Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 287, Decatur, Adams County, 8 December 1911 — Page 3

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■ PRIMARY RULES. iYour committee begs leave to submit the following: The Adams County Democratic Ceni tral committee in executive session ■ assembled, adopt the following rules for the control and regulation of the democratic vote to be polled in the nominating election of said party, of ■candidates to be voted for in the general election of 1912. i Section I—The democratic primary i election on Tuesday, the 12th day of (December, 1911, shall be held under I the Australian system of election laws of the state of Indiana, with the ex- ■ ception that there shall be one in- | spector, one judge, two clerks and one election sheriff, and except as hereinafter set out in sections seven, eight and nine. Section 2. That the interest and purpose of the nomination at a primary election is to secure a full and tree and fair expression of the whole democracy of the county. Provided, that ail those who voted the regular democratic ticket in 1910 be considerii ed democrats. g Section 3. The qualifications other 3 than heretofore given of voters of | such primary shall be, that he is a | citizen of Adams county, Indiana, and 3 a legal voter therein, or will be a legal ■1 voter before the next general elec’j tion. That he be a. bona tide resident a of the township, town or city, and of I the precinct wherein he offers to vote. B Section 4. The eligibility of a can- | didate shall depend upon his compli $ ance with the foregoing requirements, m and paying the assessments for the a campaign purposes, placed upon him a as a candidate for the office to which Mhe aspires. Such campaign assess--9 inent shall be paid at least I fourteen days before the said I primary election. said assess- ■ ment to be paid to the secretary. Pro- - vided, that if a candidate neg’ects or refuses to comply with the requirements of the Adams County Democratic Central committee as are provided for in the rules and regulations herein contained, the name of such candidates shall hot appear on the tickets used in said primary election. Section 5. Tnat the County Central Committee shall meet on the day following the next democratic primary election in Adams county, in Decatur, Indiana, at 10 o’clock a. m. and receive from each inspector or committeeman of the townships or of the respective precincts of towmships, town or city, the returns of said election and proceed to compare the votes cast for all the candidates who have complied with the rules and regulations of the committee aforesaid and the person having the highest number of votes cast for any given office, shall be declared the nominee of the democratic party of said county and state of Indiana for the office sought. Provided, that no County Central Committeeman, whose name appears as that of a candidate on the election tickets of such primary or who has any relative whose name appears as that of a candidate on such election ticket, shall be eligible to serve as Inspector of such election, nor shall he be allowed to select, any election

officers to serve in said primary election. In case of ineligibility of the committeemen to appoint such officers . aforesaid, the chairman, secretary and treasurer of the County Central com- ■ mittee shall appoint such election i board in such precinct at least one i week before the primary election. s Section 6. Each board of election i shall keep a poll book in which shall be entered the name of every person ■ w r ho votes at such primary election, and after the polls are closed, said ■ election board shall count the votes ' or ballots cast and make out a tally ■.sheet properly signed by such elec- ; tion board to the election inspector of ■ such voting precincts; who shall de- ■ liver such tally sheet and poll books to : the chairman of said Adams County, ■ Democratic Central committee on the! day following such primary election i aforesaid. The officers of such elec-, . tion board shall at the time of making i out the tally sheets make out and sign .three certificates of election showing ! the vote in such precincts as shown i by the poll and tally sheets and place one of said certificates in the posses- : sion of the inspector, one in the hands {of each election clerk, to be held as authentic reference should any conitroversy hereafter arise. I Sections 7. Ail voted ballots shall Ibe by said election board placed in {a paper bag, tied with a string and I sealing wax melted and pasted over the knot of the string and delivered Ito the inspector and by him returned to Democratic headquarters in the ■City of Decatur, Indiana, on the day { mentioned in Section five. In no case shall any voted ballot be destroyed ’■ i by the election board, but all such bal i lots so sealed shall be kept for the period of thirty days by the Chairman iof the Central committee, and such j sacks so sealed shall pot be opened { except by order of the committee in { session regularly called and in case ■! of contest by any candidate voted for, contested ballots shall be placed in a ■ sack with tally sheets as hereinafter ■ I set out. All unvoted ballots shall be I destroyed by the several election {boards by entirely consuming the ■; same by fire before any votes are {counted and no votes shall be counted |or ballot boxes be opened until the i polls are closed and all unvoted bal{lots destroyed as hereinafter providI cd. Section 8. Any voter who declares ' | that by reason of physical disability ', or inability to read the English language, he is unable to mark his bal- ■ lot, may declare his choice of candidates to the election board, and the 1 1 poll clerks in the presence of said ! j voter and in the presence of said elec- ; ticn board, shall prepare the ballot for voting, and on request shall read over to such voter the names of the 1 candidates as marked. Section 9. Every candidate whose ■ l name shall be placed upon ticket to ■ { be voted for at the primary election ' 1 to be held Tuesday, December 12, 1 {l9ll, shall, within thirty days after { said primary election, make out and 1 I file with the clerk of the circuit court of Adams County. Indiana, a full and ting forth in detail all moneys or other valuable things contributed or expended or promised by him to aid and promote, or in any way in connection J._..

