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 APPROVED MARCH 15, 
 
 1907 
 
 Compiled and Indexed by J. W. Lysons, Secretary 
 of the Senate, Iby Order of the Wash- 
 ington State Senate. 
 
 OLYMPIA, WASH. : 
 C. W. GOBHAM, PUBLIC PRINTER. 
 
 1907. 
 
PEIMARY ELECTION LAW 
 
 OF WASHINGTON 
 
 APPROVED MARCH 15, 
 
 1907 
 
 Compiled and Indexed by J. W. Lysons, Secretary 
 of the Senate, by Order of the Wash- 
 ington State Senate. 
 
 OLTMPIA, WASH. : 
 
 C. W. GOBHAM, PUBLIC PRINTER. 
 
 1907. 
 
PRIMARY ELECTION LAW. 
 
 CHAPTER 209, LAWS OP 1907. 
 
 (S. B. 322.) 
 
 AN ACT relating to, regulating and providing for the 
 nomination of candidates for public office in the 
 State of Washington and providing penalties for 
 the violation thereof, and declaring an emergency. 
 
 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wash- 
 ington: 
 
 Definition and Construction. 
 
 SECTION 1. The words and phrases in this act 
 shall, unless the same be inconsistent with the con- 
 text, be construed as follows: 
 
 (a) The word "primary" the primary election 
 provided for by this act. 
 
 (b) The words "September primary" the primary 
 election held in September to nominate candidates to 
 be voted for at the ensuing election. 
 
 (c) The word "election" a general or city elec- 
 tion as distinguished from a primary election. 
 
 Candidates, How Nominated. 
 
 SEC. 2. Hereafter, all candidates for elective 
 'offices in this state, either state, county, municipal, 
 precinct or congressional, shall be nominated at a 
 direct primary election held in pursuance of this act: 
 Provided, That this act shall not be held to refer to 
 special elections for filling the vacancies for unex- 
 pired terms, or to election to offices of any city or 
 town of the fourth class or for any school, dike or irri- 
 gation district or other local improvement district 
 election, or for presidential electors. 
 
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 Primaries, "When and Where Held. 
 
 SEC. 3. A primary election held to nominate 
 candidates to be voted for at the general election in 
 November, 1908, shall be held at the regular polling 
 places in each precinct on the second Tuesday of 
 September, 1908, and biennially thereafter, for the 
 nomination of all candidates to be voted for at the 
 succeeding general election. Except as hereinafter 
 provided, any primary other than the September 
 primary shall be held four weeks before the election 
 for which candidates are to be nominated at such 
 primary: Provided, That primaries for the nomina- 
 tion of candidates to be voted upon at municipal elec- 
 tions held during 1907 shall be held two weeks prior 
 to the date of said elections. 
 
 Declaration of Candidacy. 
 
 SEC. 4. The name of no candidate shall be printed 
 upon an official ballot used at any primary election 
 unless at least thirty (30) and not more than sixty (60) 
 days prior to such primary a declaration of can- 
 didacy shall have been filed by him, as provided in 
 this act, in the following form: 
 
 I, , declare upon honor that 
 
 I reside at No. . . . street, (city or town) 
 
 of , county of , State of 
 
 Washington, and am a qualified voter therein, and a 
 
 member of party, that I hereby 
 
 declare myself a candidate for nomination to the 
 
 office of , to be made at the primary 
 
 election to be held on the . . . day of , 
 
 and hereby request that my name be printed upon the 
 official primary ballot as provided by law as a candi- 
 date of the party, and I accompany 
 
 herewith the sum of dollars, the fee required 
 
 by law of me for becoming such candidate. 
 
 Subscribed this . . . 
 
 day of 190.. 
 
STATE OF WASHINGTON 5 
 
 Provided that no person who desires to become a can- 
 didate for the office of supreme or superior court 
 judge shall certify his party affiliations. 
 
 Fees to be Paid by Candidates. 
 
 SEC. 5. At least thirty (30) days before the pri- 
 mary election day any person who shall be eligible, 
 who shall desire to become a candidate for nomina- 
 tion for any office, subject to this act, shall file in the 
 proper office a declaration of candidacy accompanied 
 by the fee provided in this act, which fee shall be as 
 follows: 
 
 For any office with a salary or compensation at- 
 tached, of one thousand dollars or less per annum, ten 
 ($10) dollars; when such salary or compensation ex- 
 ceeds one thousand dollars per annum, an additional 
 sum, equal to 1 per cent, on such excess. 
 
 Said fees shall be paid to the following officers: 
 When the candidacy is for a state, congressional, or 
 district office embracing more than one county, the 
 fee shall be paid to the Secretary of State, to be paid 
 by him to the State Treasurer, and when for district 
 offices for more than one county, the same shall be 
 divided equally between the counties composing such 
 district and paid to the respective treasurers thereof, 
 and the Secretary of State shall issue all necessary 
 warrants for such payments on the State Treasurer. 
 When such fees are for county offices and offices for 
 districts within counties, such fee shall be paid to the 
 county auditors and by them to the respective county 
 treasurers, and when for city or municipal offices, 
 shall be paid to the respective clerks of such cities or 
 municipalities and by them to the respective treas- 
 urers of the same. 
 
 Political Party Candidates* 
 
 SEC. 6. Any political organization which at the 
 general or city election last preceding the primary 
 
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 was represented on the official ballot by either regu- 
 lar party candidates or by individual nominees only, 
 may, upon complying with the provisions of this act, 
 have a separate primary election ticket as a political 
 party, if any of its candidates or individual nominees 
 received 10 per cent, of the total vote cast at such last 
 preceding general or city election in this state, or 
 subdivision thereof, in which the candidate seeks the 
 nomination. 
 
 Declarations, How Filed. 
 
 SEC. 7. All declarations of candidacy shall be 
 filed as follows: 
 
 First. For state offices, United States senators, 
 representatives in Congress and those members of the 
 state Legislature and judges of the superior court 
 whose districts comprise more than one county, in the 
 office of the Secretary of State. 
 
 Second. For officers to be voted for wholly in 
 one county, in the office of the county auditor of 
 such county. 
 
 Third. For city officers, in the office of the city 
 clerk. 
 
 Notice of Primaries, How Given. 
 
