The Cordova daily times., 1918-03-07
PRIMARY LAW IS TO BE TRIEDOUT
 APRIL 30 NEXT

ihefe Will be lively contest for the Republican nomination for representa- tive, there being six candidates and four to be selected The Democratic aspirants number but four For road commissioner there are three Republ- can candidates and one Democrat. But interest in the local contests promises to be somewhat overshadowed by the developments in the contest for the Democratic nomination for delegate in congress. The contestants are Dele gate SUlzer, the nominee of the regu- lar Democrats, and William Maloney, who is understood to be the candidate of the element in the ranks of the Democracy, headed by Governor Strong which has become estranged from the party leaders, or machine" element. It is the one element of the coming primaries that will tend to create interest in the coming elections, and promises now to be the center of a campaign of much recrimination and some bitterness.
 There appears to be a somewhat hay idea as to the provisions of the territorial primary law. It was the creation of the last legislature, and has been given little publicity For the information of voters a brief syn opsis of the law is here given:
 The New Law
 The title of the act is An act to provide for the holding of primary elections in the territory of Alaska to fix the time and manner of holding the same to prescribe the qualifica- tions of candidates to be nominated at such elections, and to designate the manner of filing and authenticating their candidacy, and for other pur- poses"
 Section 1 provides that all candi- dates for delegate to congress, for at tOrney general "or for any other of lice created by act of congress or the legislature of the territory of Alaska, shall be nominated by direct vote of the people" etc. The manner of filing is prescribed, and also the amount of the filing fee.
 section 2 provides that candidates shall file with the clerk of the dis trict court a declaration of can. didacy signed and acknowledged and certified to by a certificate of five cleo tors of the judicial district in which such candidates resides, and who are members of the political party to which such candidates belong, and shall pay the stipulated filing rec.
 Who Are Eligible
 The name of the candidate receiving the highest number of votes for any office at such primary election by any political party shall be placed upon the official ballot of the general election together with the designation of the political party by whom nominated. says Section 3. In addition to the names of the candidates nominated at such primary election by the several political parties, the names of such ether candidates as uave filed their nomination papers in conformity to the provisions of Secs. II, 12 and 13 of Chap. 25, Session Laws of 1915, are to be placed on the ballot, "and no one not nominated at a primary election shall be designated on the official bal lot as having any party affiliations"
 Section 4 provides the form of dec laration to be filed with the clerk of court, and the certificate of those signing the declaration, providing for declaration of their party utilization. attesting the utilization of their candi- date, and declaring that The is we'll qualified to perform the duties of the office for which he is a candidate"
 Each Party Has Separate Ballot
 Nomination paper" and 'nomina- tiOn petition" are declared to be syn onymous by Section 5. Section pro- vides that the primaries are to be held on the last Tuesday in April preceding the biennial election, and that quail fled voters shall be given an oppOr- tunity, on separate ballots provided for that purposeCto express their pref erence as to the nominees for their re- spective parties" Section provides that there shall be a separate and distinct ballot for each political party represented by a candidate Each of such ballots shall contain the names of the various candidates for nomina- ti0n, the designation of the office for which such nomination is sought. Each party ballot shall clearly state the name of the political party whose nom ination the candidates thereon seek, ! and all candidates whose names ap- pear on any such ballot shall belong