The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-03-12
BY L. S. BOW NJ AN
Officjata

OfftCI1Io.
All county and township officials of
Wayne county will be voted for at the
coming election except the Judge Of
the circuit court, whose terms does
not expire until January LIST, 1921.
County Recorder whose term expires
January LIST, 1921, and Commissioner
from the middle district whose term
expires at the same time. Those to
be nominated and elected in Wayne
County this year are County Clerk,
Auditor. Sheriff. County Assessor,
Treasurer, Prosecuting Attorney. Sur
veyor. Commissioner from the west
ern district, commissioner from the
eastern district. seven members OF
the County Council. delegates to the
state convention. Township Trustee,
Assessor and an Advisory Board in
each of the fifteen townships OF
Wayne county and precinct commit
teeman from each of the sixty-five
voting precincts of Wayne County.
There will also be nominated and
elected joint Senator from Wayne
and Fayette counties. a joint Repre-
sentative from Wayne and Union
Counties. and a Congressman from
the Sixth Indiana District.
Changes in the Law.
Some of the most important
changes in the new primary law are as
| follows:
Date-The date OF the primary has
! been changed from March to May, the
exact date Of which is on the first
| Tuesday after the first Monday in
May, which will be May 18th this year.
| Second Choice-Voting for second
choice candidates has been repealed.
! and only one candidate for each office
can be voted for
| Fees-The payment of one per cent
/ of the legal salary for one year by
each candidate to have his name print
ed on the ballot is not required under
the new law.
Election Officials-No person hold
! ing an appointive or elective office
under the federal. state, county or
city government shall be eligible to
serve on any primary election board
Political Districts.
! Wayne and Fayette counties con-
stitute one Senatorial district. Wayne
county is legislative district. Wayne
and Union counties comprise a joint
legislative district. The county is di
vided into the following Commission
ers' districts: District No. l common
ly known as the Commissioners East.
ern district is composed of New Gar
den, Franklin, Wayne and Boston
townships. District No. or the mid
die district is composed of Greene.
Clay, Webster, Center and Abingdon
| townships District No. >. or the
western district is composed of Dali
! ton, Perry, jefferson, Harrison, Jack
son and Washington townships. 1t IS
only necessary that each commissions.
err shall live in the district he repre-
sents as they are nominated and elect
ed by all the voters of the county. For
| the election of the county cOuncllmen
| the county is divided into four coun-
cilmanic districts as follows: District
No. |, Wayne township: District No. ?.
jefferson, Dalton. Perry, Greene, New
Garden and Franklin townships: Dis
trict No. 3, Jackson and Washington
townships: District No. 4, Clay, Har-
rjsop. Center and Webster townships.
The law provides that one councilman
shall be nominated and elected by the
voters of each councilmanic district
and three councilmen at large are
nominated and elected by the voters II
the entire county.
General Provisions Of Law.
Each inspector, judge, clerk and
sheriff of the primary election shall
be allowed and paid $500 for each
DAYS service. The Board of County
Commissioners will probably order
that the inspector shall be paid for
three days service and the judges,
clerks and sheriffs for two days each.
The party casting the highest vote
in the county at the last preceding
general election for the Secretary OF
State shall be entitled to name the
inspectors, the party casting the next
highest vote shall be permitted to
name one of the judges in each pre-
cinct. and so on in rotation until each
of the officials are appointed.
Nominations for delegates to the
state convention shall be signed by
any ten legal voters of any one party
in the county. The names of the Pc
titions shall be signed in ink and the
residence of each shall be set oppo-
site his name.
Candidates Filing Declaration.
The name of no candidate shall be
printed on the ballot unless at least
thirty days, and not more than sixty
days prior to such primary election
a declaration shall have been filed.