 SEC. 8. First. At least 20 days before any Sep- 
 tember primary the Secretary of State shall transmit 
 to each county auditor a certified list containing the 
 name, postoffice address and party designation of each 
 person entitled to be voted for at such primary, and 
 the office for which he is a candidate, as appears by 
 the nomination papers filed in his office. 
 
 Second. Each county auditor shall, at least fif- 
 teen days before the September primary, publish 
 once, under the proper party designation and title of 
 each office, the names and addresses of all persons for 
 whom nomination papers have been filed in so far as 
 the same shall affect the electors of his county, giving 
 
STATE OF WASHINGTON 7 
 
 the date of the primary, the hours during which the 
 polls will be open, and that the primary will be held 
 in the regular polling place in each precinct, and 
 shall cause to be posted copies of such notice in at 
 least three public places in each precinct in his 
 county: Provided, That the names of all candidates 
 for the offices of supreme and superior court judge 
 shall be published and posted in a separate list with- 
 out party designation. 
 
 Publication of Notices. 
 
 SEC. 9. Any publication required in this act shall 
 be made in two newspapers in each county or city, of 
 general circulation, representing the two political 
 parties that cast the largest vote in such county or 
 city at the last preceding general election. 
 
 In any case where the publication of a notice can- 
 not be made as hereinbefore required, it may be made 
 in any newspaper having a general circulation in the 
 county or city in which the notice is required to be 
 published. 
 
 Method of Voting and Form of Ballot* 
 
 Sec. 10. The method of voting at such primary 
 election shall be by ballot, and all ballots voted shall 
 be printed as herein provided. 
 
 On the 15th day before the primary election the 
 county auditor shall group all the candidates for each 
 party by themselves, and shall prepare at once in 
 writing, a separate sample ballot for each party for 
 public inspection, which he shall post in a conspicu- 
 ous place in his office. He shall proceed to have 
 printed a separate primary election ballot for each 
 political party which has qualified as hereinbefore 
 provided. These ballots to be prepared in the fol- 
 lowing manner: 
 
 Every ticket shall be absolutely uniform in color 
 and size, shall be white and printed in black ink. 
 
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 Across the head of each ballot shall be printed in 
 plain, black type, first, the name of the political 
 party, on each ticket, following the words, "Primary 
 Election Ballot." On the next line shall be printed 
 the name of the political party, and below that the 
 precinct, ward, city, and county in which the ballot 
 is to be used. Then shall follow the words "To vote 
 for a person mark a cross in the first square at the 
 right of the name of the person for whom you desire 
 vote." Beginning at the top of the left hand column, 
 at the left of the line, in black type, shall appear the 
 position for which the names following are candi- 
 dates, and to the extreme right of the same line the 
 words "Vote for," then the words "One," "Two," or 
 a spelled number designating how many persons 
 under that head are to be voted for. 
 
 Following this shall come the name of each can- 
 didate for that position, inclosed in a light.faced rule, 
 with a square to the right of said name, said square 
 being separated by heavy black face rule, the parallel 
 rules containing the names and the squares to be one- 
 sixth of an inch apart. Each position, with the 
 names running for that office, shall be separated from 
 the following one by a black-face rule to separate 
 each position clearly. The position shall be arranged 
 as follows, provided nominees for such positions are 
 to be selected in said county under the provisions of 
 this act hereinafter provided: First, congressional; 
 next, state: next, preference for United States sen- 
 ators; next, legislative; next, county officers, next, 
 precinct officers; in all cases following under each 
 heading here given, the rotation used in the make-up 
 of the various ballots at the general election. At the 
 bottom of each ballot shall be printed under the 
 caption "non-partisan judiciary" the names of all 
 candidates for supreme and superior court judges. 
 In city elections it shall be the duty of the city clerk 
 to prepare the ballots and arrange the position of the 
 
STATE OF WASHINGTON 9 
 
 candidates on such ballots commencing with the 
 office of mayor and following with the other offices 
 for which candidates are to be selected, using his 
 reasonable discretion as to such arrangement. The 
 duties provided for in this act to be performed by the 
 county auditor with reference to candidates for 
 county and district offices or either of them shall in 
 like manner be performed by the city clerk in each 
 city with reference to the preparation of ballots and 
 primary elections for candidates for city offices. 
 
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 any state or congressional office, there shall be 
 printed immediately under the designation of office, 
 the following: "Vote for both first and second choice 
 for this office." On the next line shall be printed 
 the words "To vote for a person for first choice mark 
 a cross (X) in the first square at the right of the name 
 of the person for whom you desire to vote." "To 
 vote for a person for second choice, mark a cross (X) 
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14 PRIMARY ELECTION LAW 
 
 Separate Party Ballots. 
 
 SEC. 11. The primary election ballots for the 
 several political parties shall be separate ballots, and 
 the primary election of all parties shall be held at the 
 same t^me and place and under the same officers and 
 in all respects as a general election, under the laws of 
 the State of Washington, except as otherwise changed 
 by this act. 
 
 Voting at Primary Elections. 
 
 SEC. 12. Every qualified person, properly regis- 
 tered as a voter in the election precinct enabling him 
 to vote at the ensuing election where registration is 
 required, and every qualified person in precincts 
 where registration is not required, shall be entitled 
 to participate in the primary election. When he de- 
 sires to vote at said primary each elector shall have 
 the right to receive the ballot and only the ballot of 
 the party for which he asks: Provided, That if he is 
 challenged he shall be required to make oath or 
 affirmation that he intends to affiliate with said party 
 at the ensuing election and whose candidates gener- 
 ally he intends to support, whereupon he shall retire 
 to one of the booths and without undue delay mark 
 the ballot received by him and fold it so that its face 
 will be concealed. He shall immediately thereafter 
 deliver said ballot received by him to the election 
 officers. In the event said voter shall soil or deface 
 the ballot he desires to vote he shall at once return 
 the ballot received by him and get a new ballot and 
 the election officers shall destroy or render unfit for 
 use the ballot so returned. The elector shall desig- 
 nate his choice on his ballot by marking a cross in 
 each of the small squares nearest the names of the 
 candidates for whom he desires to vote and shall not 
 vote for more candidates for an office than are to be 
 elected thereto at the election to follow the primary 
 
STATE OF WASHINGTON 15 
 
 election as indicated on the ballot at the right of each 
 office for which candidates are to be selected. 
 
