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CONTENTS. 
 
 Paragraph 1. Definitions. 
 
 2. Registration and voting. 
 
 3. Woman suffrage. 
 
 4. Scope of act. 
 
 ' 5. Time of holding primary. 
 
 6. Notice of primary. 
 
 7. Preparation of nomination papers. 
 
 . 8. Senatorial statements Nos. 1 and 2. 
 
 9. Nomination of justices of supreme court and judges of 
 district courts. 
 
 10. Filing of nomination papers. 
 
 11. Publishing names of candidates. 
 
 12. Official ballot. 
 
 13. Determining location of name on ballot. 
 
 14. Heading of ballot. 
 
 15. Preparation and distribution of tickets. 
 
 16. Number of ballots. 
 
 17. Conduct of primary. 
 
 18. Challenges. 
 
 19. Canvass of votes and returns. 
 
 20. State board of canvassers. 
 
 21. Official party candidates. 
 
 22. Vacancies, how filled. 
 
 23. Party organization and government. 
 
 24. Preparation of blanks. 
 
 25. Payment of expenses. 
 
 26. Penal provisions. 
 
 27. Sample blank forms, as follows: 
 
 Primary nomination papers (country precincts). 
 Primary nomination papers (cities first and second 
 
 class) . 
 Non-partisan judicial primary nominating petition for 
 
 justice of supreme court. 
 Non-partisan judicial primary nominating petition for 
 
 judge of district court. 
 County clerk's notice of primary election (two) . 
 Sheriff's notice of primary election. 
 Primary election returns. 
 Judicial ballot. 
 Judicial primary election returns (justice of supreme 
 
 court and district judge). 
 
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SUMMARY OF KANSAS PRIMARY 
 ELECTION LAWS. 
 
 1. Definitions. Unless inconsistent with the context, words 
 and phrases used in this act shall be defined and construed as 
 follows: (1) The word "primary," the primary election pro- 
 vided for in this act; (2) the word "election," a general elec- 
 tion, as distinguished from a primary election and applying 
 to both city and general elections; (3) the word "precinct," 
 an election district established by law, within which all qualified 
 electors vote at one polling-place; (4) the word "district," any 
 political subdivision of the state consisting of more than one 
 county; provided, that this term shall also extend and apply 
 to the following-named political divisions comprising one 
 county, more or less : state senatorial district, state representa- 
 tive district, and state judicial district; (5) the word "sub- 
 district," any political subdivision of the state consisting of 
 less than one county, such as commissioner district or town- 
 ship; (6) the words "city election," an election held for the 
 election of officers in a cifv of 10,000 population or more. Sec. 
 3289, G. S. 1909. 
 
 2. Registration and voting. (1) No person shall be entitled 
 to vote at any primary unless he is a qualified elector of the 
 precinct, and duly registered therein, if registration thereat 
 be required by law. (2) The provisions as to registration re- 
 quired by existing statutes, and by any amendment now or 
 hereafter made thereto, shall apply to all primaries held under 
 the provisions of this act. (3) If registration be not required 
 as a condition precedent, any person who will be a qualified 
 elector of the precinct by reason of age at the ensuing election 
 for which the primarv is held shall be permitted to vote at such 
 primary. Sec. 3301, G. S. 1909. 
 
 3. Woman suffrage. The rights of citizens of the state of 
 Kansas to vote and hold office shall not be denied or abridged 
 on account of sex. Sec. 8, art. 5, Constitution, state of Kansas. 
 
 4. Scope of act. Hereafter all candidates for elective offices 
 shall be nominated by: (1) A primary held in accordance with 
 this act. (2) Independent nomination papers signed and filed 
 as provided by existing statutes. (3) Party candidates for the 
 office of United States senator shall be nominated in the man- 
 ner provided herein. This act shall not apply to special elec- 
 tions to fill vacancies, nor to annual or special school-district 
 meetings for the election of- school-district officers, nor to city 
 elections where the population is less than 5000. Sec. 3290, 
 G. S. 1909. 
 
