The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-10-29

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Section ~. Number of Delegates.
How Determined.) 1t shall be the duty
OF the chairman Of the party State Cen
day of March OF each general. e~lectioI
year. to apportion the number OF dele
gates to be elected In the severa, coGn-
10th day Of March of any such general
election year notify the Chairman OF IT,,
Party County Central Committee Of suC.i
apportionment. In arriving at the az
portionment each County shall be 5tvti
one delegate for the county and one Der
egate for each eight hundred votes cr
major fraction thereof cast III the CouA-
ty for the party candidate for Governor
at the last general election as shown W
the official returns.
Section 10 Nomination of Delegates).
At least 50 days before any primary tha
Chairman of the Party County Contra.
ommitte shall convene the Party Gen.
trail Committee of his County at the
County Seat at the hour of HOO o'clock
A. NJ. of said day the members OF the
committee present constituting a quorum
and then and there said committee shall
place in nomination candidates for DEL
egates to the State Convention whose
names shall be printed upon the official
primary. ballot provided for by this act.
In making such nominations the County
Central Committed shall nominate twice
as many candidates as there are dele
gates to be elected from the county
WHICH CdliGiud les SIliH De tIfoSel III near
" as may be equally from the several
County Commissioned Districts of the
County, it being the intent of this sec
ton to distribute the representation as
nearly as may be over the County and
give the electors of the County a voice
in the election Of the representatives OF
the County in such State Convention; pro-
vided. however, that within five days
after such nominations have been certi-
fled to the County Auditor a nominating
petition may be filed with the County
1Ydttn for INV III JIfIlI aIant1
member of the political party for which
the above nominations have been filed.
which names shall be printed upon tho
official ballot together with the nominal
tons made by the County Central Com
mittee. Such petitions so filed shall
comply with the provisions of this act
the nomina tons of county officers re
Quire. The County Central Committee
shall also at the same meeting nominate
one party candidate for state committee
man. whose name shall be printed upon
the official primary ballot by the County
Auditor.
1t Is hereby specifically provided that
no member of the Party County Central
Committee acting as such nominating
committee shall be eligible to nominal
ton as a party candidate for delegate to
the state convention herein provided for
or party candidate for state committee
man.
Section IA. Estate C~onvention.) The
party state convention provided for in
this act shall be held in the City OF
Pierre, on the third Tuesday in May OF
each General Election year. The con-
vention shall be called to order by the
Chairman of the State Central Commit
tee at ll:oo O'Clock A. NJ. of that day.
Then such convention shall proceed 20
establish a temporary organization by
the election OF a temporary Chairman and
Secretary. The delegates present and
holding certificates OF election from the
County Auditors of the County in which
they We're elected shall be eligible TO vote
in such conventions. After a permanent
organization has been perfected by tho
election of a permanent Chairman and
Secretary or Secretaries. the Convention
shall proceed TO nominate all State Off
GERS except Governor including. Supreme
Court and Circuit Court Judges together
with presidential electors IN presidential
election years and to elect a National
Committeeman. Chairman of the State
Central ommitte and delegates to the
Party National Convention in presidential
election years, provided that circuit
judges shall be nominated by the dele
he resides, The delegates from any
County shall cast the full vote OF the
county and no proxies shall be allowed.
Any candidate having received a major
ity of the vote in said Convention shall
be declared nominated and it shall be the.
duty of the Chairman and Secretary o.,
ton TO the Secretary Of State and his
name shall be printed on the official bal
lot at the succeeding. general election.
1t shall be the duty Of the Secretary Of
State to certify the names of such no,n-
inees to the several County Auditors of
the State in time to prepare the official
ballot. 1t shall also be the duty of The
Chairman and Secretary of the Conven-
ton to issue certificates of Election to
any person who may be elected to the OF
flee of the National Committeeman
Chairman Of the State Central Committee
or delegates to the Party National Con-
vention. 1t is hereby specifically pro-
yided tbat no person elected 10 such
Party State Convention shall be eligible
10 nominations Of any state office to BE-
filled thereby.
Section 49,. (Party candidates.) Any
party nomination to any State office ar
such convention shall at least thirty
days before any such state convention
convenes before which he shall be a cam
didate. file "a declaration with the Sec
rotary OF State in substantially the fol-
lowing form:
candidate for the office of........, that I
am not a candidate for any other office
to be filled by nomination at such con-
the office to which / aspire l will not ac-
cept the nomination to any other office
nor will l become a candidate at the
be the duty Of the Secretary of State to
file copies of such declaration with the
Chairman of the Convention and any
nomination made by the party conyen-
other than the one to which he declares
he is a candidate shall be void and the
name not printed on the official primary
ballot.
Section is. County Conventions or
proposal meetings for the nomination of
party, candidates and legislative officers
and delegates are hereby abolished. The
candidate who receives the highest vote
as the candidate Of his party for nominal
ton for any office shall be nominated
and entitled to nave his name printed
upon the ballot Of his party as a candl-
date for such office at the following gem
eral election in November. The party
candidate at the primary for election as
q member OF the State Central Committee
for delegates to the Party State Conven-
ton who receives the highest number OF
votes h be declared elected.
Section II. Color of Ballots.) The
color of ballots of all political parties
shall be designated by the Secretary OF
State upon accommodation of the Chair
man of the Party State Central Commit
tee and shall be uniform in color in the
several counties of the State, ana wnen
so designated shall remain the party coll
q IN succeeding primaries without
caange. AS soon as selected the Secre-