The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-26
NEW PRIMARY
LAW IN EFFECT.
MANY CHANGES ARE
MADE FOR THE TOWNS
Statewide Primary Dale is
Changed to Last Tuesday

CHARLESTON. w. Va. Feb. .
Having been passed last November IS
hy the 1915 CXtraordinar% session 81 the
West Virginia legislature, the ne" pr
mary election law will go int" effect
tomorrow. This statute makes many
changes in chapter 26, Acts l9l5.
ono OF the new provisions inccrpora-
ted in the Law is 10 direct that for The
purpose Of the act a municipality shall
be an incorporated town or city ~ no'
less than 10000 population, or iwir"
the population required ny the act
which II diSplacfs.
party Is recognized only 4 at ihc Last
; preceding election II p"l!rd for It's ''andi.
date Tor governor at least !. per cent "t
'itHI total vote east FOR tnn ,l' "ii'cc' nc
Primary elections, other than Tor nom
mating municipal candidates. shall In
! held III each election precinct. IN ~"
state on the last Tuesday IN May; TIC
old law directed that they uc held the
! first Tuesday In June in the y"ars when
:, President Of the United States IS elect
Sd In other years the old law provided
that primaries b. hr!dl tn" first Tues
dav in August. BY the nrw act til" sec
rotary Of state IL required +" prepare
and publish Il statement showing tho
purpose OF the primary elections Pay
mcut for the publication - made tn"
same under the HOW law ;s under IN"
old.
new provision is that any munich
paIity Of under go 900 nouG'ati"n may
h. amendment tn it's charter. or 10y ordi-
nance adoptcd by it's council Hdoni som"
"thrr plan for the unIui'ia !un o. Cand1-
dates and the choosing Of party commit
ltr"rntn.
\ significant new provision d'rrrt:
shat any political pRrr% "nirh po!I"d
less than 10 per cont az The total I"'"
east for governor ut tn" last general
rIar"!ou may nominate ralhidat"$ ana
.,,r.'t committees for ANY political di'i-
sion either lay party convention or ~
H"rurdan"c with another section o. INC
act which says:
political parties having national
organization aud having cast less than
Ten PEI cent Of the total vnt" cast for
corcrnnr az the general cIcCsi0n hold
in 1872. may. without payment Of los
nominate candidates for public "ii'""
oihcrwis" than by. convention or pr!w-
AIRY election. In such Il case. c"ftili-
cate shall hn signed by Voters rr$'dcn,
within tn" state. district or p"lit!rH!
division fur which tho candidate j. pre-
s.uic, 20 IL rurnhrr equal Ia ono per
r"n. nr !hr entire vO;" case nj tho gem
cTal election Of 1872.
In The old law The number "f sigr"rS
10 ii" petition had tn h" equal I" r."
,"r cent Of III" rrial vote cast Tn"
,rimhcr Of signatures according I" ihH
how act shall nnt exceed l."Hh nor R'
i.Ss hian -. Tho u"w Stitut" provides
that The expenses ~ TN" general rr'n-
AIRY rl"riinu shall h" rnih by tho county
court The sam" as orhcr election OK
I,,nScS.
II Is di.N>icd tina, tho county "os:i
shall nru:id" 10 III" election commission
rrs at least ihr"r days prior !" NFiln-
ary election u certified copy 81 III" iiSt
al registered voters Tor their prr"l" -
tive precincts: also III" atirmn'i"" hooks
uSnd =: tho rrSpcctiVC precincts ~ the
lust rrcccding primary 'lcciI"n. these
used in the last general election were