Belletonte, Pa., August 22, 1913.
Pennsylvania’s
CANDIDATES NAMED BY BALLOT
Severe Penalties Are Provided For
Fraud, Illegal Voting, False State
ments, Threatening Watchers, Over
seers, Etc.
pan; Ja
AN ACT
Regulating certain political
for and regula the
Vv
tion of candidates of political
ties for certain public the
tion of delegates and alternate
gates to National conven
and in party o rs, including
State committeemen; a met where-
by electors of ouch Solitioal
ma ress choice
DE eT
tates; and of € pay -
eral tcounties, and their reimbursement
by the Stal ¢
same; autho
8 so DY i :
men
Aine nalties for the violation of
e To Sione of this act, and for
unishment of certain offenses
erein; and repealing
at pri-
the pro-
visions of this act, and in no other man-
ner. All such party officers as are
quired by the rules of the several pol
cal parties to be elected by vote
the party electors shall be elected at
maries held in accordance with the
visions of this act, excepting membe
the National committee, who shall
ed as hereinafter provided.
ears when candidates for the
ident of the United States are
nominated, every qualified elector
litical party, herein defined to be a
itical party within the State, shall ha
opportunity at the primaries held in suc
years, subject to the provisions of this
act, to vote his preference for one
son to be the candidate of his pol
party for President. This act shall not
apply to the nomination of candidates to
be voted for at special elections to
vacancies, except when such special
tion is held at the time of a regular elec
tion and such vacancy occurred or ex-
isted at least sixty days prior to the reg-
ular primary antecedent to such regular
election; and nothing herein contained
shall prevent any body of electors not
constituting a political party from nomi-
nating candidates by nomination papers,
as is now or may hereafter be pro
law.
bylaw National Committee.
National committeemen shall be elected
by the State committee of each respective
party, unless the rules of the National
arty otherwise provided; in which case
hey shall be elected in the manner pro-
vided by the rules of the National party,
and all State committeemen shall be
elected by Senatorial districts, Each Sene
atorial district shall be entitled to elect
two members of the State committee, ex-
ed
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cept where a Senatorial district is com- '
of more than one county or part
of a county: in which event the electors
residing in each county or part of a coun-
ty cmbraced in the sald senatorial
trict shall be entitled to elect one State
committeemun, The State committeemen
thus elected shall meet for organization |
not later than the third Wednesday fol-
lowing their election, at such hour and
place as shall be designated by the State |
chairman of each
said State commiteemen shall be elected
at the fall pritaaly in the year one thou-
sand nine hundred and thirteen, and shall
hold office until their successors are dul
elected and qualified at the spring pri-
mary of the year one thousand nine hun
dred and fourteen: Provided, however,
That where the existing rules of a
rovide for the election of State commit-
eemen by the county commitieemen of
the respective counties, in the year one
thousand nine hundred and thirteen the
State Committeemen so elected
serve until their successors
elected and qualified under the provisions
of this act at the spring primary in the
r one thousand
ourteen. Thereafter the sald State com-
mittesmen of ail parties shall be elected
at the spring primary,
Vacancies happening at any time in the
office of National committeeman shall be
filled by the State committee of the re-
tive party. unless the rules of the
ational party otherwise rovide, in
which case vacancies shall filled in
the manner provided by t!:« rules of the
National party.
Vacancies happening at any time in the
office of State committeeman shall
filled by the city or county committee of
the respective parties: ovided, That
when sald ’ a county
composed of more than one Senatorial
district. the members of the city or coun-
ty committee embraced within the Sena-
torial district in said county shall elect
zald committeeman; and when a vacancy
occurs In a Senatorial district composed
of more than one county or part of a
county. the members of the county com-
mittee embraced within sald
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Definition of Political Party,
Section 2. Any 1 yr or hody of elec.
