The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-14
NEW ALASKAN
 PRIMARY LAW

l 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 fo. the several territorial offices. is known as Chapter AS. ito 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 chosen by direct vote of the peo- pie. By the provisions of this act all persons desiring to become can. didates for delegate 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 Tues day in April. 1918. and similarly every second year thereafter) file with the secretary of the territory a 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 territory 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 commis. 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 division in which they reside similar declaration of candidacy as those required 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 tho territorial treasurer.
 The form of the declaration of can. didacy is prescribed in the act, and in 1t the candidates pledge them. selves if nominated and elected to qualify for the office, and that they ! will support and abide by the prin- ciples enumerated by the party to which they belong 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 ot such ballots there shall be plainly stated the political party whose nomination the candidate thereon seeks. These ballots 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 pri- mary elections shall be the same as those acting at general terri torial elections.
 Under the provisions of the act. the polls at such primary elections shall remain open during the same hours. and the balloting shall bt 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 affiliation. all of nouncement and its registration the clerks of election. Upon this an nnouncement and its registration the voters will be handed a ballot of the political party with which he claims to be affiliated, and after hay ing marked and folded such ballot 1t shall be deposited in the box desig- hated for the same political party.
 The clerks of the courts for the several divisions are canvassers of votes for the their respective divi sions. AS soon as possible after tho receipt of the returns from the vari ous precincts, and not later than 45 days after such primary election. O. as soon as the clerk of any division shall be satisfied that the return from any missing precincts cannot alter the result of the election, it l. his duty to canvass the same pub licly. and telegraph the result to the secretary of the territory, who may avail himself of such telegraphic returns in deciding who have been nominated by the respective parties as candidates for the several terri torial offices.
 The filing fee required of all can didatos ia 0ne nor cont Of tho an.