 Where under the provisions of this act a voter is 
 required to designate his first and second choice the 
 voter shall designate his first choice by marking a 
 cross (X) in each of the small squares nearest to the 
 names of the candidates for whom he desires to vote 
 for first choice and shall designate his second choice 
 by marking a cross (X) in the second square opposite 
 to and parallel to the names of the candidates for 
 whom he desires to vote as a second choice. 
 
 Order of Printing Names on Ballots* 
 
 SEC. 13. The names of candidates for each office 
 upon the ballot and under the heading designating 
 each official position upon the ballots to be used in 
 voting shall be arranged in the order in which their 
 declaration of candidacy shall have been filed. There 
 shall be no printing upon the back of the ballots, or 
 any marks to distinguish them. Said ballots shall be 
 consecutively numbered, said numbering perforated, 
 and torn oft' by the election officers on the voting of 
 the ballot. Sample ballots shall be in the same form 
 as the official ballot, but upon colored paper. 
 
 General Election Laws to Govern. 
 
 SEC. 14, Except as herein otherwise provided, 
 all primary elections shall be conducted as required 
 for general elections under the general election laws 
 of the State of Washington, as far as the provisions 
 thereof are applicable, and the election officers for 
 such primary elections shall have the same powers as 
 those for general elections. 
 
 Inspectors and Judges of Election. 
 
 SEC. 15. Inspectors and judges of election shall 
 be appointed and designated in the manner provided 
 by said general election law at least ten (10) days prior 
 to the primary election day : Provided, That one of 
 
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 the judges may act and perform the duties of the 
 clerk of election : And provided further, That the 
 members of each political party, in any precinct 
 entitled to participate in any primary election, may 
 in any appointed meeting held at least fifteen (15) 
 days before such primary election, select three (3) 
 members of that party who are duly qualified electors 
 and certify the names of the persons so selected, to 
 the board of county commissioners or the city coun- 
 cil, whose duty it is to appoint the election officers, 
 and one of said persons shall be appointed and desig- 
 nated as a judge or inspector for that precinct. The 
 same fees shall be allowed and paid from the public 
 funds for the services of any one so serving as a 
 judge, inspector or clerk as for general elections. 
 
 Secretary of State to Provide Copies of Law. 
 
 SEC. 16. The Secretary of State shall provide 
 copies of this law in conjunction with the general 
 election law of the state, and transmit the same to 
 the county auditor of each county, at least twenty (20) 
 days before any such primary election, and the same 
 shall be in lieu of any such copies of said general elec- 
 tion law required to be transmitted to county auditors 
 by the Secretary of State for use in such counties. 
 
 Opening of Polls and Counting of Votes. 
 
 SEC. 17. The polls in the several election pre- 
 cincts on the primary election day shall be kept open 
 from 11 o'clock in the morning until 8 o'clock in the 
 evening of said day. If at the hour of closing there 
 are any electors in the polling place desiring to vote, 
 and who are qualified to participate therein, and who 
 have not been able to do so since appearing at the 
 polling place', said polls shall be kept open reason- 
 ably long enough after the hour of closing to allow 
 those so present at that hour to vote. No one not 
 present at the hour of closing shall be entitled to 
 
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 vote because the polls may not be actually closed 
 wnen he arrives. No adjournment or intermission 
 whatever shall take place until the polls shall be 
 closed, and until all the votes cast at such poll have 
 been counted and the result publicly announced. 
 
 Voters Shall Designate Second Choice. 
 
 SEC. 18. In all cases where there are four or 
 more candidates of any political party for one state 
 or congressional position, every elector voting at a 
 primary election held under the terms of this act 
 shall be required to designate one first choice and one 
 second choice for each such position. No voter shall 
 vote for the same person for first choice and second 
 choice, and no voter shall, where there are four or 
 more candidates for such nomination, vote for one 
 person only, either as first or second choice, and no 
 ballot so voted for one person only, for either first or 
 second choice, or for the same person for both first 
 and second choice, shall be considered a complete bal- 
 lot, but any ballot under said conditions, failing to 
 show both first and second choice of different per- 
 sons, shall not be considered or counted, for that 
 office. 
 
 Method of Canvassing Vote and Making Returns. 
 
 SEC. 19. As soon as the polls are finally closed, 
 the inspector and judges of election shall immedi- 
 ately open the ballot boxes at each polling place and 
 proceed to take therefrom the ballots. Said officers 
 shall count the number of ballots cast by each party 
 at the same time bunching the tickets cast for each 
 party together in separate piles, and shall then fasten 
 each pile together. As soon as the inspectors and 
 judges shall have assorted and fastened together the 
 ballots of each separate party, they shall take the 
 tally sheets provided by the county auditor or city 
 clerk, and shall count all the ballots for each party 
 
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 separately, until the count is completed, and shall 
 certify to the number of votes cast for each candi- 
 date, and as to candidates where first and second 
 choice votes are cast shall certify to the number of 
 votes cast for each candidate as first choice and for 
 each candidate as second choice and the total votes 
 cast for each candidate for each office. The tally 
 sheets shall be so kept that such sheets shall show 
 the number of votes received, and shall also show 
 the number of first and second choice votes received 
 and the total number of votes received by each can- 
 didate. They shall then place the counted ballots in 
 the box, but in no case shall they intermingle party 
 votes. After all have been counted and certified to 
 by the clerks and judges, they shall seal the returns 
 for all parties in one envelope, to be returned to the 
 county auditor or city clerk. 
 
 Tally Sheets. 
 
 SEC. 20. Two sets of tally sheets for each politi- 
 cal party having candidates to be voted for at said 
 primary election shall be furnished for each election 
 precinct by the county auditor or city clerk, at the 
 same time and in the same manner that the ballots 
 are furnished, and shall be as follows: 
 
 Each tally sheet, or the first sheet of each tally 
 book to be furnished, shall be headed, "Tally sheet for 
 
 (name of political party) 
 
 (name of city or village) 
 
 (county) (ward) (election pre- 
 cinct,) for a primary election held (date).' 5 
 
 The names of candidates shall be placed on the 
 tally sheets in the order in which they appear on the 
 official ballots, and in each case have the proper party 
 designation at the head thereof. 
 
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 Returns of Primary Elections* 
 
 SEC. 21. In making out the returns of the primary 
 election in the several election precincts, the same 
 shall be, done and all matter pertaining thereto con- 
 ducted in accordance with the provisions of the gen- 
 eral election laws for the returns of general elections, 
 except that the first-choice votes, second-choice votes 
 and total votes received by each candidate for each 
 office shall be shown. 
 