tors, one of whose candidates at the gene
eral election next preceding the primary
lled in each of at least ten counties of
he State not less than two per centum
of the largest entire vote cast In each of
sald counties for any elected candidate,
and polled a total vote in the State equal
0 at least two per centum of the la
entire vote cast in the 8
elected candidate, is hereb
be a political party within
th ofices prov ol sandidates
e offices or act,
shall elect its delegates and al
elegates to the National
te committeemen, and
including members
tional committee, provide,
shall be elected by a vote of the party
electors in accordance with the provisions
of this et . t of :
ny pa or body of electors, one o
whose candidates at either the 1
or municipal eleatisn nrecedi the -
mary polled at least five per centum of
largest entire vote cast for any
candidate in any county, is
clared to be a political party within
county; and shall nominate all its
dates for office in such county and in
political districts within sa county,
of which sald county forms a
shall elect such party o
ternate delegates to
State com
respective party. The
shall |
are duly
nine hundred and |
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county or’
dd a county shall elect sald commit- |
the ruies of the several tical parties
to be elected & vote the
Br i at the
mary, except as ot in
Ee ote tor candinutuntor the ollice
President of the United States, as
pri o
Candldat for all offices to be filled at
the mu re jon shall be nominated
at the .
" re Tues
Section 4. On or before the ninth
: I mY
ae Comm ot ach
co ;
the of . w candidates are to
number to be
the electors of the coun
trict therein, or of any
such county forms a part.
Notices Designating Candidates to Be
Elected.
On or before the ninth
the Fall pri
Ae dal th shi
which can
therein,
ates are to
or in any district of which
county forms a part, or
large, at the ens
the nomination to which
uired
to file
the office of the Secre
monwealth, and nating
persons are ele
respectively, the next succeed: elec
: and justices of th
nominated
tiun; and
aldermen
primary, the
mittee of eae
send to the county commis- |
os forth the number of nay
e
alternate delegates to the National Con-
and 4
therein at
re 2
Hiatrict
in the State at ;
and for |
“petitions “in |
how many |
such i
nomination
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of which
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vention of such party who are to be |
elected in the State at large
suing pi
delegates
0 be elected
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and th
at
altrRnIe delegates Who are
‘ Pron ¢ herewith:
| event s @ rson’s name
' upon the official ‘ballot of any
the Secretary of the :
aend 10 the county | valid ground, on the part of the
i tary of the Commonwealth, for refusal
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wet forth that the affant is a quall-
fled ¢ of the State, or of the po-
Mitical or as the case
ay be referred to in said petition; his
nce, giving sity. Putough. ot ough
With Tull knowl:
ualified electors and members
designated party of the State, or of the
Hitacal district or division, as the case
" Candidates’ Affidavit.
te for a State,
ety Oe shat fie with
nomination petition, his affidavit st
his residence,
og with street and number,
any, a posto!
tion dist
38niE
his
office fi
be a candidate, that
: he is eligible for such office, and that he
nowingly violate any election
e
law, or any law regulating and Numitad
election expenses
rohibiting corrupt practices in connec-
Provided, That in no
2 primed
y as a
delegate, State committeeman, National
committeeman, or Darty officer, unless he
is a qualified elector of sald party.
(¢) Each candidate for election as dele-
gate or alternate delegate to a National
party convention may include, with his
affidavit, the statement hereinafter set
forth in this section; but his failure to
include such statement shall jot _be a
re-
and file his nomination peti-
tion. Such statement, if any be made,
shall be in substantially the following
orm:
I hereby declare to the voters of my
political party in the (here insert “State
Pennsylvania” if a delegate or alter-
delegate at large: otherwise, insert
District’) that if elected
and in attendance as a delegate to the
National convention of the party, I shall
with all Pdelity, to the best of my judg-
ment and ability, in all matters coming
before the convention, support that can-
didate for President of the United States
who shall have received
Bk LB th voniIe' Sry Laity TOF
e VO 0 y y
said office at the ensuing primary, and
shall use all honorable means within my
wer to aid in securi the nomination
such candidate for ident,
(Signature of candidate for delegate
the ballot used at a
rimaty, after
uch | or under the name of ah end te for
said primary :
county, or in any district of which such |
county
forms a
rt.