- with his nomination, showing dates s when, the person to whom, and the s purpose for which each and all said I sums or valuable things were paid, - expended or promised, or said liabilii ties insured. Such statement shall > also be «et forth that the same is full, true and correct. 1 Section 10. All contests and disputes arising out of the canvass and counts following said primary election , shall be settled by a majority vote of the County Central committee under whose direction such primary election i was held. Section 11. Should any candidate I violate the rules and regulations of the Adams County Central committee and thereby fraudulently secure the nomination to the office which he may aspire, the candidate for such office . who shall have received the next high- , est number of votes, provided such j candidate shall not have also fraudulently secured his nomination, shall, by a majority vote of said County Central committee be declared the nominee of the party aforesaid to such office. Section 12. Should there be a vacancy occur at any time by removal, resignation or death, or should there be a tie vote of any candidate, or of any candidates nominated at such primary election aforesaid, the vacancy snail be filled By a majority vote of the County Central committee at such times as it may then and there agree upon. Section 13. That the contested ballots and tally sheets shall be placed in a paper bag, tied with a string and sealing wax melted and pasted over the knot of the string and deHvered to the inspector, and by him returned to the chairman in the city of Decatur, Indiana, on the day hereinbefore mentioned in Section five. Section 14. The names placed on the tickets used in said primary election as referred in Section one of the ruies and regulations shall be arranged in alphabetical order. Section 15. The Chairman of the Adams County Central committee { shall have a notice printed for two weeks in the Decatur Democrat giving ■ names of offices to be filled by cand- ' dates to bo voted for in November 1912, and voting places in the next democratic primary election. Section 16. That, if at any time 1 within ten days, any three persons residing within any precinct of said ■ county shall make affidavit jointly ■ that each of said persons voted in - said precinct at said Primary Election “ and that they believe that the vote of I said precinct was not counted or re- - turned as same was cast, or that the : same has not been correctly counted, I . and requests a recount of said pre- “ i cinct, a recount shall be made as foljlows: A committee of three persons, ‘, legal voters of the democratic party, > {shall be appointed, one by the County i , Chairman, one by the petitioners, and ~ one by the two thus appointed. The ' I committee thus appointed shall make I j the recount and certify to the result L; thereof to the full County Central I committee, which shall be called to- •; gether by the chairman for the pur--1 pose of recounting such result, and of I ! taking any such action as it may deem i proper in the premises.

s Section 18. The chairman, secre- } tary and treasurer of the Adams Coun--1 ty Central committee, shall constitute , the election commissioners of this • election. The chairman performing I the duties that are porfermed by the . Clerk of the Circuit Court, in general elections—the printing, preparation - and distribution of the ballots, shall II be done in conformity with the Ausi i tralian Election Laws of the State of Indiana. ■ | Section 19. The voting precincts in I { said county shall be the same as was ; established and agreed upon by the Adams County Democratic Central committee in November, 1909, as fixed { by the Board' of Commissioners of Ad-1 ams County, Indiana. Respectfully submitted, JAMES P. HAEFLING. i FRED V. MILLS. F. C. FOREMAN. DOLL CONTEST. i The vote in the contest for the doll ; which is on exhibition in the Boston j Store window stands as follows today: Margaret Huffman 100 Margaret Rademaker 100 Lee Anna Vance 100 Eloise Lewton 100 Marcia Helm 100 Doris Erwin 100 Alice Lenhart 100 Gretchen Graham 100 Eleanor Ellis 100 Helen Lower 100 Mildred Yager 192% Martha Sellemeyer 100 Catherine Peck 122 Opal Robinson 100 Fay Frit» f nger 100 I Romain Henneford 100 Leah Colter 100 Germaine Christen 100 Mary Gottemoller 100 Jeanette .Beery 100 Mary Vail 100 Dora Made” 100 Jeanette Clark 100 Fay Stults 100 Mary Burk 100 Naoma Cramer 100 Fanny Heller 100 Gladys Tanvas 100 Virginia Hite 102% Grace Drague 100 Naomi Durkin 100 Mary Fuhrman 100 Ruth Meyer 100 Ireta Beavers 100 Lois Peterson 100 Margaret Niblick 100 Florine Michaud 100 Grace Schroll 100 Corine Walters 100 Hazel Snitz 100 I Romain Murray 100 Gladys Flanders 100 | DEMOCRAT WANT ADS’

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