Great Falls daily tribune., 1920-07-06
MUCH WORK AHEAD
Of THE CANDIDATES
FOR STATE OFFICES
Primary Election Requirements
as Determined by the Secre-
tary Of State.

Nominees for governor, secretary of
state, treasurer, auditor, railroad COM
missioner, attorney general, superin-
tendent of public instruction. three as
sociate justices of the supreme court,
representative to congress state SEN
ators from 20 counties in Montana from
new counties since the last legislature
and 10 whose terms expire, and many
district judges, as well as countless coun-
ty contenders, will begin filing nomina-
tion petitions for the August a primary
soon.
At that time candidates will be select
ed by all parties in Montana for state
and county offices.
Congressman's Vote Basis
Signatures to these petitions will be
based on the vote by political parties in
each voting precinct for representative
to congress at. the last general election.
If the nomination is for a municipal or
county primary or for an office to be
voted upon only in the county. the ne
cessary number of signers shall include
electors residing in at least one-fifth OF
the voting precincts of the county. The
number of signers shall be at least two
per cent Of the party vote in the county,
not to exceed 500 signers.
Petitions for nomination, from more
than one county, require electors from
one eighth of the precincts in each of
at least two counties in the district, with
two per cent Of the party vote, not ex-
ceeding. 1000 signatures.
Petitions for Nomination
Petitions for nomination from the
state at large require signatures from
! at least one-tenth of the precincts in
/ seven counties. Petitions from congress
sional districts require signatures from
one-tenth of the precincts in one-fourth
Of the counties in the district.
Secretary of State G. T. Stewart has
| gone into the provisions of the law in
detail and bases legality of petitions, as
| far as signatures are concerned, as fol
| lows:
Candidates from congressional dis
counties of Beaverhead. Broadwater,
| Deer Lodge, Flathead, Gallatin, Granite,
| Jefferson. Lewis and Clark, Madison,
Mineral. Missoula. Powell. Ravalli San
! ders Silver Bow and Lincoln, should be
circulated in tenth of the precincts
| in four counties; two per cent party vote
required, not over 1000 signers required.
Republicans, 14S, Democrats 511; other
| parties. 101.
District No. 2, counties Of Big Horn,
Blaine. Carbon. Carter, Cascade, Chou
| teau. Custer, Dawson, Fallon, Fergus,
Garfield. Glacier, HILL Liberty, McCone.
Meagher Musselshell Park. Powder Riv-
or. Phillips. Pondera. Prairie, Richland
| Rosebud Roosevelt. Sheridan, Saltwater
| Sweet Grass. Teton. Toole Treasure
Valley, Wheatland, Wibaux and Yellow
stone; requires petitions from ne-tenth
Of the precincts in nine counties. with
I two per cent Of the party vote, with Re
publicans. 400; Democrats, 457, and
others, SO.
For state offices petitions from the
| state at large should be circulated in
one tenth of the precincts in seven coun-
| ties. with two per cent of the party vote
and not over / 900. The required num-
Der of signers on these petitions the
Republicans. 947; Democrats, 961 and
others. 1862
When all of the various petitions have
been signed for a single candidate they
are to be bound together and filed, il
for district or the state at large, in
the office Of the secretary Of state, and
if for county. with the county clerk.
| With the creation of Daniels county
| recently. which has not yet been official
~ proclaimed there will be 20 senators
elected. There are Is whose terms ex-
pire and II others from new counties.
The vote for candidates for the office
Of representative in congress at the last
general election. giving the basis fol
nominating petitions, is as follows: