Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1892 — The Slew Election Law. [ARTICLE]

The Slew Election Law.

Editor Pilot.—There seems to be an impression that section nineteen of the late election law forbids the placing of any name more than once on the ballot, but that is a mistake. If a candidate be nominated by the convention of two or more parties and certified to by the chairman and secretaries of said conventions as required by law, the name of said candidate can appear on the :>al lot in two or more places. Suppose “A” is nominated for a certain office by the Democratic onvention and for the same ofce by the Republican convention and for the same office by the People’s party convention and for the same office by the Prohibition convention and the fact being certified to by the chairman and secretaries of the respective conventions the name could appear four times on the ballot. But suppose Mr. “B” is nominated for an office by the Republican convention and is nominated for the same office by petition as provided for in secion eighteen (18) of the election aw the name could appear but once on the ballot. The object of the amendment is to prevent a candidate after laving received a nomination 'rom a convention from receiving 1 nomination by petition and laving his name placed more lan once on the ballot, but not d prevent two or more conventions from nominating a certain candidate for a certain office.

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