Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 January 1916 — BRIEF SUMMARY OF PRIMARY LAW [ARTICLE]

BRIEF SUMMARY OF PRIMARY LAW

Candidates For County Office Must File Certificates On or Before the Sixth of February. Candidates so/ the political honors who desire to be tho~ nominee of their party next fall will be required to file their certificate with the county clerk 'between the 7th of January and the 7th of February, 1916, and this will include candidates for precinct committee as well as for the various township mid county officers. The blank is very simple as provided by the statute. The prospective candidate states as follows: Satte of Indiana, County of Jasper. I, the undersigned, do hereby certify that I am a qualified voter of ..precinct of the township 0f...., of the county of Jasper, state of Indiana, and that I am a member of the ..... party and request that you place my name on the official primary ballot to be voted on' for the office of .... at the primary election to be held on the .... day of ....191.., as representing the principles of the r .,t. party. Signed. This will include candidates for township and the advisory boards and county council as well as for the other more remunerative offices, and those interested in civic affairs will do well to bear this feet in mind. The primary election boards will be organized the same as the regular election boards, with an inspector, two judges, two clerks, and two sheriffs. The ballots of each party will be printed on a different colored paper and spaces left opposite the names to make a cross for both your first and second choice for each position. The manner of figuring the successful nominee for an office, where there are A number of candidates and no one of them-receiving the majority of votes, will consist of dropping the name of lowest candidate from the score and adding the second choice votes to that of the rest of the candidates. If this does not give some one candidate the majority the next lowest will be dropped and the total vote divided by the smaller number and so op until someone receives a majority first and second votes. While the law, as originally enacted, required each candidate to deposit with the county clerk 1 per cent of the first year's salary to help defray the expenses of the primary election, this has been declared unconstitutional.