, County
Auditor and Election Officers; and Con-
duct of Party Primary Elections.
Article 8, Sections IA to los Inclusive.
Official Party Endorsement of Candidates
for President and Vice Pres; and Party
pointive Gov. Offices, Except Post
Article 10. Sections los to 112 inclusive.
dorse,nent of Party Candidates for
Article il, Sections lis to 12s inclusive.
Article u. Sections 124 to ls1 Inclusive.
Vacancies GLOW Filed)-Contests (How
Df Astiale Is, Sections lsg to iss inclusive.
Limitation of Campaign Expenses and
Penalties for Violations Of this Statute
Article IA, Sections 1873 to 1855 Inclusive.
The following words and phrases shall,
unless the same be inconsistent with the
context. be construed as follows:
ARTICLE ONE.
Organic Provisions and Definitions Of
Terms.
Section o. This statute shall be liber-
ally interpreted and so construed that the
spirit, intent or purpose of any section or
article shall not be defeated by technical
or presidential construction of a word, or
by Interpolation of words into any section,
or otherwise, in any way, hinder respon-
sive and responsible party government,
which is the purpose of this political party
law.
Provided, further, that the word may"
shall mean Can and the word shall"
shall mean "must."
Section |. The word "clector' shall
Sec. .. The word enrolment" shall
mean the official registration of electors
as party members.
any political organization which has had
candidates for state offices on the official
ballot at the last general election, or
which now has, or shall hereafter effect,
a national organization.
Sec, 4, The word primary" shall mean
the March primary election provided for
BY this act to determine the paramount
issue of the party, party nominations Of
candidates and party platform;
mean any individual candidacy in the in
dependent column on the primary ballot. -.
Sec. 6. The words minority proposal
committee" Shall mean an elected repre-
sentative body of party electors of one
party consisting of one member from each
county to constitute the state minority
SlIll oilS III III
each precinct to constitute the county mi
nority proposal committee authorized to
~promulgate principles and propose group
candidates, subject to provisions of this
statute, ,(Read SECTIONS 10. so and 81
Also Sections "a and 4s.)
Sec. I. The words majority proposal
committee" shall mean an elected repre-
sentative body Of party electors of one
party consisting of one member from
sarify c oroposa 70 c s9ns1Ituse a 'hs o erste m ma-
Der frcm each precinct to constitute the
county majority proposal. committee, au-
thorized to promulgate principles and pro-
pose group candidates and representing
The principles of the party candidate nomi-
mated for governor at the last primary.
subject to the provisions of this statute.
{Read Sections 10. 60 and 81. Also Sec
tions "a and 4S.)
Sec. 8. The words party central COM
mittee" shall mean an elected body Of
enrolled party members constituting the
regular party organizations; one party
county central committeeman from each
the party county central committee; and
one party state committeeman from each
county to constitute the party state CEN
trail committee. Whenever the state CEN
trail committee of any party meets, min
utes of all transactions of the meeting
shall be kept by the secretary of the
man, who shall Immediately, upon ad-
journment of the meeting, file such min
utes with the secretary, of state, who
Sec. .. The words unit representation"
shall mean that every committeeman rep
resenting the party electors of his pre-
cinct. county or state, at the regular party
organization meetings, shall represent ev-
cry party elector of the territory he rep
resents by casting the same number of
votes in said meeting as were cast in ag-
gregate, by the party electors of the ter
ritory he represents, for the several AN
didates Of his party for governor at the
last primary election; that each majority
proposal committeeman shall cast the
same lumber of votes at each proposal
meeting as were cast for the majority
candidate for governor at the last pri-
mary election in the territory represented
by him; and that each minority proposal
committeeman shall cast the same num-
Der of votes as were cast for the minority
candidate for governor at the last pri-
mary election in the territory represented
by him.
Sec. 10. The word leader" shall mean
q party elector who as an Independent
candidate for nomination for President
or for Governor, shall have made his
campaign on one well defined and def
mite principle, as the paramount issue, as
filed in the office of the Secretary OF
State, and received a vote equal to 1919