 Party Committeemen. How Selected. 
 
 SEC. 22. At the September primary each voter 
 may write in the space left on the ticket for that pur- 
 pose the name of one qualified elector of the precinct 
 for member of the party county committee. The one 
 having the highest number of votes shall be such 
 committeeman of such party for such precinct. The 
 party committee of each county shall consist of the 
 precinct committeemen from the several precincts of 
 such county. The present party organization both 
 state and county of the several parties shall continue 
 until their successors are elected under the provisions 
 of this act. Each political party organization shall 
 have the power to make it own rules and regulations, 
 call conventions, elect delegates to conventions, state 
 and national, fill vacancies on the ticket, provide for 
 the nomination of presidential electors, and perform 
 all other functions inherent to such organizations, 
 the same as though this act had not been passed: 
 Provided, That in no instance shall any convention 
 have the power to nominate any candidate to be voted 
 for at any primary election. City committeemen may 
 be elected at municipal elections in the manner pro- 
 vided in this section, as near as may be. 
 
 Plurality Required to Nominate. 
 
 SEC. 23. Candidates for party offices who receive 
 a plurality of the votes cast for such candidates shall 
 
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 be the party nominees of such party, except as to 
 offices where first and second choice votes are cast, 
 and as to such offices, if no candidate shall have re- 
 ceived more than 40 per cent, of the first choice 
 votes cast, then, and in that event a canvass shall be 
 made of the second choice votes received by candi- 
 dates for said office at said primary election, and said 
 second choice votes shall be counted with and added 
 to the first choice votes received by each and every 
 candidate for such office at the primary election; and 
 the candidate receiving the highest number of first 
 and second choice votes shall be the nominee for such 
 office of the political party represented by him. 
 
 In the event that any candidate for an office shall 
 have received 40 per cent, or more of the first choice 
 votes of his political party east at said primary elec- 
 tion, the candidate receiving the highest number of 
 first choice votes shall be declared the nominee of his 
 party to such position, without reference to the second 
 choice votes. 
 
 In the event that there are more than one position 
 of the same kind to be filled and more candidates of 
 any political party receive majorities of the votes of 
 such party cast at such election than there are posi- 
 tions to be filled, then in that event the number of 
 candidates equal to the number of positions to be filled 
 receiving the highest number of votes shall be the 
 nominees of such political party for such position. 
 
 State Canvassing Board 
 
 Sec. 24. The canvassing of the vote and the 
 returns of reports of the primary elections as to can- 
 didates for state offices. United States senators and 
 representatives in Congress, and any other candidate 
 whose district extends beyond the limits of a single 
 county, shall be done by a canvassing board consist- 
 ing of the Secretary of State, State Treasurer and 
 
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 State Auditor. Said state canvassing board shall 
 meet at the office of the Secretary of State on the 3rd 
 Tuesday at ten o'clock a. m. next after the September 
 primary. As soon as said board has canvassed said 
 vote it shall file a certeficate with the Secretary of 
 State which certificate shall show the vote of each 
 candidate of each political party for each office. A 
 copy of such certificate shall be published once in 
 some newspaper published at the state capital, which 
 publication shall be made by the Secretary of State 
 immediately after the same is filed in his office. The 
 vote for all county, city and municipal officers shall 
 be canvassed and the returns made by the same 
 officers and in the same manner as returns of the 
 votes cast at general elections are by law now re- 
 quired to be made. Such canvassing board and other 
 officers canvassing votes cast at such primary elec- 
 tions shall file with the proper officer a statement and 
 report of such canvass which statement and report of 
 said primary election shall contain: 
 
 First. A statement duly certified to containing 
 the names of all candidates voted for at the primary 
 election with the number of votes received, and also 
 the uumber of first-choice votes received by each and 
 the number of second-choice votes received by each 
 and the total number of votes received by each and 
 for what office, said statement to be made as to each 
 political party separately. 
 
 Second. A statement of the names of the per- 
 sons or candidates, of each political party who are 
 nominated as hereinbefore provided. Where there is 
 more than one person to be elected to a given office at 
 the ensuing election there shall be included in said 
 statement of nominations the names of so many can- 
 didates for said office, nominated under the provisions 
 of this act, as there are persons to be elected to said 
 office at the ensuing election. Said statement shall, 
 
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 in like manner, be made separately as to each polit- 
 ical party. 
 
 Third. A statement of the whole number of 
 electors registered and the number of ballots cast at 
 said primary election. If two or more of the candi- 
 dates of the same political party are "tied" for the 
 same office, the "tie" shall be determined by a lot to 
 be cast then and there by and as the canvassing board 
 may determine. It shall be the duty of the county 
 auditor upon the completion of its canvass by the can- 
 vassing board to immediately mail, or deliver, in per- 
 son to each candidate so nominated, a notice of such 
 fact and that his name will be placed upon the official 
 ballot at the ensuing election. The persons whose 
 names are so placed in said statement of nomination 
 shall be and constitute the nominees of the said polit- 
 ical parties of which they are candidates, and such 
 names shall be printed upon the official ballot pre- 
 pared for the ensuing election. No names of candi- 
 dates of any political party which is required to make 
 nominations under this act shall be placed upon the 
 official election ballot, unless such candidate shall 
 have been chosen in accordance with this act, except 
 in cases of a vacancy occasioned by the death, re- 
 moval or resignation of any candidate so chosen, or 
 arising otherwise, and in such a case the campaign or 
 party committee of the political party on whose 
 ticket the same occurs, or if there be no such com- 
 mittee, then a convention of such party may fill such 
 vacancy. The name of such new candidate shall be 
 certified under oath to the county auditor, or the city 
 clerk, as the case may be, by the chairman and secre- 
 tary of said committee or convention. 
 
 Errors in Printing Ballots to be Prevented. 
 
