Evening star., 1952-05-13
Five-Man Group
Drafts Rules for
6. 0. Par|eys
McGorroehy Named
Subcommittee to
Set Regulations

Wy O 4tC-IAC11lUCI SuDCOkIlIIlIbtC6I
of the local party's Executive Com
mittee. t
Serving with Chairman Joseph
c. McGarraghy were George L.
Hart, jr., secretary; E. F. Cola
day, Clyde D. Garrett and Mrs.
Howard A. Coffin.
Regulations in Full.
The regulations, as released by
Chairman McGarraghy, read:
/. An appropriate certificate Of
registration, to be prepared and
approved by the chairman, shall
be mailed to each registered voter.
at the residence address appear
ing upon registrant's official Re-
publican registration card, which
certificate shall be presented by
the registered voter at the time
and place of his district meeting,
the same emitting registrant to
admission to said meeting and the
right to participate therein. Upon
presentation and surrender of the
registration certificate at the dis
trict meeting at the day and hour
set. the registered voter shall be
given a ballot to be used in voting
for the election of a delegate from
said district.
Only registered voters resident
of the District shall be admitted
to the District meeting, except,
that accredited members Of the
press. representatives of the State
Committee designated by the
chairman or the secretary of said
committee. and one duly accredit-.
ed representative of the Eisen-
hower-for- President Club and one
accredited representative of the
Taft Washington Committee shall
be admitted to each meeting.
District Chairmen.
2. The chairman of each dis
trict shall be appointed by the
chairman of the Republican State
Committee in and for the District
of Columbia and shall serve until
his successor is appointed by the
chairman of the Republican State
Committee. He shall preside over
the district meeting of his district |
throughout the meeting, except
under the circumstances recited in
paragraph II hereof.
3. Each district chairman is
authorized and empowered to ap-
point a secretary for his district,
such secretary to serve through
out the meeting held to elect a
delegate in his district and said
secretary, together with the chair
man, shall certify to the chairman
of the State Committee the dele
gate duly elected from their said
district.
f. At each district meeting can
didates for delegate from said
district shall be nominated from
the floor. There may be one
nominating speech. which shall
be limited to five minutes for
each candidate. There may be
no more than four seconding |
speeches for each candidate and
each seconding speech shall be
limited to two minutes. Each can
didate nominated for delegate
may speak for not to exceed five
minutes, which speech may be
made only after all nominations
for delegate are closed. A mo-
ton to close the nominations |
shall not be in order until a rea-
sonable opportunity has been af-
forded for nomination of all pros
pective candidates.
Can Appoint Officials.
5. The chairman of each dis
trict is authorized to appoint as
many election officials as he may
deem necessary for the purpose of
distributing ballots to qualified
registrantS in exchange for regis
tration certificates and otherwise
carrying out the purposes of the
meeting in an orderly manner.
The officials so appointed shall
be named so that each candidate
shall have equal representation.
6. The chairman shall appoint
an equal number of election tellers
representing each candidate to
collect and count the ballots under
the supervision of the district
chairman.
Z. A candidate to be elected del
egate at the district meeting must
be a registered or enrolled voter
of the district and must receive
q majority of all votes cast at the
meeting. If more than two candi-
dates are nominated in any dis
trict and no candidate receives a
majority of all votes cast on the
first ballot, the two persons receiv-
ing the largest number of votes
cast shall be candidates on q run
off ballot.
8. In the event a run-of or
second ballot is necessary for any
cause, and the hour of 1880 pm.
has been reached, an adjourned
meeting shall be held on a later
night and at a time and place
to be named by the district chair
man.
10 Name Delegate.
9. The certificate of election
shall be made by the district
chairman and secretary before the
close of the meeting and shall
name the person elected as dele
gate and certify the number Of
votes cast for each candidate
10. In counting the ballots. cor
rect spelling of names oc candi-
dates shall not be required and
the ballots shall be scheduled in
accordance with the intent Of the
voter.
II. In the event the chairman
of the district ID nominated for
delegate, he shall designate some
other registered voter in attend
ance to preside until the election
procedure has been completed and
the vote tailed and announced.
IL. There shall be no distribu-