The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-05
COUNTY CASTS
PRIMARY VOTES
EARLY TUESDAY
Polls Open at 6 A. M. With
Three Minutes for
Each Ballot.

At 331 voting places in Marion
county, voters Tuesday will record
their choices for the congressional,
legislative. and county nominees who
viii comprise the Republican and
Democratic tickets in the fall cleo
ton.
Polls will be open from a m.
to 6 p. m, with each voter allowed
three minutes in the booth.
No registration is required for
voting Tuesday. Qualifications to
vote require the voter shall be 81,
or 81 by Nov 4, 1880, date of the
general election; citizen of the
United States; who, Tuesday, is a
bona fide resident of the precinct
in which he votes, and who has
not be disfranchiSed.
Votes Only One Party
In the primary, the voter votes
only for the candidates of one party
He receives but one ballot-either
Republican or Democratic. Every
qualified voter is entitled to vote for
the candidates of a party, provided
be voted for a majority OF the can
didates Of such party at the last pre-
ceding general election.
In addition to voting for candl-
dates for representative in con-
gress, the legislature and county
Offices, the primary voter partici-
pates> directly in the election of the
precinct committeeman of his party
in his precinct, and the delegates
who shall represent him in the
state convention of his party.
Every safeguard will be estab-
Iished to prevent disorders at the
polls and to insure an honest count
of the ballots, election commission
ers declared today.
Twelve Republican and twelve
Democratic deputy commissioners
have been named to answer reports
of disorder or dishonesty. Deputy
prosecutors will be on call at the
prosecutors office and Police Chief
Jerry Kinney has ordered police
men on twelve-hour shifts election
Gay.
Candidates Listed
Candidates for the following Of
fees in each political party will be
nominated in Marion county Tues
day: Representatives in congress;
state senators and representatives;
Judges of the superior, criminal, pro-
bate and juvenile courts; pros
ecuting attorney; county treasurer,
auditor, sheriff, recorder, clerk,
surveyor, coroner, assessor, commits
sioners and councilmen; township
trustees, assessor justices of the peace
and advisory board members.
Those elected outright in the
primary, instead of being nominated,
are precinct committeeman and
delegates to the state conventions.
A plurality is sufficient for nomi-
nation in the primary. Where more
than one are to be nominated for
an Office, such as state representa-
tiveS, the candidates receiving the
most votes. Ito the number of nom
nations to be filed are nominated.
BY clipping the list of candidates
to be found in today'S Times, and
py marking choices in advance, vot-
ers will save time at the polls. Be-
cause of their length, lists of candi-
dates for township offices and pre-
cinct committeeman are not printed.
The names of candidates who
were unopposed for nominations do
not appear on the ballot.
Make Official Changes
County chairmen were called
upon today to make 231 changes in
their selection for precinct election
judges. inspectors, sheriffs, clerks
and assistant clerks, as the result
of returns to the county election
commission of letters carrying
notices of appointment.
In the past, the notices were car
ried on postal cards and no returns
were made, but this year in order
to forestall the naming of dummy
officials the notices were incloSed in
envelopes bearing return addresses
Many notices were sent to John
Doe addresses, such as John Smith,
Arthur Jones. William Brown and
so forth. When dummy officials
were appointed, as in the past, and
none appeared for duty, the or
ganization representative would
single out some known faithful
worker TO take the vacancy. The
Republicans had go per cent of the