 SEC. 25. Whenever it shall appear by affidavit to 
 any judge of the supreme court or superior court of 
 the county that any error or omission has occurred or 
 
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 is about to occur in the printing in the name of any 
 candidate on official ballots, or that any error has 
 been or is about to be committed in printing the bal- 
 lots, or that the name of any person has been or is 
 about to be wrongfully placed upon such ballots, or 
 that any wrongful act has been performed or is about 
 to be performed by any judge or clerk of the primary 
 election, the county auditor, canvassing board or 
 member thereof, or by any person charged with a 
 duty under this act, or that any neglect of duty by any 
 of the persons aforesaid has occurred, or is about to 
 occur, such judge shall, by order, require the officer 
 or person or persons charged with the error, wrong- 
 ful act or neglect, to forthwith correct the error, de- 
 sist from the wrongful act, or perform the duty, and 
 to do as the court shall order, or to show cause forth- 
 with why such error should not be corrected, wrong- 
 ful act desisted from, or such duty or order not per- 
 formed. Failing to obey the order of such court shall 
 be contempt. Any candidate at such primary election 
 who may desire to contest the nomination of any can- 
 didate for the same office at said primary election 
 may proceed by such affidavit so presented: Pro- 
 vided, That such affidavit may be presented within 
 five days after the completion of the canvass by said 
 canvassing board, and not later, and the candidate 
 whose nomination is so contested shall, by order of 
 such judge, duly served, be required to appear and 
 abide by the orders of the court to be made therein. 
 
 Nominations by Minority Parties, How Made. 
 
 SEC. 26. Any political party which at the last 
 preceding election cast less than 10 per cent, of the 
 votes, may nominate candidates in the manner pro- 
 vided by existing laws for conventions: Provided, 
 however, That all such conventions must be held upon 
 the same day as the primary elections are held: 
 And provided further, That no candidate's name shall 
 
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 be printed upon the election ballot until he shall have 
 paid the fee provided by law to be paid by candidates 
 to be nominated at primary elections for like offices. 
 Persons nominated as provided in this section shall 
 be subject to the provisions and penalties of sections 
 28, 29, 30 and 31 of this act. 
 
 Forms to be Prepared. 
 
 SEC. 27. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of 
 State and Attorney General, on or before July 1, 1907, 
 to prepare all forms necessary to carry cut the pro- 
 visions of this act, which forms shall be substantially 
 followed in all primaries held in pursuance hereof. 
 Such forms shall be printed with copies of this act for 
 public use and distribution. 
 
 Expenses of Candidates Limited. 
 
 SEC. 28. No person shall, in order to aid or pro- 
 mote his own nomination to a public office under the 
 provisions of this act, or any amendment thereto, 
 directly or indirectly, himself or through another 
 person, give, pay, expend or contribute, or promise to 
 give 5 pay, expend or contribute any money or other 
 valuable thing, except for personal expenses. The 
 words "personal expenses, "as used in this act, shall 
 include only expenses directly incurred and paid by a 
 candidate for traveling- and for purposes properly in- 
 cidental to traveling, and for writing, printing and 
 preparing for transmission any letter, circular or 
 other publication not issued at regular intervals, 
 whereby he states his position or views upon public or 
 other questions; for stationery and postage, for tele- 
 graph, telephone and public messenger service, and 
 for other similar expenses, and for the necessary ex- 
 pense of hiring halls or other rooms for the purpose 
 of holding meetings to address the voters and others 
 upon public questions and matters relating to his 
 candidacy. 
 
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 No person shall be competent to qualify for any 
 public office, who shall have, prior to the holding of 
 any primary election, paid, or promised or agreed to 
 pay, either directly or through another or in any 
 manner whatsoever, to the owner, publisher, man- 
 ager or representative of any newspaper, any sum of 
 money or other thing of value, for any article or pub- 
 lished statement in a newspaper, wherein the elec- 
 tors are advised or counseled to vote for such candi- 
 date, or his fitness or qualifications for office are set 
 forth, or his photograph or biography is published. 
 
 Newspapers Prohibited from Accepting Money from Can- 
 didates. 
 
 Sec. 29. It shall be unlawful for any owner, pro- 
 prietor, editor, manager, officer, clerk, agent, re- 
 porter or employe of any newspaper, magazine or 
 periodical printed or published in this state, to take, 
 accept or receive, or agree to take, accept or 
 receive for himself or any other person or per- 
 sons, firm or corporation either by himself or any 
 other person, persons, firm or corporation any money, 
 gratuity or other valuable consideration or article of 
 value for or on account of or as a consideration for 
 such newspaper, magazine or other periodical sup- 
 porting or advocating the election or defeat of any 
 candidate or candidates at any primary election. 
 Any such owner, proprietor, editor, manager, officer, 
 clerk, agent, reporter or employe of any newspaper, 
 magazine or other periodical violating the provisions 
 of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor 
 and shall be fined in any sum not less than $25.00 and 
 not more than $500.00 or confined in the county jail 
 not less than 10 days or more than six months or be 
 punished by both such fine and imprisonment: Pro- 
 vided, however, Nothing herein shall prevent any per- 
 son or persons, firm or corporation engaged in the 
 publication of any newspaper, magazine or periodical 
 
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 from receiving for publication and publishing any 
 matter, article or articles advocating the election or 
 defeat of any candidates and receiving a cansideration 
 therefor, if such articles so published or printed have 
 placed at the beginning thereof in plain type of 
 black-faced Roman capitals in a conspicuous place, 
 the statement "PAID ADVERTISEMENT." But this 
 section shall not be construed as permitting the pay- 
 ment for any publication prohibited by section 
 twenty-eight of this act. 
 
 Sworn Itemized Statement of Expenses to be Filed* 
 
 Sec. 30. Every candidate for nomination under 
 the terms of this act, or any amendment thereto shall, 
 not less than ten days after the day of holding the 
 primary election at which he is a candidate, file an 
 itimized statement in writing, duly sworn to as to its 
 correctness, with the officer with whom his declara- 
 tion of candidacy or other nomination paper is filed, 
 setting forth each sum of money and thing of value, 
 or any consideration whatever, contributed, paid or 
 promised by him, or any one for him, with his knowl- 
 edge or acquiescence, for the purpose of securing or 
 influencing, or in any way affecting, his nomination 
 to said office. Said statement to set forth the sums 
 paid as personal expenses and stating fully the nature, 
 kind and character of the expense for which the sums 
 were expended separately, and the party or parties 
 to whom the sums were paid and the purposes for 
 which such payments were made; and in this state- 
 ment all sums or other considerations promised and 
 not paid shall be included. Such statement, when so 
 filed, shall immediately be subject to the inspection 
 and examination of any elector and shall be and be- 
 come a part of the public records. 
 