On or before the ninth Tu preced-
ing the Spring primary, the c
the oun, ne
in cuses where a city is
coextensive with a county, the chairman
81 the city committee of each
of |
10 the COUNty commissioners of saoh
county a weitien notice, setting forth the
names of
county er city 'Y 4 filled by
ry.
ninth Tuesday preced- :
ing the Fall primary, the clerks or sec-
retaries of the various cities, boroughs,
and school districts,
pect. y, send to the county
ners of their respective counties
the ensuin
On or belore the
townshi
offi
prima
wi
election at |
written notice setting forth the names of |
all city, boro
district offices
nor
primary,
h,
each county shall publish
delegates and alternate delegates to the
National convention of each party who |
are to be
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township and school |
or which candidates are |
to be nominated at the ensuing p
nning not earlier than nine
ter than eight weeks,
the county
weeks, |
, before the
commissioners of
the number of |
lected in the State at large at |
the ensuing primary, and the number o |
such
delegates a
alternate delegates
and State committeemen who are to be!
elected at said primary
in any district of which such county or be
in said county, or’
part thereof forms a part; and shall also |
publish ihe names of all offices for which |
nominations are
to be
made,
and the
names of all party offices, including that
of member of the National committee, if | ties
Stute committeemen,
are to be elected
A adidates
for which |
at
sald pd: i
mary in said county, or in any district of
which such eounRty or vart thereof forms fro
ate at large.
a part, or
in the
tice shall contain the date of the pri-
mary, and shall be inserted in two news- |
pa
three successive weeks.
Section 5.
each party shall
county comm
Krimed on
form quality,
shall be
size, style
pearance,
Under each gro
shall be
defined
dates
S|
ree-¢ig!
office.
Primary Ballots.
Official primary ballots for |
be pre; by
ners. ese
White Duper
of printing, and general ap-
2 SE
y light lines or rales
hths of an inch apart
are to be candidates nominated
and shall
re of general circulation published |
within the county, wherever such course .
is possible, at leust once each week for
the
ballots
of uni-
uniform in
candi-
lank
as there |
for such !
On the back of such ballot shall be
printed in prominent
‘Official primary ballot
Party,
and
the back of s
there shall
type the words,
of
also
uch ballot the facsimile sig
sere essnnns “eens
-
natures of the county commissioners of
the names
of districts. ol
ary in form only as
tes,
or the provisions of this act ma |
ROLES Sn RS
n alpha order under
aah nder th f |
e or under the name o
candida |
ed for by the electors of an entire
ty, or any
resentative
shall be prin
ship, borough, or ward, and
case may
resides.
The voter may desi
is indic
ated
Col
ted th
in which such
ate his choice as |
ructions shown |
by the
io to |
“airiet whinin the coun; |
¢ name of th i
r the {
city, as
on the form of ballot. If he shall vote for |
more persons for any office than th
for he
counted
jon 6.
States, und
candidat:
na
the nomination is not to
idates are not to be
=
tate, or of the
as
his ballot
error which
The names of
th
shall
therein
fice, but the Judy
be
ble to determine
print
oficial Datlot nih Geslgarinted party’
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political district or dit
be, within
are candidates to be nominated or elect. i
ed for such office, or if for any
impossible to determine
office, 1
his atlog if —
pro,
counted. No ballot shall
der it impossi
choice.
reason it
shall not
rs
does not ren-
the voter's
Il other party
the
her
efr
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or divi
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snull | for President,” or “Does
in the |
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commis- |
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his cho tion
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ate > alternate delegate to a No-
tional convention, shall appear
words, Promise to Support “popular choice
at party in the {here Inge tute if a
elegate of alternate egate a 2
Otherwise, INBErt “................ District)!
support popular choice ol) 5 Promise bo
hors inact “State” If a defeats or ul
ate del ate a arge; othe -
sert ng District) for Presi-
dent” according as if the candidate in-
cluded, or failed to include, the above
statement with his affidavit.
Filing of Petitions.
