The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-08-15
: PRIMARY QUESTIONABLE.
what and whoy Of the Primary in
Vermont.

What and whoy Of the Primary in
Vermont.
| Conducted under the auspices of the
Ivermont League of Women Voters by
NeHie Tillotson Jeffrey, state chairman
of the department Of efficiency in gov
Iernment.
Q. What is the primary
A. The primary il meeting OF the
voters held for the purpose OF nominal
| ing candidates for office by the direct
vote Of the people.
@. When did it come into use in the
| Uuited States and in Vermont!
A. 1t came into use in the United
States, in Pennsylvania, in the early
sixties and was adopted in Vermont
| on March 20, 1916, as the result Of q
referendum.
O. When is the primary heldy
A.. "A primary shall be held in
each town on the second Tuesday in
lSeptember in each even year tthis year
| September l2l for the nomination OF
candidates to be voted for at the
November general election, except
presidential electors and just les OF the
peace. tSec. 90, Gen. Laws
@. When and where will the next
primary be held
A. On September IL, 1922, at the
usual polling places, between the hours
of II m. and s p. IN.
@. Candidates for what offices are TO
be nominated at that time?
~,
several political parties will each
nominate, as follows; one candidate
for United States senator, one can
didate for representative to Congress
in each of the two Congressional dis
tricts, candidates for governo, lieu
tenant -govrnor, secretary Of state,
auditor Of accounts and attorney
general.
In addition to the above, nomina-
tions will be made for the following
county officers; oe or more senator's in
the general assembly, as the case may
be; treasurer, states attorney, judges
of probate, assistant judges of the
county court, sheriffs and high bailffs,
Each town and city win nominate
candidates for representative 10 the
general assembly and such number Of
justices of the peace az is provided for
by the. law. This number will be
Indicated on tine baIlotl.
Q. Who may vote in primary cleo
tionl
A. ANY citizen (male or female| p
years Of age or more, having resided
in Vermont one year next preceding
the primary election, who has taken
the freeman's oath and whose name
is on the check list, shall have a right
to vote at such election for the Offices
to be elected there at the town where
he resides, on the day Of such election;
but he shall not vote for representa-
tives to the general assembly or
justices of the peace unless he has re-
sided, during the three months next
preceding such election, in the town
which is residence on the day Of such
election. (Sec. ~, Gen Laws).
Q. Who are citizensi
A. All persons born or naturalized
in the United States, subject to the
jurisdiction Thereof, are citizans of the
United States and of the state wherein
they resided l4th Amend. to the U. S.
Constitution).
O. Are any limitations placed upon
the constitutions of the several states
by the Unitd States constitution
A. Amendments Is and 10 of the
Unites States constitution pohibit the
Acknowledgement of any person on ac-
count of race, color, previous coalition
of seryitude or sex.
Q. How may citizenship be ac-
quiredi
A. BY birth and by naturalization. |
In the latter instance person must be
Is years OF age over; must have
been a resident of the United States !
for five years and must have made a
Declaration OF Intention t"frst pa
PERI two years prior to the hearing |
in a naturalization court.
Minor children become citizens upon
the naturalization of their parents
Q. Is an American born woman, who
is the wife Of a foreigner, legal voter
in this stated
A. No. A married woman takes
the nationality Of her husband.
Q. Define residence" as a qualifca-
ton for votingi
A. The town in which the family Of
a voter resides, II he has one in the
state which he supports, is his resi-
dence; otherwise. his residence is the
town in which he has actually spent
his time during the three months pre-
ceding the election. tSec- 74)-