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 5. Time of holding primary. The primary shall be held 
 on the first Tuesday of August in 1908, and biennially there- 
 after, for the nomination of all candidates to be voted for at 
 the next ensuing November election, and on the first Tuesday 
 of March, 1909, and annually thereafter, in all cities having 
 10,000 or more population, for all candidates to be voted for 
 at the next ensuing city election; provided, that in all cities 
 of the first and second class in Kansas which have adopted, or 
 may hereafter adopt, the city commission form of city govern- 
 ment under chapter 114 of the Session Laws of 1907, and all 
 acts amendatory and supplemental thereto, the primary for 
 all candidates to be voted for at the general city election of 
 each odd-numbered year shall be held on the second Monday 
 preceding the general municipal election. Sec. 3291, G. S. 1909. 
 
 6. Notice of primary. (1) At least 120 days before the 
 time of holding the primary, the secretary of state shall pre- 
 pare and transmit to each county clerk a notice in writing 
 designating the offices for which candidates are to be nomina- 
 ted at such primary. (2) Upon receipt of such notice each 
 county clerk shall forthwith publish so much thereof as may be 
 applicable to his county, once each week for three consecutive 
 weeks in the official county paper. (3) The sheriff of each 
 county shall, immediately after the publication of such notice, 
 cause a notice of such primary to be posted in three public 
 places in each precinct in his county; such notice so posted 
 shall state the time when and the place where the primary will 
 be held in each precinct therein, together with the offices for 
 which candidates are to be nominated. (4) Each city clerk 
 shall, in each year, at least forty-five days before the time of 
 holding the primary, publish in the official city paper, once in 
 each week for three consecutive weeks, a notice designating 
 the city offices for which candidates are to be nominated at 
 such primary, and shall also post such notice in three public 
 places in each election precinct in said city, such posting to be 
 not more than twenty and not less than ten days before such 
 primary. Sec. 3292, G. S. 1909. 
 
 7. Preparation of nomination papers. (1) The name of no 
 candidate shall be printed upon an official ballot used at any 
 primary unless at least forty days prior to such primary a 
 nomination paper shall have been filed in his behalf, as pro- 
 vided in this act, in substantially the following form : 
 
 I, the undersigned, a qualified elector of the precinct 
 
 of the township of (or, precinct of the 
 
 ward of the city of ) , county of and state of 
 
 Kansas, and a member of the party, hereby nominate 
 
 , who resides in the township of (or at No. 
 
 on street, city of ) , in the county of and 
 
 state of Kansas, as a candidate for the office of (here specify 
 the office) , to be voted for at the primary to be held on 
 
the first Tuesday of August, in (and in cities having a 
 
 population of 5000 or more on the first Tuesday in March), as 
 representing the principles of said party ; and I further declare 
 that I intend to support the candidate herein named, and that 
 I have not signed and will not sign any petition or nomination 
 papers for any other person, for said office at the next ensuing 
 election. 
 
 (Heading in case of cities.) 
 Names of signers. Name of city. Street No. Date of signing. 
 
 Or, 
 
 (Heading in case of townships.) 
 
 Names of signers. Postoffice. Date of signing. 
 
 (2) All nomination papers shall have substantially the fore- 
 going form, written or printed at the top thereof. No signa- 
 ture shall be counted unless it is upon a sheet having such 
 written or printed form at the top thereof. (3) Each signer 
 of a nomination paper shall sign but one such paper for the 
 same office, and shall declare that he intends to support the 
 candidate therein named, and shall add to his signature his 
 residence, if in a city of the first or second class, by street and 
 number (if any) ; or, if in a township or city of the third class, 
 by postoffice address. (4) All signers of each separate nom- 
 ination paper shall reside in the same precinct. The affidavit 
 of a qualified elector shall be appended to each such nomination 
 paper, stating that to the best of his knowledge and belief, all 
 the signers thereof are electors of that precinct ; that he knows 
 that they signed the same with full knowledge of the contents 
 thereof; that their respective residences are correctly stated 
 therein; that each signer signed the same on the date stated 
 opposite his name, and that the affiant intends to support the 
 candidate therein named. Such affidavit shall be prima facie 
 evidence of the fact therein stated. (5) Such nominations 
 papers shall be signed: (a) If for a state office (or for the 
 office of United States senator) by at least one per cent of the 
 voters of the party of such candidate in at least ten counties in 
 the state, and in the aggregate not less than one per cent nor 
 more than ten per cent of the total vote of his party in the 
 state, or by at least one per cent of the total vote of his party in 
 each of twenty counties, (b) If for a district office, by at least 
 two per cent of the voters of the party designated in at least 
 one-fourth of the election precincts in each of at least one-half 
 of the counties of the district, and in the aggregate not less 
 than two per cent nor more than ten per cent of the total vote 
 of the party designated in such district, (c) If for a sub- 
 district office or for a county office, by at least three per cent of 
 the party vote in at least one-fourth of the election precincts 
 of such sub-district or county, and in the aggregate not less 
 than three per cent nor more than ten per cent of the total 
 vote of the party designated in such sub-district or county. 
 