Section 7. The nomination petitions in
the case of candidates for the office of
President of the United tor
of the United States,
House of Representatives of the
States, for all State offices, for the office
of delegate of alternate delegate to a Na-
tional party convention. and for the of-
fice of member of the State or National
committee, shall be filed, at least four
weeks prior to the primary, with the Sec-
retary of the Commonwealth. Nomina-
tion petitions in all other cases shall be
filed, at least three weeks prior to the
prithary, with the county commissioners
of the respective counties,
Nomination petitions of candidates shall
signed—
1 for the office of President of the
United States or of Senator of the Unit-
ed States, by at least one hundred quali-
fled electors In each of at least ten coun-
of the State.
(b) If for a State office, to be filled by
a vote of the electors of the State at
large, for the office of Re
m the State at
of the United St
ate or alternate del
ational Party convent!
fice of member of the
tee, by at
electors in each of at least five counties
of the State.
(ec) If for the office of a member of the
resentatives of the United
States, to be filled by a vote of the elec-
tors of a Congressiomal district; or of
delegate or alternate delegate to a Na-
tional party convention, other than
or alternate delegate at large: or of judge
of any court, other than a court whose
Judges are to be elected by a vote of the
electors of the State at large: or of State
Senator, by at least two hu
fled elect
nD gine H f R tat!
e e House 0 epresentatives,
for the office of meinher of the
Committee, or an office to be voted f
by the electors of the entire coun
at least one hundred qualified electors.
e) If for the office of Jnapectop of
uleptio. at least five qualified e actors,
an
, by at least ten qua
to a
n, or for the of-
National co t-
for all other o
other party offices,
fled electors.
Causes For Refusing Petitions.
Section 3. No nomination petition shall
be refused or set aside except for—
(a) Material error or defects apparent
on he, Sage thereof, a the Jace LJ the
a pan; affidavits; or
) Material alterations made tt
The invalidity of any sheet of
tion shall not affect the validity
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a petition the court
make an order fixing 4 time f
which shall not be Slater than
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monwealth Ly ok Te
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for th lige of said
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least one hundred qualified™
or
File voters (a opy of which shall be
! which he has called, and to cast h
Dy ndred quali-
for the office of a member of .
the county commissioners shall print subs
(€) of section six of this act.
€ CO commissioners shall pres
pare, and furnish to the election officers
ut the :.marles, such ballot boxes. prop-
erly numbered for each election dis.ric
Cf voters, forms—inciudi forms
affidavits for o tance
making baliots, and for voters chal
ed «8 to identity, party membership.
dence, and bribery—blanks, return sheets,
hiauk books, and other supplies as they
are or hereafter may be required to fur-
nish by law, to said officers for use at
elections, and shall deliver them in the
fame manner as at elections. The sald
supplies shall have printed n them
appropriate instructions, and shail be in
appropriate form for use at the primar-
jes. T Y *hail also provide for the open.
ing of the polling places, for the compen-
sation of (owners thereof, shall see
at they are in p order and
ed with voting booth, as at el
Election Boards to Conduct Primaries.
Section 11. The primaries shall be con-
ducted by the regular el boards
duly elected under existi or future
laws, who shall receive the same compen-
sation for their services as they rec.ive
at elections. Inspectors of elections s.all
have the right to appoint clerks to as-
sist them us at elections, who shall re-
ceive the sume compensation that clerks
receive for such services at elections.
Vacancies in election bo # be
filled in the manner now provided by law.
Before entering upon their duties the
election officers and clerks shall be
sworn, and execute written oaths, as Is
now required by law.
The polls shall be open between the
hours of seven o'clock ante meridian and
seven o'clock ont meridian. All persons
licensed to sell liquors, either at whole-
Saie or retail, or us bottlers, shall be
compelled to keep thelr places of business
closed, on said days tor no.ding said pri-
mary, only between the hours of six
o'clock ante meridian and eight o'clock
post meridian,
Primaries shali be conducted in confor-
mity with tae laws governing the con-
duct of general elections, in so far as the
same ure not modited by the provisions
of this act or are not inconsistent with
its terms: Provided, That no elector shall
be permitted to receive any assistance in
marking his ballot unless he 1 first
make an affidavit that he cannot read the
names on the ballot, or that by reason
of Ahysical disability he is unable to
ma is ballot.
Expense of Primaries.
