The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1920-04-22
DEMOCRATIC PREC. CONVENTIONS
WILL BE HELD IN COUNTY PRECINCTS NEXT SATURDAY
TO ELECT DELEGATES TO COUNTY CONVENTION
ATTORNEY GENERAL EXPLAINS RULES OF CONVENTION
the County Democratic Executive Committee Has Is
sued Call for Precinct Conventions and Every Voter
Should Be Interested Enough To Attend

under the provisions Of the election
laws Of this State. This means, among
other things, that he may swear
members and interrogate them rela-
tive TO their qualifications and re-
quire them 10 establish their right
to participate in the convention.
List Of Voters Before transact
ing any business, the chairman Of
the precinct convention shall make
or cause TO be made a list Of all
qualified voters present; and the
name Of no person shall be entered
upon said list, nor shall he be per
mittcd 10 vote or participate in the
business Of sucn convention, until {
is made 70 appear that he is a quail
lhed voter in said precinct from a
certified list Of qualified voters. the
same as is'required in conducting a
general election
Election Of Delegates to County
Convention After the precinct
convention is organized, as above
provided, il shall elect its delegates
% the county convention and trans
act such other business as may prop
erly come before IL.
Record Of Proceedings. The Off
GERS Of said precinct convention shall
keep a written record Of its proceed
ings, including a list Of the dele
gates elected 10 the county conven-
ton. which record shall constitute
the returns from said convention.
The same shall be signed Official
ly, sealed up and safely transmitted
by the officers thereof 20 the chair
man Of the County Executive Com
mitfee Of the party and TO be used
BY the executive committee in max
ing up roll Of the delegates to the
county convention.
The County Convention The
county convention shall be held on
the hrst Tuesday after the first Sat
nrday in May, 1920, which is May
4. 1920. and shall elect delegates
70 the State convention aforesaid.
Qualifications Of Voters These
conventions are affairs Of the Dem
0cratic party, and hence only those
who are Democrats can participate
in same.
In the foregoing, wherever it is
explained that only qualified voters
can vote or participate IN the con
ventions or De chairman thereof. it
means those qualified 10 vote in pri-
mary elections; that is. for Instance.
persons who. in addition 20 being
qualified voters generally under the
Constitution and laws Of the State
Of Texas. are also full-Aedged citi-
xcns Of the United States; they must
be either natural born citizens or
those fully naturalized; persons who
have simply declared their intention
20 become citizens are not qualified
voters within the meaning OF the
law governing the holding OF these
conventions.
Women are qualified voters within
the meaning Of the law governing
he holding Of conventions Of this
kind and may vote and participate
in such conventions Il they are 9th
erwise qualified voters
Presidential Primary Law IL will
be remembered that the statute pass-
cd In 1913 attempting TO provide for
the holding of primary elections on
May ! to select delegates to the ma
tonal convention, etc. was hcld un-
constitutional By our State Supreme
Court. Thus we must resort TO the
convention system as above outlin-
ed. and which is provided for by
previous statute 10 the one held in
valid