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 (d) If for a county precinct committeeman, by at least ten per 
 cent of the party vote in such precinct. The basis of percent- 
 age shall be the vote of the party for secretary of state at the 
 last preceding election ; or, in case of a new party, the basis of 
 percentage shall be the vote cast for the candidate elected sec- 
 retary of state at the last preceding state election; and any 
 political organization filing nomination papers for a majority 
 of the state or county offices as provided in this act shall have 
 a separate primary election ticket as a political party; and, 
 upon the receipt of such nomination papers the respective clerks 
 shall prepare a separate state and county ticket for such new 
 party in their respective counties or sub-districts thereof in 
 the same manner as is provided by this act for existing par- 
 ties. (6) (a) Nomination papers for a candidate for a city 
 office, except for a member of the council, shall be signed by at 
 least two per cent of the party vote in each of at least one- 
 fourth of the election precincts of the city, and in the aggre- 
 gate not less than five per cent nor more than ten per cent of 
 the total vote of the party designated in such city, (b) Nomi- 
 nation papers for a candidate for the office of councilman, shall 
 be signed by at least two per cent of the party vote in each of 
 at least one-half of , the election precincts in the ward which he 
 seeks to represent, and in the aggregate not less than two per 
 cent nor more than five per cent of the total vote of the party 
 designated in such ward, (c) Nomination papers for a can- 
 didate for the office of precinct committeeman shall be signed 
 by at least two per cent of the total vote cast in such precinct 
 for the candidate elected county clerk at the last preceding 
 election. Sec. 1, ch. 190, Laws 1913. 
 
 8. Senatorial statements Nos. 1 and 2. Any elector in this 
 state seeking the nomination for the office of state senator 
 or representative in the legislature may attach to and have 
 circulated with his petition or nomination paper one of the 
 following two statements, and may file the same with his peti- 
 tion or nomination paper with the county clerk or secretary 
 of state, as the case may be; but if he does not file such addi- 
 tional statement the secretary of state or county clerk, as the 
 case may be, shall not on that account refuse to file his petition 
 or nomination paper. 
 
 Statement No. 1. I state to the people of Kansas, as well as to the 
 people of my representative (or senatorial) district, that during my 
 term of office I will always vote for that candidate for United States 
 senator who has received the highest number of the peoples' votes for 
 that position at the general election in the state at large next preceding 
 the election of the United States senator, without regard to my individual 
 preference or party nominations for that office. 
 
 (Signature of candidate for nomination.) 
 
If the candidate shall be unwilling to sign the above state- 
 ment, then he may sign the following statement and have the 
 same attached to his nomination paper and circulated and 
 filed as aforesaid. 
 
 Statement No. 2. During my term of office I shall consider the vote 
 of the people for United States senator at any general election in the 
 state at large as nothing more than a recommendation which I shall be 
 at liberty to wholly disregard if the reason for so doing seems to me to 
 be sufficient. 
 
 (Signature of candidate for nomination.) 
 
 The statements above provided for shall be signed by the 
 elector seeking such nomination. There shall be a separate 
 leaf or sheet signed as above on every such petition for each 
 precinct in which it is circulated, and on another sheet or part 
 of the petition there shall be placed the petition in regular 
 form as now required by law for the nomination of state sen- 
 ators and representatives in the legislature. Persons whose 
 names are placed on the primary ticket as candidates for the 
 legislature or state senate shall have printed in addition to 
 rheir names, in appropriate type directly above their names, 
 the words (Candidate under Statement No. 1.) or (Candidate 
 under Statement No. 2.) as the case may be. Sec. 1, ch. 182, 
 Session Laws 1911. 
 