Section 12. The county commissioners
shall keep an accurate account of the
entire expense of holding such primarie
including the preparation and delivery ol
supplies voting materi et cetera, a
the total amount shail paid, in the
first instance, by the county treasurer,
pon the order of the county commis-
sioners. As soon as convenient thereafter,
the county commissioners shall p
an itemized statement of the amount so
paid, verified by oath, and send the same,
accompanied by the receipted vouchers,
to the Auditor General, who, if he finds |
€ same correct, shall draw a warrant |
on the State Treasurer, for the proper.
county, for the amount so approv.d,
which shall be paid = the State Treas-
urer out of the money in the State Treas-
ury appropriated for said purpose,
Qualifications of Voters.
Section 13. The quaintications of elec-
tors entitled to vote at a primary shall
be the same as the qualifications of elec-
tors entitled to vote at elections, within
the election district where the primary
is held: except that, with respect to the
JAyment of taxes, it shall be sufficient
f an elector shall have paid within two
years before the next succeeding election
a State or county tax, which shall have
been assessed at least two months be-
fore the said election and paid on or be-
fore the day of the primary, and, in cases
where personal registration is required,
on or before the registration on
which the elector registers. ector
shall prove his qualifications and his
identity in the same manner In which
electors in the election district in which
he offers to vote are, or hereafter ma
be, required by law to prove their qualf-
fications or identity on election day, and
may be challen as at elections. i
ch elector shall have the right to re.
ceive the ballet of the party for which
he asks: Provided, That, if he is
lenged. he shall be required to make oath
or affirmation that, at the last preceding
election at which he voted, he voted for
a majority of the candidate of the party
for whose lot he asks.
If such last preceding election at which
such elector voted was a genera! election.
at which Presidential electors were voted
for, he shall, in determining the number
of candidates for which he voted at such
last preceding election, count the u
of President al electors as two nal
such affidavit the voter
to receive the ballot for
is vote
according to law. If he is unable or un-
willing to make such affidavit. he shall
be denied the right to receive such ballot,
but he shall not be deemed thereby to be
Ity of any violation or attempted vio-
ation of this law.
Counting of Vote.
Section 14. The ballot boxes
n executin,
1 be entit]
lists 3 ‘
posted |
e polling place), and other
outside of t
' records shall be delivered into the cus- |
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| records of elections.
sons ul
| ike a record inereot,
! coun
tody of the officers who are or hereafter
be required by law to keep similar
Upon the «l of the polls at such
PIIRATY, the Qect on officers shall forth-
th proceed to open the ballot boxes
and take therefrom the ballots, and first
count the number cast for each party,
and make rd thereof; and then '
is finally completed, they
| certify in due and proper form, to the
: upon the respective purty
number of votes cast for euch person |
tickets. They |
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all then replace the ts, so coun
and canvassed, in the boxes, and lock the
e. hey shall then place all stubs
ih
0 e coun
comm ners, and forthwith seal the
same; and they shall also place the re-
turns of votes and the register of voters
aforesaid, for each party, ether with
affidavits bg rovis-
him in person, or by regist
with the county commissioners, who
on the Succeeding day, at noon, publicly
commence the computation canvas.
sing of the returns, and continue the
same from day to until completed;
and for that purpose to have the ht to
pasttion the court of common for
use of its Processes to rce the
provisions of this act in relation to the
returns of the el officers.
Charges of Fraud.
Section 15. Upon the sworn petition
five qualified eciom of any. Le Rig
precinct, division, or district t any
act of fraud oF error, which, infor-
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3 person aggrieved
of the county commission
Eset re aiasichers
decision of the county
ropes Souney whose Bete”
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a full power and
hear and determin -
to a a e all mat
Certification of Returns.
Toy ry hy
cation o
for the cand Tot
FEE
at E Joan
e respective
computation
“ shall
to the Gate" of
ttee,
inohwealth, who shall tal
shall certify to the
of th
of
of
such
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and shall also Sere aithin sald time,
ahd Runs comm) ners, the names
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certified to him as hereinafter provided.
