The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-26
ARTICLE ELEVEN.

Postmaster Primary.
Sec. 1l3. Municipal endorsement of
Party Candidates for Postmaster-The
oInclai municipal endorsement of party
c~sthuluateS for postmaster may be deter
mined by postmaster primary in villages,
towns or cities, as follows:
Sec ia. Notice of Expiration of POST
master Commission or NacaEcies-Three
enrolled party electors, Of the party ma
lonal administration in power, of any
village. town or city in South Dakota,
may at any time during the sixty days
prior to the expiration of any postofnce
commission, or Immediately upon any va
cancy occurring, call a postmaster pri-
mary for the municipal endorsement of a
party candidate for postmaster by giving
seven days notice, by posting notices in
the manner provided in Section % of this
act. Said notice shall contain the name
OF the post office, the date of expiration
or commission or when the vacancy oc-
CURED, the date set for holding the post
master primary and the date on or before
which petition of candidates must be filed
with the municipal clerk.
Sec. lis. Candidate in Postmaster Pri-
mary-(How to File)-Any enrolled, resi-
dent, party elector of the national party in
power may become a candidate for post
master by fling a petition with the mu-
nlclpal clerk, together with the executed
declaration of the candidate, in the form
hereinafter provided, signed by not less
than 20 per cent or more than % per cent
Of the resident party electors of such
municipality. All candidates and signers
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nicipal endorsement for postmaster shall
be limited TO enrolled party electors of the
national party administration in power.
Sec. l16. Duty of Municipal Clerk
POSTMASTER Primary)-It shall be the du-
ty of the municipal clerk, in the event
of more than one party elector filing for
the municipal endorsement of party cam
didates for postmaster in any municipal
ity, to prepare and cause 70 be printed an
official municipal postmaster primary bal
lot under the Australian ballot system.
| containing nn1y thp namnS IF such Marty
candidates who nave fled proposal petit
tons as provided for in Section 121 of this
act, and furnish an adequate number of
such ballots to the officers Of the post
master primary to supply all voters in
each precinct of his municipality. also
to furnish pol books and necessary cleo
ton supplies; also to appoint judges and
clerks for holding said postmaster pri-
mary.
Sec. III. Expense of Postmaster Pri-
mary for Endorsement of Party Candi-
date-(How Paid)-The entire expense
Of such postmaster primary shall be paid
by the municipality in which 1t is held,
sent all bills in connection Herewith to
the municipal board for payment.
Sec llS-Time of Filing Petitions Limit
ed-All petitions of candidates must be
filed, as herein provided, not later than
one day before date of postmaster pri-
mary.
Sec. 11s. Postmaster Primary--(How
Conducted)-The provisions of this act
governing the March primary election.
except as to qualification of voters, the
hours of opening and closing of the polls;
duties of election officers, counting of
the vote and making return thereon, shall
apply to postmaster primaries for en-
dorsement OF party candidates as far as
applicable, except that the return of the
vote shall be made to the municipal clerk
and the judges and clerks shall receive
but two dollars each per day.. The abo-
lition Of the spoils system in post offices
for the best interests of public policy now
requires the regulation of party transac-
lions by municipal endorsement of party
candidates for postmaster.
Sec. 120. C~anVassing of Vote-(Issuing
Endorsement CertifCate)-The municipal
recording officer and two party electors
appointed by such officer shall constitute
the ~canvassing board of the returns of
postmaster primary, and upon ~canVasslng
the vote, shall issue to the candidate for
official municipal endorsement for post
master who received the highest vote, IL
only one or two candidates filed, and in
the event three or more candidates filed,
then to the candidate who received the
highest total number of first and second
choice votes added, an official municipal
party endorsement certificates, as per
form provided herein, addressed and
mailed one to the successful candidate,
one to the secretary of state, one to the
congressman of the district and one to the
President and one to the Postmaster Cen
eral. setting forth that an official party
voters of that municipality, and that the
party ~elector named therein has received
the highest vote for postmaster of that
municipality and respectfully recommend
him for that position.
Sec. 121. Postmaster Primary Petition
The postmaster primary proposal petit
ton shall be in substantially the follow
ing form:
we, the undersigned, qualified, enrolled
party electors of party,
do hereby propose. VINO Is a
Der of the party for the position Of post
tnasLer y ms, i....... p1sa III,
ter primary to be held on the...........
us, for himself severaiiy do further de-
clare that we intend to support the can
didate herein named at said postmaster
Name OF Date Of
sIgners Postoffce Precinct Signing
.......... .......... .......... ..........
DECLARATION OF CANDIDATE.
I hereby declare, If endorsed and ap-
pointed, I will qualify and obey the party
recall, IL invoked against me.
Candidate Residence Address
.............. ............. ...........'.
Sec. i22. The postmaster Primary Bal.
lot shall be in the following form:
MUNICIPAL POSTMASTER PRIMARY
BALLOT.
............. South Dakota
To vote for a person, if only one or two
party candidates names appear on the
ballot, mark a cross (X) in the square at
the left of the name. II more than two
party candidates names appea on the
ballot, vote your first choice by marking
a cross (X) in the squar at the left of
the name of the candidate, and vote your
second choice of candidate by marking
another cross (X) in the square at the
right of the name of another candidate.
First FOR POSTMASTER Second
lChoicel Choicel
" .JOhn Doe "
Richard Roe
Gee 1872 Certificate of Mupic,oal En-