EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

871

106. The said primary elections shall be held under the aus-

pices of the county committee of the party holding said primary

Primary elec-
tions.

election as at present constituted, for the first election here-

under, and the chairman of said committee shall, by advertise-

ment inserted in at least two newspapers published in said

county, once a week for three successive weeks in the month

of July in the year in which said primary election is held

under this Act (and the chairman of the committee as here-

inafter to be formed, shall give the same notice for all primary

elections to be held after first such primary election), give

notice to all persons desiring to become candidates of said

party holding such primary at the succeeding general elec-

tion, of the time and places of such, and warning such can-

didates to give said chairman notice in writing of the office

for which he shall be a candidate for nomination, which said

notice must be given not less than twenty days before the

day set for said primary election, and must be accompanied

by the fee hereinafter required for the purpose of defraying

the expenses of such election ; and if said notice from the

candidate is not given within the time required, his name shall

not appear printed upon the ballot hereinafter required under

the designation of office for which he is a candidate, and his

name shall not appear as a candidate or nominee of said party

for said office upon the ballot used at the succeeding general

election. If after due notice no candidate complies with this

Act by filing his name for nomination by direct vote, then

the vacancy shall be filled by a majority vote of the mem-

Vacancy.

bers of the county committee.

107. After notice given to the chairman, as aforesaid, it shall

be the duty of the said chairman to have printed on white

Style of ballots

paper in black ink a ballot conforming to the ballot now used

to be used.

at general elections, with the names of the offices to be filled

at the next general election, with the names of the respective

candidates for nomination for said offices, arranged in alpha-

betical order, in groups under the office designated with a

square opposite the name of each candidate not less than one

inch square, all printing or lettering to be uniform throughout

said ballot, all ballots being uniform in size, type, and charac-

ter throughout said county, and all names of offices and candi-

dates to be printed with capital letters. At the top of each

group must be printed how many persons may be voted for, for

the respective places. If there shall be more persons voted or

marked for any office than there are persons to be voted for

at the general election, then the ballot shall be defective as

to that particular place or group and the balance of said ballot