The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-10-25
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Section 45. Signing of Representative
Proposal and Declaration.) To the form
OF representative proposal the chairman and
secretary of the five or more protesting
county or state proposalmen, in favor there
of, shall atfix their signatures with pen
and ink or with indelible pencil. and each
shall add after his name the name of the
county in which he resides, the precinct,
his postoffice address and date of signing.
Following the signatures there shall be at
taohed to and filed with the proposal. the
above declaration signed by the candidates
proposed. each giving his residence by coun-
ty and precinct and post office address such
declaration may be signed separately by
each candidate and attached to the original
proposal.
Section 46. Filing Fees.) No fees shall be
required of candidates for Hing of "individ-
ual proposal petitions" or Representative
proposals."
Section 47. Fling-When Sufficiently The
ming OF a representative proposal" or "in-
dividual candidate proposal petition within
the time and in the manner and form pro-
vided in this act, together with the declar-
alton of the candidate, shall be sufficient
to require that his name be printed upon
the primary ballot, provided an opposition
candidate. within the party, has bcen pro.
posed by timely filing.
ARTICLE FOUR.
Paramount Issue and Public Joint Debates
Between Opposing Candidates for Chief
Executive.
Section AN. (a) The words paramount is
sue shall mean one well defined and def
mite principle fer a public policy that shall
be first filed with the secretary of state by
an independent candidate proposal for presi-
dent or governor. or by representative pro-
posai' ouch representative paramount issue
shaii De expressed in not more than eight
words as summary for heading of the ap-
propriate column on the primary ballot.
tp) Priority OF filing party proposals,
WITH the secretary of state, for the primary
snail govern the use of any we'll defined and
aenhi,e principle for a paramount issue. as
measures for public welfare. except that
either representative proposal may adopt the
paramount issue proposed and filed by any
independent candidate for president or
governor by proposing such independent can
didate as its, represen tativc Candidate AZ
me same primary, for the nomination for
the Office for which such independent can
didate hled; whereupon such candidate shall
cesse 10 be an independent candidate and
s aad;a "a az Things be deemed to be the
OF his party and the Secretary of State shall
80 certify his candidacy and his parauo,nt
issue 70 the county auditors. ~
section AZ. Public Joint Dobates.) IA,
IN ADDITION to the arguments presented in
~. =. = publicity pamphlet. pertaining TO
~ psIarnrun, issues TO be voted upon nj tbe
primary election, at least one prss;dart;.,
ana 10 gubcrnatorial public io;nt doh.,s.
between the candidates for presidort 49,
between the candidates for governor. within
with ,ha WHO have filed proposnl papers
NY, NV inc secretary of State. shall be held IN
TINS state. between the 6rst Ne. ns.a 10y
january and the fourth Tuesday in M.r
4 tns Iouowing order. manner. time 'arS
place hereinafter provided. " tame ~"
W whenever an independent psriy An.