The Secretary of the omm:.nwealth
shall forthwith predate a staiement from
sald returns, showing the toa:
Votes cust in the State, and
ongressional district of the State, for
each candidate of each political
nomination as President of the United
States, and shall p HONOUNCE=
ment thereof. He shall also, forthwith,
send a duplicate of such statement to
the county commissioners of each county.
The Secretary of the Commonwealth
shai! iyo, jorthwith, ageentaln fiom ald
urns the persons in each polit -
ty who have been duly elected as &ie-
Bates and alternate de.egates 10 the Na-
tional convention of sucn party, aud the
rsong in each rey who ve been
uly elected mem of the National
committee or State committee of the
party; und shall forthwith issue to each
of such persons a certiacate of election,
which certificate of el.ction, in the case
of delegute und alternate delegate to a
National party Sonvenvion, shall
the nutiber of votes received In the State,
or in tne political district of the State. |
as the cause may be, by each candidate of
such delegates and alternate deleates
political party for nomination as Presi-
dent of tne United States.
Persons Rece.ving a Plurality of Votes
Sha!l Be the Candidates.
Section 17. Candidate of the various
political parties for nomination as herein
rovided tor, except for the office or the
resident of the United States. who ree
ceive u plurality of vetes of their 3
electors in tre State, or in the political
district or division, as the case may be.
at uw primary, together with the candi-
dates for the office of Pr.sidential elec-
tor nominuted ws hereinafter p:ovided,
shall Le candidates of their respec
tive parties, snd it shall be the duty of
the proper officers to print their names
upon the official ballot for use at the suc- |
c election, as is now or may here-
after be required by law.
€ name of the person,
AL
plurality of the votes of such party in
he State at large for United States Ben-
ton, shall be printed
Candidate of the various political -
ties for the office of delegate and alter.
nate delegates at large to a National
party convention, who receive a plurality
of the votes of their party electors in the
Qetegutes ara A a JULY elected
an egnate delegates a
to the National nvention of their re-
spective purties. Candidates of the vari-
ous political parties for the office of dele
ate und alternate delegate, other than
elegute and alternate del at ig
who reecive a plurality of the votes o
their party electors in the political dis
division In which they are candi-
dates, shall be the duly elected delegates
and alternate delegates to the National
convention of their respective
Candidates of the various political
ties for the ol of member of the
committee, or for the office of
or he s 2tianal ‘ tommittee, ba
€ rules of the party provide that
such office shall he filled ® a vote
the party electors, who receive a plural-
ity of the votes of the arty electors at a
rimary, shall be the
rs of the State or Nutional committ
as the case may be, ive
3s fhe of their respective
Candidates for other party offices, who
receive a plurality of the votes of the
party electors at a primary, shall be the
party officers of their respective parties,
Tie Votes—HMow Decided.
In case of a tie
Ing the tie vote shall cast lots before the
county commissioners or the Secretary
of the Commonwealth, as the case may
be, in the third Friday after the rimary
and the one to whom the lot shall tall
shall be entitled to the nomination
election: Provided, however, That in any
case where the fact of a tie vote is not
authoritatively determined until after the
third Wednesday after the primary, the
day for casting lots shall be
day after the fact of such tie
thoritatively determined. If
dute or
fail to appens before twelve o'clock noon
on sald day, the county commissioners or
Secretary of the Commonwealt
the case may be, shall cast lots for
9 hi or the purpose ot casting lots
ay appear in n,
by proxy appointed Lg TR
ere a nomination petition has been
duly filed under the JFLovisions of this
act, and thereafter and before the day of
the primary the candidate named in said
petition dies, the original signers of said
petition, or the majority o them, may
sign another petition proposing a new
candidate for sald office, at any time
prior to the printing of the ballot. Said
petition shall have the same force and
effect as the original petition,
Vacancies happening or existing after
the date of the primary may be filled in
accordance with the Rarty rules, as is
flow or may hereafter provided for by
Candidates For President to Nominate
Electors. .