 Penalty for Failure to File Expense Statement* 
 
 Sec. 31. Any candidate for nomination for any 
 office under the terms of this act who shall fail, 
 
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 neglect or refuse to file with the proper officer the 
 statement provided for in section 30 within the time 
 provided therein, or who shall fail to fully set out 
 and detail any and all sums of money or other thing 
 of value or consideration expended, paid, contributed 
 or promised, as in section 28 provided, shall be guilty 
 of a misdemeanor, and on conviction fined not less 
 than twenty-five ($25) dollars and not more than five 
 hundred ($500) dollars or be imprisoned in the county 
 jail not less than ten (10) days and not more than six 
 (6) months. 
 
 Corrupt Solicitation Prohibited* 
 
 Sec. 32. Any person who shall solicit, request or 
 demand, directly or indirectly, any money, intoxicat- 
 ing liquor, or any thing of value, or promise thereof, 
 either to influence his vote or to be used, or under 
 the pretense of being used to procure the vote of any 
 other person or persons, to be used at any poll or 
 other place prior to or on the day of any election 
 under this act, for or against any candidate for office 
 or for or against any measure or question to be 
 voted upon at such election, shall be guilty of a mis- 
 demeanor, and upon trial and conviction thereof, 
 be punished by a fine of not less than $10 nor more 
 than $500, or by imprisonment in the county jail for 
 not less than thirty days nor more than six months, 
 or by both such fine and imprisonment. 
 
 General Election Laws to Apply. 
 
 SEC. 33. The provisions of the statutes in re- 
 lation to the holding of elections, the solicitation of 
 voters at the polls, the challenging of vc ters, the 
 manner of conducting elections, of counting the bal- 
 lots and making returns thereof, and all other kindred 
 subjects, shall apply to all primaries insofar as they 
 are consistent with this act. 
 
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 Perjury Defined* 
 
 SEC. 34. If any person whose vote is challenged 
 under the provisions of this act shall knowingly, 
 wilfully and corruptly swear or affirm falsely, he shall 
 be deemed guilty of perjury, and on conviction 
 thereof shall be punished accordingly. 
 
 Forgery Defined. 
 
 SEC. 35. Any person who shall forge any name 
 of a person as a signer or witness to a nomination 
 paper shall be deemed guilty of forgery, and on con- 
 viction thereof punished accordingly. 
 
 Vote for United States Senator to Be Certified. 
 
 SEC. 36. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of 
 State to certify to both houses of the Legislature, the 
 names of the persons of each political party for whom 
 the highest number of votes were cast at any primary 
 election under the provisions of this law at which any 
 persons were candidates for the nomination for United 
 States senators, said certificates to be made and filed 
 upon the first day of the session of such Legislature 
 convening next after said primary election. 
 
 Pledge to Vote for Party Choice for United States Senat or 
 SEC. 37, Any candidate under this act for. office 
 of State Senator, or member of the House of Repre- 
 sentatives, if he desires to do so, may sign and file 
 with his declaration of candidacy or nomination 
 paper, a declaration as follows: 
 
 I hereby declare to the people of the State of 
 Washington, and particularly of my legislative dis- 
 trict, that during my term of office I will always vote 
 for the candidate for United States senator who has 
 received the highest number of votes upon my party 
 ticket for the position at the primary election next 
 preceding the election of United States senator; and 
 in such case there shall be printed on the official pri- 
 
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 mary ballot, opposite or just below said candidate's 
 name, the following 1 : "Pledged to vote for party 
 choice for United States senator. " 
 
 Nomination of Candidates for Supreme and Superior Court 
 
 Judges. 
 
 SEC. 38. Judges of the supreme and superior 
 courts, state senators and representatives shall not 
 be considered state officers within the meaning of the 
 provisions of this act relating 1 to first choice and 
 second choice voting. When there are to be elected 
 at any general election two or more judges of the 
 supreme court or superior court of any county, the 
 candidates for each respective office whose names are 
 to be placed upon the general election ticket, shall be 
 determined as follows : The number of candidates, 
 equalling the number of judicial positions to be filled, 
 who receive the highest number of votes at the 
 primary election, shall be candidates for such re- 
 spective offices, and their names shall appear on the 
 general election ticket under the designation of such 
 respective offices. Where a vacancy or other cause 
 shall necessitate the election of a judge for a short 
 term and at the same election one or more judges 
 are to be elected for the full term, candidates may 
 announce themselves for either the short or full term 
 and the ballots shall be arranged accordingly. 
 
 Emergency. 
 
 SEC. 39. An emergency exists and this act shall 
 take effect immediately. 
 
 Passed the Senate March 11, 1907. 
 Passed the House March 12, 1907. 
 Approved by the Governor March 15, 1907. 
 
AUTHENTICATION. 
 
 STATE OF WASHINGTON, 
 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE. 
 I, SAM H. NICHOLS, Secretary of State of the State 
 of Washington and custodian of the seal of said State, 
 do hereby certify that I have carefully compared the 
 foregoing published law passed by the Legislature of 
 the State of Washington at its tenth biennial session, 
 in 1907, with the original enrolled law now on file in 
 this office, and find the same to be a full, true and cor- 
 rect copy of the original. 
 
 IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set 
 
 my hand and affixed hereto the seal of the 
 
 [SEAL] State of Washington. Done at Olympia, 
 
 this twenty-first day of March, A. D. 1907. 
 
 SAM H. NICHOLS, 
 
 Secretary of State. 
 
INDEX TO PRIMARY ELECTION LAW. 
 
