Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-10-21
ARTICLE NINE.
Duties Of Secretary OF State. couyN
Auditor and Election officers; Con-
duct of Party Primary Election.

Duties Of Secretary Of State. couyW
/ Auditor and Election officers; Con-
duct of Party Primary Election.
Sec. "A. Duty of Secretary Of State
/ tTo Prepare Lists)--lt shall be the duty
Of the secretary of state 10 prepare, from
! the last primary election returns IN ms
office a list to show the total county vote
for each Independent, minority ana ma
tori;y candidate for governor, within each
political party, and deliver 2 suthclent
number OF typewriter or printed certi-
fled lists Of such vote TO the committee
men for use at state committee meetings,
at which the committeeman are required
10 vote by unit representation
Sec Is. Duty Of Secretary of State
tEIanks)-It shall be the duty Of the sec
retary Of state and attorney general on
or before December lst' preceding the
primary held under this act, TO prepare
an forms OF blanks necessary 70 carry
out the provisions OF this act. tAlso see
section 67)
Certify to County Auditor)--At least
% days before any primary, the secretary
Of state shall transmit 10 e2ch county
auditor Of the territory In which any can
stract of the proposal filings made in his
office for each party separately. Such
abstract shall be in the form Of the party
official primary ballot prescribed herein
and give the name OF the party; the name
OF the Independent candidates; the hames
Of the minority candidates with national
ana state nOLtOGS Ulth iOI Ht0utAiBt AHt
names OF the majority candidates with
national and state notices fled for head
ing the name of the office for which each
candidate is proposed Provided that
the secretary OF state shall not certify to
the county auditor the name Of any can
didate who Is required 70 challenge or de-
bate under this act II such candidate
shall have failed TO challenge or refused
TO debate as provided in Section 6l and
the name Of such candidate shall not be
printed on the primary ballot. Neither
\. So .A.. 1.
name Of a candidate TO the county auditor
when such candidate is the only pro-
posed candidate for nomination TO any
one office in any one party; such candi
date, having no opposition, shall by the
mere filing Of his proposal papers become
the state nominee Of his party for such
position, 81 the November election, and
shall be so certified by the secretary OF
state without any primary vote and the
name OF such candidate, or the office
he seeks, shall not be printed upon the
party primary election ballot
Sec. n. Duty OF County Auditor-(To
Prepare Lists)-It shall be the duty of
the county auditor to prepare lists, from
the primary election returns in his office,
from each precinct showing the vote re-
ceived by each independent. minority and
majority candidate for governor, within
each party in each precinct, in his coun-
ty, and certify and deliver such liSts to
the committeeman for use at county
meetings, at which the committeeman are
required to vote by unit representation.
Sec. 7S-Duty OF County Auditor-(Pre-
pare BalloD-The county auditor shall,
from the notices and names of candidates
filed in his office. and from the notices
and names of candidates certified TO him
by the secretary Of state, prepare the Off
oial primary ballot for use at the primary
for each political party for which candi-
dates have been proposed by committee
proposal" or individual candidate pro-
posal by petition" under the provisions
Of this act. The names of all candidates
in the same political party by whom or
for whom committee proposal or indi-
Vidual petition has been filed be printed
on the official primary ballot to be used
by that party in the primary, provided
that the same national, state or county
motto shan only appear once on the
ballot, and the motto first nlsd as a para
mount issue of two that are alike in prin-
ciple, shall be printed on the official pri-
mary ballot with the said committee
proposal candidates entitled to such para
mount issue, as motto according to
such priority of fling as a reward of
merit for thought in devising measures
for public welfare No candidates name
shall appear on the official primary ball
lot, who falls TO challenge or refuse to
debate as provided In Section 81, nor
shall a candidates name appear upon the
official primary ballot more than once for
the same office except judges of the SUI
preme court whose name may appear
twice. Provided, when there is only one
name filed, In the office OF the county
auditor or secretary Of state as a pro-
posed candidate for nomination 70 any
one office In any one party, then such
candidate, having no opposition, shall be
the nominee Of his party for the Novem-
Der election for such position and shah
be so certified by the county auditor with
out any primary vote and the name of
such candidate, or the office he seeks
shall not be printed upon the primary
election ballot of his party.
Sec. T9. Auditor to Furnish Copy of
Ballot to Printer-The county auditor
shall furnish the copy OF the official pri-
mary ballot to the printer not less than
/ twenty days prior to the date of the pri-
/ mary, and the necessary number Of Off
I cial primary ballots and sample ballots
shall forthwith be printed at the expense
/ of the county.
Sec. so. Auditor to Provide for Extra
Primary Ballots-The county auditor
shall provide and retain in his Office until
after the primary election. an ample sup
/ ply OF extra official primary ballots for
! each political party and for each cleo
! ton precincti and If al any time before
F., or during the primary election any of the
official primary ballots for each political
/ party and for each election precinct shall
quest OF the primary judges, or any one of
them, then said auditor shall Immediately
cause to be delivered to said primary
/ judges such supply of extra official pri-
/ mary ballots as NAV be REQUIRED to
comply With the provisions OF this act
I Sec. 81. Primary When Held-The pri-
mary election herein provided for shall
I be held at the regular polling place in
each precinct throughout the state on
the fourth Tuesday in March even num-
I bered years, between the hours OF eight
O'Clock a. m. and FIVE O'Clock D. m, and
any person entitled TO vote at such pri-
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