Section 18. The nominee of each tl
cal party for the office of ident of
the United States shall, within thirty
days after his nomination by the Naw
tional convention, nominate as many per-
to the candidates of his party
for the office of Presidential elector as
the State is then entitled to. If, for any
reason, the nominee of any political
3 for the office of President of the dn t-
States fails or is unable to make e
herein
said nominations wit
vided, then th a Ee rey
LE
ble after the expiration of t
Thi Dames of saan Badvnms. with th
postoffice addresses, shall be tr
Iongealth "the nommines fa Sh
e nol
of President. or Vice Brest the
State
ber
in cases
the second
vote is au-
any candi-
as
im
or
the nom
the office of President Vv
the & or Vice
ng the ori dant
nomination. Nomi
tions made to fill vacancies shall ae
tified to the Secretary of the Common-
wealth in the manner herein provided
for in the case of original nominations,
Withdrawal of Candidates.
Section 19. A of the candidates
nomination, includi
President of the United" Stoates
ol a time. bef oe! os of
ore i
the Friday next Succeeding i
fixed for filing nomination
draw his
Fg an yy
$e 2
SaPs of the gd in al he
aL
ballots. =
i) to
imprisonment not exceeding
one year. or in the
ential electors chosen and ’
show ,
who received at a primary a |
of .
uly elected mems- |
the candidates receiv. |
candidates receiving a tie vote |
Threaten Watchers a Misdemeanor.
Section Any person or persons
yho, by or intimidation, shall
Btvmec.e OF we. &
overseers, shall Le guilty 0. a mied:-
meanor, and on conviction thereof shall
be sentenced to pay a fine not ex
ghe Inousuid ( ny dollars, x to un-
0 imprisonment for a no ex-
ing one year, or both, 2 the discre-
tion the court.
Bection 23. If any
ingly and wilfully sign al
ition without belag q
to age, sex, citizen-
» ip 10 be an sjector of the Mate. or 2
politica. rict or division,
case may be, named in sald petition, and
a resident of the county named on the
sheet which he signs; or if any person
shal on a nomi-
shall set op-
Pos ature on the nomination pe-
ition a false statement of the signers
place of res dence, or if any person shall
sign more nomination petitions than per-
mitted by the provisions of this act—he
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. and
upon conviction thereof shall be sentenc-
to pay a fine of not more than one
Fuhdred $100) Sollars. E 1
any person s nowingly make a
false stutement in any amaavit required
by the provisions of thiz act, to be ap-
pended to or to accompany a nomination
tition, or if any person shall fraudu-
Rt ly gn any name not his own to any
nomination tition, or if any person
shall fraudulently after any nomination
petition without the consent of the sign-
ers, he shall be guihy of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof shall be sen-
! tenced to pay au fine of not more than
five hundred (85%) dollars, or to undergo
imprisonment for not more than one year,
or either or both, at the discretion of the
court
Illegal Voting.
Any person who shall vote or attempt
to vote more than once at a prima
! shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, an
{ upon conviction thereof shall be sentence.
to pay a fine not exceeding five hun-
dred (£50) dollars, or to undergo impris-
onment for a period not exceeding three
Years, or either or both, at the discretion
i of the court. n x ab ot
ny person who votes or empts to
‘vote at a primary, knowing that he does
! not the qualifications of a voter
| at such primary as indicated by this act,
; or who shall have unlawfullv in his a
: il
| Bs place, shall
session an official ballot outside the
be guilty of a oe
meanor, and upon conviction thereof he
{ shall be sentenced to pay a fine not ex-
i ceeding one thousand (1000) dollars, or
: to undergo an imprisonment for a per.od
| hot exceeding one year, or either or both,
in the discretion of the court.
i Any voter who, for the
! curing assistance in markin
' shall falsely make oath or declare that
he cannot read the names on the ballot,
{or that b,
; he is unable to mark his ballot; or who,
| without having made the affidavit provid.
ed for in this act, that he cannot read
! the names on the ballot, or that by rea-
| son of physicial disability he is unable to
mark his ballot, shall permit another to
! accompany him into the voting compart.
ment, or shall permit another person to
mark his ballot for him; or any person
who shall assist a voter in marking his
lot contrary to the provisions this
act, or who shall attempt to influence the
| vote of the voter whom he is asgistant. or
{ who shall mark a ballot in any other way
{ than that requested by the voter whom
| he is assisting—shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and upon conviction thereof
shall be sentenced to pus a fine not ex-
ceeding five hundred (3500) dollars, or to
i undergo imprisonment for a period not
exceeding one year, or either or both, at
| the discretion of the court.