 A * 
 
 ADVERTISEMENT: Sec. Page 
 
 Articles about candidates must be so designated... 29 25 
 
 ATTORNEY GENERAL: 
 
 Blank form s to be prepared by 27 24 
 
 AUDITOR, COUNTY: 
 
 Certain fees to be paid to by candidates 5 5 
 
 Candidates to file declaration with 7 6 
 
 List of candidates to be published by 8 6 
 
 Notice of primary election to be published by 8 7 
 
 Official and sample ballots to be prepared by 10 7 
 
 AUDITOR, STATE: 
 
 Member state canvassing board 24 20 
 
 B 
 
 BALLOT, ELECTION: 
 
 Separate one for each political party 10 7 
 
 Form of for primary 10 10 
 
 Order of printing names of candidates on 13 ,15 
 
 Errors in printing to be corrected 25 22 
 
 BALLOT, SAMPLE: 
 
 Form of for primary election 10 7 
 
 Must be printed on colored paper 13 15 
 
 BIENNIAL PRIMARIES: 
 
 Date of holding elections 3 4 
 
 BLANK FORMS: 
 
 Declaration of candidacy 4 4 
 
 For making return of election 20 18 
 
 To be prepared by Secretary of State and Attorney 
 
 General 27 24 
 
 BOARD, STATE CANVASSING: 
 
 How constituted, and work of 24 20 
 
 C 
 
 CANDIDACY, DECLARATION OF: 
 
 Date for filing and form of : 4 4 
 
 Manner of filing by candidates 7 
 
32 INDEX 
 
 CANDIDATES : Sec. Page 
 
 Must be nominated at primary election 2 3 
 
 Manner of filing declaration by 7 6 
 
 List of to be certified by secretary of state 8 6 
 
 List to be published by county auditor 8 6 
 
 Order of printing names on ballot 13 15 
 
 Not allowed to pay money to newspapers 28 25 
 
 Must make sworn itemized expense statement 30 26 
 
 Penalty for failure to file expense account 31 26 
 
 CANDIDATES, EXPENSES OF: 
 
 Limited to certain specific purposes 28 24 
 
 CANDIDATES, FEES OF: 
 
 To be paid on filing declaration 5 5 
 
 CANDIDATES, NOMINATION OF: 
 
 Plurality of votes required for 23 19 
 
 CANVASSING BOARD, STATE: 
 
 How constituted and work of 24 20 
 
 CANVASSING OF VOTE: 
 
 Manner of, by election officers 19 17 
 
 CHOICE, FIRST AND SECOND: 
 
 Must be designated by voters 18 17 
 
 To be canvassed by election board 23 20 
 
 CITY OF FOURTH CLASS: 
 
 Primary law does not apply to 2 3 
 
 CLERK, CITY: 
 
 Certain fees to be paid to by candidates 5 5 
 
 Candidates to file declaration with 7 6 
 
 COLORED PAPER: 
 
 Sample ballots must be printed on 13 15 
 
 CONGRESS, REPRESENTATIVES IN: 
 
 Must be nominated at primary election 2 3 
 
 CONSTRUED: 
 
 Words "Primary," "Election," etc., how 1 3 
 
 CONTEST: 
 
 Manner of procedure in 25 23 
 
 COUNTY OFFICERS: 
 
 Nomination of candidates for 2 3 
 
 CORRUPT SOLICITATION: 
 
 By candidates, prohibited 32 27 
 
 COURT, SUPREME AND SUPERIOR: 
 
 Candidates for, not to declare party affiliation 4 5 
 
INDEX 33 
 
 D 
 
 DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY: Sec. Page 
 
 Date for filing and form of 4 4 
 
 Manner of filing by candidates 7 6 
 
 DIKE DISTRICT: 
 
 Primary law does not apply to 2 3 
 
 DISTRICT ELECTION: 
 
 Primary law does not apply to certain 2 3 
 
 TT 
 
 ELECTION: 
 
 Meaning of general or city 1 3 
 
 ELECTION BALLOT: 
 
 Separate one for each political party 10 7 
 
 Form of for primary 10 10 
 
 Order of printing names of candidates on 13 15 
 
 Errors in printing to be corrected 25 22 
 
 ELECTION, DISTRICT: 
 
 Primary law does not apply to certain 2 & 
 
 ELECTION LAWS: 
 
 General, apply to primaries 14 15 
 
 General, to apply to primary election 33 27 
 
 ELECTION OFFICERS: 
 
 Manner of canvassing votes by 19 17 
 
 ELECTION, PRIMARY: 
 
 Meaning of, in this act 1 3 
 
 Date of holding biennial 3 4 
 
 Method of voting in 10 7 
 
 For all parties at same time 11 14 
 
 Qualification of voters at 12 14 
 
 General election laws apply to 14 15 
 
 Hours polls are open for 17 16 
 
 General election laws to apply to 33 27 
 
 ELECTION RETURNS: 
 
 Must show first and second choice votes 21 19 
 
 ELECTIONS, SPECIAL: 
 
 Direct primary does not apply to certain 2 3 
 
 ELECTIVE OFFICES: 
 
 Candidates for must be nominated at primary elec- 
 tion 2 3 
 
 ELECTORS, PRESIDENTIAL: 
 
 Primary law does not apply to 2 
 
 To be nominated by political parties 22 19 
 
34 INDEX 
 
 EMERGENCY: Sec. Page 
 
 Putting law into immediate effect 39 29 
 
 EXPENSES OP CANDIDATES: 
 
 Limited to certain specific purposes 28 24 
 
 EXPENSES, STATEMENT OF: 
 
 Itemized and sworn to by candidates 30 26 
 
 Penalty for failure of candidates to file ....'. 31 26 
 
 F 
 
 FEES: 
 
 To be paid to election officers 15 16 
 
 FEES OF CANDIDATES: 
 
 To be paid on filing declaration 5 5 
 
 FIRST AND SECOND CHOICE: 
 
 Must be designated by voters 18 17 
 
 To be canvassed by election board 23 20 
 
 FORGERY: 
 
 Definition of and penalty for 35 28 
 
 FORMS, BLANK: 
 
 Declaration of candidacy 4 4 
 
 For making returns of election 20 18 
 
 To be prepared by secretary of state and attorney 
 general 27 24 
 
 I 
 
 INSPECTORS AND JUDGES: 
 
 Manner of appointment of . . 15 15 
 
 Fees paid for serving as 15 16 
 
 IRRIGATION DISTRICT: 
 
 Primary law does not apply to 2 3 
 
 J 
 JUDGES: 
 
 Manner of nomination of 38 29 
 
 JUDGES, INSPECTORS AND: 
 
 Manner of appointment of 15 15 
 
 Fees paid for serving as 15 16 
 
 JUDGES, SUPREME AND SUPERIOR: 
 
 First and second choice votes not to apply to 38 29 
 
 L 
 
 LAWS, ELECTION: 
 
 General, to apply to primaries 14 15 
 
 General, to apply to primary election 33 27 
 
 LEGISLATURE, MEMBERS OF: 
 
 First and second choice votes not to apply to 38 29 
 
INDEX 35 
 
 M 
 
 MUNICIPAL OFFICES: Sec. Page 
 
 Nomination of candidates for 2 3 
 
 N 
 
 NEWSPAPERS: 
 
