The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-12-09
PRIMARY ELECTION RULES AND
REGULATIONS.

NIooAAiioNS.
A Primary Election is hereby orders
to be held at each voting rreeirt ii
Hancock County Tenn, on Saturday
December the 10th. 1927. for the pur
pose Of nominating candidates for tn,
=, various offices of the county, to b,
u voted for in the one general Election
: to &c held in August 1922.
e 2. Said Primary Election shall be
0 opened at 9 o'clock A. M. and closed at
0 four o'clock p. NJ.
8. If any officer of the primary fails
to serve. the remaining officers willing
to serve shall fill the vacancy on the
morning of the Election.
a, All the Republicans recognized
as such i'm the precint where the votes
are to be cast, shall be permitted to
vote in said Election, but no other. No
person will not be allowed to vote il
challenged, will not pledge himself to
vote for and support the successful
candidates, and all persops voting there
in shall be deemed to have pledged
their vote for the nominee, and all vot-
ers must vote in his precint.
B. AL! young republicans who will
be of age and qualified to vote at the
August Election in 1922, shall be quail
fed to vote in said Election and in case
the officers should be in doubt about
as to the right of any person to vote,
such person shall be sworn and examin-
ed as to his right to vote and bystard-
ers shall challenge the right of the per-
SOL to vote.
9. The Election board shall furnish
the officers in this Election with pole
books and copy Of the rules and re-
gulations. The ballots shall BE- proper
ly counted the same as in General Ele-
ction. The returns shall be properly
signed and certified and the officer oil
the Election shall seal and address the
pole books and shall mail one TO A. f..
Mitchell Chairman, Sneedville. Tenncss-
ee. or deliver them in person. T.si<
tickets VOL and counted shall likew a..
be sealed and delivered y tie CHI :
man of The Rsprd ! y
z. The Election Boa I'd shall meet 4 ;
the court house In Sneedville on Dec
ember, IL, 1921 at ~, p. m. and in the
presence Of any person or perons open
and count the returns and the Se-ra- L
airy shan of other members of the r.
boaro ard hose present, make out q l.
Il f'latlvc i'atcment of the result
IN 'hsil 'rned by the board and
!-y rlemh. Il the board shall not /.
r'ar with ,rc tlajority Of the board 2.
'"ali siel ar.ting his reason there =,
Z. Any unsuccessful candida tc may n,
'ntest The nomination of the success ~
Al candidate before the said election "a,
GARD and notice thereof must be Civ n,
IN writing to the Chairman of the
and the candidate whose
is contested, not later than
ecember the 18th. at IL O'Clock and WI
t out his grounds for contest therein. Nc
The committee. shall determine the am
me as soon as possible and their de-
sion shall be final.
,. ANY one desiring to be a candi- col
tie Tor any of these Offices herein Gle
entio ned shall on or before the 26th. lins
of Nc''r Ter 1921 notify the
q: man g. sccIatary of their inten- n
y. and stan I,rosit with the Chair n.
= or Scuttry the sum of 5000 TO -
p defray t.s expences of said e,ec- g.
d shall also state that how'll comply
IN the rules ard regulations of said
Imary Election and that he approves %
agrees to the following pledge. Liv'
tin:
We. the undersigned candidates for
lstee, Sheriff, County Court Clerk,
remit Court Clerk ard Register m %
publican Primary 10 be held for Bus
Incock obnty on December the 10th cier
j, do solenlnly pledge our Honor
{ We will not directly or indirectly
, or caus TO be spen; airy money, or
lgs OF value, or pay back any said DT
ney o. censndf made upon % for
h money OF value that may have
n spent, e. Js,d in said Primary
fUying e.. rfluencing votes and
We have rot spent, or placed any vi
eY in the hards Of any one to be --
.; for Us AID We will not be guilty
uoh aets: ard we earnestly request
insist that the Exeeutstive Com
tee absolutely refuse to declare any
didate or candidates the nominee
aid party. in said Primary. who Sp,
lges in the habit Of influencing
5 by the useOf any undue influence -
n. The expense Of printing the lnuu
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