The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-03-12
LEGAL NOTICE.
CALL EoR PRIMARY


Democratic Executive Committee of the
City of Pensacola, Florida, hereby calls
and provides for the holding Of a Demo
cratic Primary Election TO be held on
the gath day OF April A. D. 1917 at the
usual polling places in the City of Pensa-
cola, during the hours between 500
o'clock a. m. and shutdown, for the NOM
nation of Democratic candidates to be
voted for at the municipa! election on
June 4th, 1917, for the following City
OFFICES, te-wit:
One % Member of the City Demo-
cratic Executive Committee from the
City at Large;
One % Member of the City Demo
One IL Member of the City Demo
cratic Executive Committee from Pre-
One "a Member of the City Depo-
cratic Executive Committee from FIRE
One Gl Member of the City Demo-
cratic Executive Committee from Pre-
CinCt No. Is.
In such primary the form of the bal
lot and the method OF voting and de-
termlning the result shall be in accord
ance with the provisions of the state
law regulating primary elections Tor the
nomination of state and county o1lcers.
In the event there are three NS) OF
more candidates for any one or more OF
the above named offices then and III
such event the ballot used shall be
vote for one candidate for first choice
and another candidate for second choice
for such offices. and the clerks and in
speCtors of election. in making their re
turns, shall tabulate the number OF
first choice votes and the number or
| second choice votes received by each
candidate, respectively, for eath onlCe
The City Democratic Executive Commit
tee in canVassing such returns shall
eliminate all candidates for each office
except the two candidates receiving the
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and to the total number of first choice
votes so received by the two candidates
receiving the highest number OF first
choice votes shall be added respectively,
| the number of second choice votes re-
| ceived by the two candidates receiving
| the highest number of first choice votes
upon those ballots upon which the hrst
| choice votes were cast for the candt-
! dates eliminated. and the candidate re-
! ceving the highest number OF votes,
| after the same shall have been COM
| puted in the manner herein prescribed.
shall be declared to be the nominees of
| the Democratic Party for their respec-
| tive offices.
! 90 candidates for any one or more of
! said offics then and in such event there
! shall be no second choice votes and that
| candidate receiving the highest number
| of votes, for each office, shall be de
| clared to be the Democratic nominee for
| such office.
Those and only those persons shall be
| permitted to become candidates. before
| or to vote at, or in any wise participate
| in such primary, who are Democratic
| electors, who are by the laws of the
| state of Florida lawful electors of the
| precincts in which they offer to vote,
| as shown by the registration books of
| Che Supervisor of Registration OF the
| city of Pensa cola, who have paid their
poll taxes legally due for the years 1915
/ and 1916 not less than ten 1O) days
| before April "a, 1917, and who shall,
| when challenged by any elector, pledge
| in writing upon oath before an inspector
his honor to abide by and. support the
] results of such primary and to vote for
the nominees thereof.
No elector shall he allowed to vote in
any precinct other than the one in which
he is registered and resides. as shown
| W the registration books aforesaid.
Each and every person desiring TO
have his name printed in the onlcial pal
lot to be used in said primary as a can
! didate for any OF said offices, shall file
| with Joseph Y. Riera, Secretary OF the
| City Democratic Executive Committee,
at or before 1900 O'Clock, noon, on the
| fourteenth day of April. 1917, his notice
! of candidacy and application in writing
| to have his name so printed upon said
| ballot, and shall also, on or before said
| time and date, pay to the said Secretary
! of the City Democratic Executive Com
| mittee the amount of the assessment
| hereinafter provided.
tee, and which the persons desiring to
| be candidates in said primary are re-
quired. to pay to the Secretary Of this
| Each candidate for the office of City
| Commissioner the sum of 100000.
All candidates for offices enumerated
| in this call shall he voted for by the
| duly qualified white Democratic voters
and by such voters only, In each and
every election district in the City OF
Pensa cola, Florida, except the precinct
members of the City Democratic ExeCu-
tive Committee. who shall he voted for
only by the voters of the precinct re-
spectively that they are candidates TO
represent.
The inspectors and clerks OF election
to conduct said primary. will be appoint
ed by this committee at a meeting to be
| held for that purpose in the City Hall, at
5 p. m on April IT, 1917. All candidates
are invited to attend this meeting.
| This committee will meet on the 25th
day of April, 1917, at noon. to publicly
canvass the returns and declare the re
suit of said primary and the nominees of
| the Democratic party to be voted on at
the general election to be held June 4th,
| 1877.
Each candidate to be voted upon at
said primary shall have the right to place
| one watcher at the polls who shall he
entitled to be present during all the
| time that the polls are open, to chal-
lenge the voters and to witness the
| counting of the votes and certifying of
| the result after the polls are closed.
| All ballots, poll lists tally sheets and
returns and other records OF said prim-
airy shall he preserved by the City
| Democratic Executive Committee.
CLEMENT BLOUNT,
JOS. V. RIERA, Chairman.
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