The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-14
PRIMARIES WILL BE HELD IN
 APRIL

One of the acts passed by the last territorial legislature relating to the holding of elections in Alaska, and designated to materially change the methods heretofore in vogue in the country for choosing candidates for the several territorial offices, is known as Chapter 48, "to provide for the holding of primary elections in the Territory of Alaska, etc."
 By the provisions of this act all nominees for office under the terri tOrial government and the delegate to congress from Alaska must be chos- en by direct vote of the people By the provisions of this act all persons desiring to become candidates for dele gate to congress, for attorney general or any other office created by act of congress or the territorial legislature shall, not less than sixty days before the date of the primary election (the last Tuesday in April, 1918, and simi- larly every second year thereafter) file with the secretary of the terri tory declaration of candidacy, signed and acknowledged, and certified to by five electors of the territory who are members of the political party to which such candidate belongs, and he shall pay to the secretary of the ter ritory the proper fee with the filing of such declaration.
 All candidates for members of the territorial legislature, and all candi- dates for the office of road commits sioner or other provisional office. shall also, sixty days prior to the date of such primary election, file with the clerk of the district court for the divis- ion in which they reside, similar dec laration of candidacy as those requir- ed from candidates for delegate to congress, and attorney general, and shall also deposit with the clerk of court the proper fee, the fee to be turned over to the territorial treasur- CT.
 The form of the declaration of can didacy is prescribed in the act, and in it the candidates pledge themselves if nominated and elected to qualify for the office. and that they will support and abide by the principles enumer- ated by the party to which they be- long in it's national and territorial platforms
 The election shall be, under this ! act, conducted in all respects in ac- cordance with the rules and regula- tiOns pertaining to general elections in the territory. with the exception that instead of the Australian ballot system being employed, there will be provided separate tickets for each of the political parties represented by candidates, and on each of such bal lots there shall be plainly stated the political party whose nomination the candidate thereon seeks. These bal lots are to be provided by the clerks of the courts of the respective judicial divisions, and these, together with the customary election supplies, shall be forwarded by such clerks, to the election officials at such primary cleo tions shall be the same as those act ing at general territorial elections.
 Under the provisions of the act, the polls at such primary elections shall remain open during the same hours, and the balloting shall be done in the same manner. as nearly as practicable except that a ballot box is provided for each political party represented by candidates, and each voter who offers to cast a ballot shall announce his name, place of residence and party utilization. Upon this announcement and it's registration the voters will be handed ballot of the political party with which he claims to be affiliated. and after hay ing marked and folded such ballot it shall be deposited ill the box desig- mated for the same political party.
 The clerks of the courts for the several divisions are canvassers of yoteS for their resnectiye divisions