The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-08-20

bars voters who participate In the
June is primary from signing pc
titions Of state candidates against
nominees of the primary, applies
to presidential elector petitions Is
not certain.
No electors are nominated In the
primaries.
However, since there is no spe-
cific exception, Lembke leaders I'M
doubtedly will take no chances.
Their petitions probably will have
1000 signers who did not vote
June Is.
Then there is the question as to
whether the name Union party
can be attached to the names Of
the Lembke electoral candidates.
The answer to this also Is yes, al
though the law seems to be con-
Trajectory on the subject.
The statutes repeatedly define q
political party as an organization
that must have cast at least 5
per cent Of the total state vote
in the last previous election.
The Union party Of Mr.. Lemke
couldn't qualify, if that held true,
for it Is a brand new party.
However, continued search Of
Secretary OF State Mike Holm's
1886 edition Of Minnesota Election
Laws finally uncovered that party
appellations may be added to the
names Of candidates nominated by
petition.
The petitions may be filed with
the secretary of state any time UP
to 30 days before election. So the
deadline will be Oct. 8 or 4 this
year in Minnesota.
In a few states, however, the
deadline has passed. In those states
the Lemke voters either will have
to use stickers or write in the
names of the electors.
In at least 20 of the 48 states
Mr.. Lemke apparently will have to
run as an Independent" according
to the new Republic. Under the
law his Union party cannot quail
fly for the ballot this year.
This is because the laws in these
states require candidates to go
through a baptism of fire" as in
dependents at one election and poll
certain percentage Of votes to
qualify their party at the next
election. These independent candi-
dates are offered in the initial year
by a party organization which can
show that 1t has continued in ex-
istence until the next eletion.
Of the other 10 states, including
Minnesota, 16 require petitions
signed by varying percentages Of
the voters to get the candidates
for electors-with the desired party
designation on the ballot. Illinois
has the highest requirement, $4,000
names. But even here the term
Union party cannot be used by the
Lemke supporters, the Democrats
having already filed the name
Union"
In Iowa, Montana and Michigan
party ticket may be filed without
the backing of either a convention
of petitions. a.
"The southern states present the
greatest difficulties to a new party"
the New Republic says. Florida
provides blank lines for independ-
ent nominations, in South Carolina
written votes are permissible"
Laws in several states are en-
tirely silent on the subject Of new
parties.
The states in which no provision
is made for an immediate place on
the ballot for new parties are Ala
bama, Arkansas, Colorado, Con-
necticut, Florida, Georgia Indiana,
Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Mary
land, Massachusetts,, Mississippi,
Missouri, New Hampshire, New
Jersey, New Mexico, New York
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah,
Vermont, Virginia, Washington,
West Virginia and Wyoming.
In these states, then, Mr.. Lemke
will have to run as an Independent.
In the light of that fact, the
Lemke forces might yet change the
name Of their organization from
Union to Independent.
Here's a tip for them: In 1928
the Minnesota attorney general
held Independent party" a proper
emblem for a candidate nominated