| No police officer in commission, wheth-
! er in uniform or in citizens’ clothes. shall
. be within one hundred feet of a ling
: place during the conduct of a primary
| unless in the exercise of his privilege ©
voting, or for the purpose of g war-
| rants, or in case of disturbance of the
| peace: and any police officer being so
{ present, within one hundred feet of a
i polling place, during the conduct of a
i Jrimaty except for the purposes speci-
| fied. shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
| and upon conviction thereof shall be sen-
ten to pay a fine not exceeding five
hundred (3500) dollars, or to undergo im-
prisonment for a term not exceeding one
year, or either or both, at the discretion
| of the court.
Illegal Assistance.
Any person who shall Accompany a
i voter into a voting compartment without
the said voter having first made affidavi
as provided in this act, that he canno
read the names on the ballot, or that by
! hysical disability he is un-
! able to mark his ballot; or who shall ac-
i company a voter into the vot com-
! partment, when the affidavit which the
voter has made is fals« to the knowledge
| of such person; or ew; ju of election
| who shall fail to properiy file and return
| affidavits and other papers, required by
! this act or by law to be filed and return-
| ed to the county commissioners—shall for
each such offense, be guilty of a misde-
| meanor, and upon conviction thereof he
shall be sentenced to pay a fine not ex-
ceeding one thousand ($1000) dollars, or to
: under imprisonment for a period not
| exceedin two years, or either or both,
, at the discretion of the court.
| Election Officers Violating Law.
| Any election officer who permits a per-
son to vote at any p s th the
knowledge that such
titled to vote, or re
lawfully entitled elector
primary, with the knowl
person is entitled to vote, shall be gulity
of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof shall be sentenced to Sly a fine
not exceeding five hundred ($500) dolla
or to undergo imprisonment for a pel
not exceeding three years, or either or
both, at the discretion of the court.
Any election officer or clerk who shall
be guilty of any wilful fraud in the con-
duct of his duties at a primary, or who
East at Suen rimars: OF who ‘shall dc
cast at such primary, 0
udulent ballots in the ballot box,
or who shall certify as correct a return
of ballots in the ballot box which he
ws to have been fraudulently de
kno
i therein, or who shal
Re in the |
d of su
of aiding in the per-
petration of such fraud, or who shall
conspire with others to commit any of
the offenses herein mentioned, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and hon con-
viction thereof shall be senten to aa
iE :
a fine not exceeding five hundred
dollars or to unde imprisonment for a
od not ex ing three years. or
either or both, at the discretion of the
u
court.
Any election officer who refuses to per-
t a person to receive the Barty ballot
h he asks, after having executed
flidavit herein provided for, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and n con-
viction thereof shall be sent to
a fine not exceeding one thousand (
dollars, or to undergo an im ent
not exceed two years, or either or
both, in the facetion of the Sp vidi
person who shall, direct! -
4 e or promise or offer to Hive,
, to any person, with
to vote or refrain
lar Tia
or ind rectly, Procure for,
rom procure 3 person,
an Pei or reward, with the intent afore
sata; or shall, with the intent to influ-
ence or intimidate such to give
his vote or to refrain
vote for any particular candidate or can-
didates at any primary, give to or obtain
for, or assist in obtaining for. or offer or
to give to or obtain for, or assist
obtaining for, such pe any office,
Jace; an) a a tear such Hm
or vate.
h alsm andi or pe from
i
ntment, or employment,
public pice ih then held by him—the
» c or @,
hu offending shall ty of a
80
Disden isdemeanor, and on conviction be sen-
to i a fine not exceeding
t ot ol period 20 ie
men a
years or aither or both, at the dis-
cretion © cou
ified terms of this
o Be rt he
to the same ns
fo: violatio r les
or violations or neg! dut
at a primary as they hereafter
t
su -
BR LR and c a ate
Be Bm sha Potion
Bae a al at Doinor
. 1 tinue in force and
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