The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-11-18
PRIMARY ELECTION RULES AND
REGULATIONS.

kE1ULAliUNS.
A Primary Election is hereby ordered
to be held at each voting precirt ir
Hancock County Tenn.,, on Saturday
December the 10th, 1921. for the pur.
pose of nominating candidates for tbs
various offices of the COUNT, to be
voted for in the one general Election
10 be held in August 1922.
2. Said Primary Election shall be
opened at 9 o'clock A. NJ. and closed at
four o'clock P. NJ,
3. 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.
4, All the Republicans recognized
as such in the precint where the votes
are to be cast, shall be permitted to
vote In said Eiection,, but no othen No
person will not be allowed to vote if
challenged, will not pledge himself to
vote for and support the successful
candidates, and all persons voting there
in shall be deemed to have pledged
their vote for the nominee. and all vot-
ers must vote in his precint.
s. All young republicans who will
be Of age and qualified to vote at the
August Election in 1922, shall be quali-
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 bystar.d-
ers shall challenge the right of the per-
son to vote. r>
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 Of
the Election shall seal and address the
pole books and shall mail one to A. +.
Mitchell Chairman, Sneedville. Tenness-
ee, or deliver them in person. The
tickets voted and counted shall likewise
be sealed and delivered to the Chair
man of this Board.
Z. The Election Board shall meet at
tie court heuse In Sneedville on Dec
ember, II, 1921 at IL, p. m. and in the
presence CT any person or perons open
and count the returns and the Secra-
tary shall of other members of the
Boarc and those present, make out a
tzbulative statement of the result,
which shsll lie signed by the board and
if any member of the board shall not
concur with the majority of the board
he shall sigr in writing his reason there
of. =
8. Any unsuccessful candidate may
contest the nomination of the success
ful candidate be fore the said election
board and notice thereof must be Civ
en- in writing to the Chairman of the
committee and the candidate whose
nomination is contested, not later than
December the 18th. at IL O'Clock and
get out his grounds for contest therein.
The committee shall determine the
same as soon as possible and their de-
0 ision shall be final.
q Any one desiring to be candi-
date for any of these offices herein
mentioned shall on or before the 26th,
day of Noven ber 1921 notify the
Chairman or Secratery Of their inten-
tiors and shall deposit with the Chair-
man or Secratary the sum of $1,000 TO
help defray the expences CT said e'ec-
ard shall also state that he will comply
with the rules and regulations of said
Primary Ele, ton and that he approves
and agrees to the following pledge
We. the undersigned candidates for
Trustee, Sheriff, County Court Clerk.
Circnit Court Clerk ard Register in
Republican Primary to be held for
Hancock County on December the 10th
1921, do solemnly pledge our Honor
that we will not directly or Indirectly
use, or caus to be spent any money, or
things of value, or pay back any said
money or demands made upon us for
such money or value that may have
been spent, or used in said Primary
for buying or influencing votes and
that We have not spent, or placed amy
money in the hands Of any one to be
spsnt for Us ard We will not be guilty
Of such acts; and we earnestly request
and insist that the Executative Com
mittee absolutely refuse to declare any
candidate or candidates the nominee
Of said party. in s1d Primary, who
INDUCES in the habit of influencing
votes by the use of any undue influence
I0ch, The expense Of printing the
polebooks, advertising the election and
other necessary and legitimate expen-