 Must designate articles about candidates as adver- 
 tising 29 25 
 
 NOMINATION: 
 
 Of candidates for elective offices 2 3 
 
 By political party casting less than ten per cent of 
 
 votes 26 23 
 
 NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES: 
 
 Plurality of votes required for. 23 19 
 
 O 
 
 OFFICERS, ELECTIVE: 
 
 Nomination of candidates for 2 3 
 
 OFFICERS, ELECTION: 
 
 Manner of canvassing votes by 19 17 
 
 P 
 
 PAPER, COLORED: 
 
 Sample ballots must be printed on 13 15 
 
 PARTY, POLITICAL: 
 
 Not to be declared by candidates for judgeship 4 5 
 
 Certain, may have place OD official ballot 6 
 
 Separate ballot for each 10 7 
 
 Members of committee for to be chosen 22 19 
 
 Rules and regulations and conventions of 22 19 
 
 Presidential electors to be nominated by 22 19 
 
 Nominations by if less than ten per cent, of votes 
 
 cast by 26 23 
 
 PERJURY: 
 
 Definition of and penalty for 34 28 
 
 POLITICAL PARTY: 
 
 Candidates for judgeship not to declare 4 5 
 
 Certain, may have place on official ballot 6 5 
 
 Separate ballot for each 10 7 
 
 Rules and regulations and conventions by. * 22 19 
 
 Presidential electors to be'nominated by.. . .^ 22 19 
 
 Members of committee for to be chosen 22 19 
 
 Nominations by if less than ten per cent, of votes 
 
 cast by 26 23 
 
36 INDEX 
 
 POLLS, PRIMARY ELECTION: Sec. Page 
 
 Hours open for... 17 16 
 
 PRECINCT OFFICERS: 
 
 Nomination of candidates for 2 3 
 
 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS: 
 
 Primary law does not apply to 2 3 
 
 To be nominated by political parties 22 19 
 
 PRIMARY: 
 
 Term, how construed 1 3 
 
 September, meaning of 1 3 
 
 Election, meaning of 1 3 
 
 PRIMARY ELECTION: 
 
 Date of holding biennial 3 4 
 
 Method of voting in 10 7 
 
 For all parties at same time 11 14 
 
 Qualification of voters at 12 14 
 
 General election laws apply to 14 15 
 
 Hours polls are open for 17 16 
 
 General election laws to apply to 33 27 
 
 Q 
 
 QUALIFICATION OF VOTERS: 
 
 For primary election 12 14 
 
 R 
 
 REGISTRATION: 
 
 Required for certain primary election precincts 12 14 
 RETURNS, ELECTION: 
 
 Must show first and second choice votes 21 19 
 
 S 
 
 SAMPLE BALLOT: 
 
 Form of for primary elections 10 7 
 
 Must be printed on colored paper 13 15 
 
 SCHOOL DISTRICT: 
 
 Primary law does not apply to 2 3 
 
 SECOND CHOICE, AND FIRST: 
 
 Must be designated by voters 18 17 
 
 To be canvassed by election board 23 20 
 
 SECRETARY OF STATE: 
 
 Certain fees to be paid to by candidates 5 5 
 
 Candidates to^le declaration with 7 6 
 
 To certify list pf candidates to county auditor 8 6 
 
 To provide copies of primary law 15 16 
 
 Member of state canvassing board 24 20 
 
 Blank forms to. be prepared by 27 24 
 
INDEX 37 
 
 SENATOR, UNITED STATES: Sec. Page 
 
 To be voted for at primary election 2 3 
 
 Vote for to be certified by secretary of state 36 28 
 
 Candidate for legislature may pledge for 37 28 
 
 SEPTEMBER PRIMARY: 
 
 Meaning of term 1 3 
 
 SHEETS, TALLY: 
 
 Form of, for making return of election 20 18 
 
 SOLICITATION, CORRUPT: 
 
 By candidates, prohibited 32 27 
 
 SPECIAL ELECTIONS: 
 
 Direct primary does not apply to certain 2 3 
 
 STATE AUDITOR: 
 
 Member state canvassing board 24 20 
 
 STATE CANVASSING BOARD: 
 
 How constituted, and work of 24 20 
 
 STATEMENT OP EXPENSES: 
 
 Itemized and sworn to by candidates 30 26 
 
 Penalty for failure of candidate to file 31 26 
 
 STATE OFFICERS: 
 
 Must be nominated at primary election 2 3 
 
 STATE OFFICES: 
 
 Nomination of candidates for 2 3 
 
 STATE TREASURER: 
 
 Member state canvassing board 24 20 
 
 SUPERIOR COURT: 
 
 Candidates for not to declare party affiliation 4 5 
 
 SUPERIOR COURT JUDGES: 
 
 First and second choice votes not to apply to 38 26 
 
 SUPREME COURT: 
 
 Candidates for not to declare party affiliation 4 5 
 
 SUPREME COURT JUDGES: 
 
 First and second choice votes not to apply 38 29 
 
 T 
 TALLY SHEETS: 
 
 Form of , for making return of election 20 18 
 
 TERMS, UNEXPIRED: 
 
 Primary law does not apply to filling 2 3 
 
 TOWN OF FOURTH CLASS: 
 
 Primary law does not apply to 2 3 
 
 TREASURER, STATE: 
 
 Certain fees to be paid to 5 5 
 
 Member of state canvassing board 24 20 
 
38 INDEX 
 
 U 
 
 UNEXP1RED TERMS: Sec. Page 
 
 Primary law does not apply to filling 2 
 
 UNITED STATES SENATORS: 
 
 To be voted for at primary election 2 3 
 
 UNITED STATES SENATOR: 
 
 Vote for to be certified by Secretary of State 36 28 
 
 Candidate for legislature may pledge for 37 28 
 
 V 
 VACANCIES: 
 
 Primary law does not apply to filling 2 3 
 
 VOTE CANVASSING OF: 
 
 Method of, by election officers 19 17 
 
 VOTERS, ELECTION: 
 
 First and second choice to be designated by 18 17 
 
 VOTERS, QUALIFICATION OF: 
 
 For primary election 12 14 
 
 VOTES FOR CANDIDATES: 
 
 Plurality required to nominate 23 20 
 
 VOTING: 
 
 Method of in primary election 10 7 
 
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