The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-10-21

party and IL his name Is found On
Registration book to- deliver to him
party Primary Ballot Of the party
had declared he was q member Off
his registration and for no other. ssh
his name is not found in the registH
ton book he is not entitled to vote ~
any party candidate and must be II
fused a ballot unless he makes affidaN
substantiated by two Registered ele3
tors Of the political party OF which
claims to be a member, a resident
the precinct in which he offers6tov w
showing that he is q member OF It'll
party in which he seeks to vote anSss
that he failed to register OF account
some unavoidable circumstance an
when such affidavit properly sub
stantiated as above provided has bee
made 1t shall be the duty Of the Ballo
Clerk to deliver to him a ballot. Whes
the election is closed and convention Y
completed the Registration Books shall
be placed in the Ballot Box together
with the affidavits of unregistered elect
tors who have eenapern1itted to vote
and returned to the County Auditor
and kept in his office as permanent
records.
Section Is. Notice of Primary Eiec-
tion.) Not less h thirty days prior
to the holding of the primary the
County Auditor shall prepare a notice
in substantially the following form:
Notice Of Primary Election.
Notice Is Hereby Given That. as
provided by law, a primary election
will be held at the regular polling
places in all of the voting precincts OF
.............. County, South Dakota,
on the ............ day of May, 49,.
between the hours Of 500 O'Clock "A.
NJ. and 500 o'clock p. NJ. for the pur-
pose of allowing the members Of each
political party in the State by their
own separate vote to choose their sew
eral party candidates for County and
Legislative offices which are to be
filled by election at the next general
election, and to elect their several
State and precinct committeeman and
delegates to their several party state
conventions.
Dated this ..... day of .......19...
County Auditor
Section 26. (Further Duties of Coun-
ty Auditory The county shall also at
the expense of the County, procure a
sufficient number of printed copies OF
the Notice of the primaries prepared
under the provisions of Section 70 OF
this Act and shall at least fifteen days
prior to the holding of the primary
mail not not less than five copies there
of to the Town Clerk Of every or
ganized township of the County and
the City or Town Clerk or Auditor OF
every town or city in the County q
sufficient number Of copies so that at
least five copies may be posted in. each
! precinct in such city or town. In
cases where the voting precincts are
not within an organized township,
Town or City the auditor shall mail to
some responsible elector residing with
in such precinct five copies OF saio
I Notice.
Section 81. (Auditor to Deliver Bal
lots and Supplies to Sheriff. The
County Auditor shall deliver ballots
and other primary election supplies
to the Sheriff with the name OF the
precinct plainly marked thereon for
which they are intended, the nurnber
of ballots enclosed for each political
party, and take a receipt from the
Sheriff therefor. And the Sheriff shall
forthwith, and not less than Twelve
hours before the time fixed FOR tue
opening of the polls for the primary
election judges of the precincts oesls-
mated. For his services the sherllt
shall recover from the county the salhe
CONDENSATION as does he receive for
like service rendered as provided by
law for the November election.
Section %. Number of Ballots Pro-
vided.) The number of Official Pra-
mary Ballots" for each political party
in each election precinct shall De
equal to sixty-fve for each hfty regis
tered primary electors Of each party as
shown by the primary registration rec
ords in the office of the County Auditor
for each election precinct. n num-
Der of sample ballots provided shall be
not more than twenty for each fifty
registered primary electors of each
political party in each election pre-
Icinct. The remainder of the Official
Primary Ballots" shall be retained by
the County Auditor in his office to sup
ply any precinct that may hrouS loss
or destruction Of regular ofhcliLt prl-
mary ballots which extra ballots may
be supplied any such precinct by ire
County Auditor upon request made py
the judges of such primary In any Such
precinct.
Section 20. Judges, How Appoint
ed.) The County Auditor shall not less
than fifteen days before any primary
appoint three judges of election for
each precinct, one of whom shall be
designated by the County Auditor as
Superintendent. If there are three
political parties that nave candidates
before such primary the County Audi
tor shall appoint one judge from each
Of the three parties, but if there are