 9. Nomination of Justices of Supreme Court and Judges of 
 District Courts. No party nomination shall be made for jus- 
 tices of the supreme court or judges of the district court. A 
 separate ballot shall be provided at the general primary elec- 
 tion for the nomination of candidates for those offices. Such 
 ballot shall be headed "judicial ballot," and upon it shall be 
 printed without any party designation, the names of all can- 
 didates who have complied with the conditions herein stated. 
 Any person desiring to become a candidate for justice of the 
 supreme court, or for judge of the district court, may, within 
 not more than 100 or less than 40 days preceding the primary 
 election, file with the secretary of state a statement to that 
 effect, accompanied by a petition requesting such candidacy, 
 signed by qualified electors for such office to a number not less 
 than one-fourth of one per cent, and not more than one per 
 cent, of the total vote cast at the preceding election for the 
 office of secretary of state, in the state or judicial district 
 respectively. The filing of such statement and petition shall 
 entitle him to have his name printed upon the judicial ballot at 
 the primary election. In the canvass of the returns of the pri- 
 mary election the two candidates having received the highest 
 number of votes for each place to be filled shall be declared to 
 have been nominated, and shall have their names printed upon 
 the ballot at the general election, without any party designa- 
 tion. Where two justices of the supreme court are to be chosen 
 for the same term, above the names of the candidates for that 
 
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 term shall be printed the words "Vote for two," and the four 
 candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be de- 
 clared nominated. If three are to be chosen the words shall be 
 "Vote for three," and the six having the highest number of 
 votes shall be declared nominated. The secretary of state shall 
 furnish to each county clerk a form for the judicial ballot in 
 his county. With respect to such office of justice of the su- 
 preme court the secretary of state shall at each primary elec- 
 tion and general election divide the state into as many divisions 
 as there are candidates, making them as nearly equal in popu- 
 lation as is practicable, and shall provide for the rotation of 
 names upon the ballots. In one division the names shall be 
 placed in alphabetical order ; in another the order shall be the 
 same except that the name at the head of the list shall be trans- 
 posed to the foot; this process shall be repeated so that each 
 candidate shall head the list in one division, the order of names 
 being otherwise preserved. A like rotation of names of candi- 
 dates for judge of the district court shall be arranged in each 
 county by the county clerk. In other respects the procedure 
 for the nomination and election of the officers herein referred 
 to shall be regulated by the provisions of the statutes relating 
 to primary and general elections, so far as in their nature ap- 
 plicable, and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith 
 are hereby repealed, so far as they relate to the nomination and 
 election of justices of the supreme court and judges of the 
 district court. Ch. 193, Session Laws 1913. 
 
 10. Filing of nomination papers. All nomination papers 
 shall be filed as follows: (1) For state officers, United States 
 senator, representatives in Congress, state senators, state rep- 
 resentatives, and all district officers, in the office of the secre- 
 tary of state; provided, that when the district is composed of 
 one county or less such nomination papers shall be filed with 
 the county clerk of such county. (2) For county officers, sub- 
 district officers, and county and precinct committeeman, in 
 the office of the county clerk. (3) For city officers and city 
 precinct committeemen, in the office of the city clerk. (4) 
 When nomination papers shall be filed which contain ten per 
 cent of the total vote, as limited in subdivisions a. b, c and d of 
 clause 5, and subdivisions a, b and c of clause 6 of section 5 of 
 this act, the clerk with whom such papers are required to be 
 filed shall not receive or file further nomination papers for the 
 candidate named therein. Sec. 3294, G. S. 1909. 
 
 11. Pnblishinq names of candidates. (1) The State Board 
 of Canvassers shall meet in the office of the secretary of state 
 on the first Monday following the expiration of time for the 
 filing of nomination papers in the office of secretary of state, 
 and shall proceed to examine all nomination papers so filed, 
 determine whether such nomination papers comply with all the 
 requirements of this act, and shall make out and certify to the 
 
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 secretary of state a list containing the name and post-office ad- 
 dress of each person for whom nomination papers have been 
 filed in the office of the secretary of state, together with the 
 designation of the office for which each is a candidate and the 
 party or principles of the office which he represents, certifying 
 that such nomination papers in each case are regular and in 
 strict compliance with the provisions of this act. Thereupon 
 the secretary of state shall, at least thirty days before the 
 primary of the year 1908, and of each alternate year thereafter, 
 transmit to each county clerk a certified copy of the list so 
 certified to him by the State Board of Canvassers. (2) Such 
 clerk shall forthwith, upon receipt thereof, publish for three 
 consecutive weeks, in the official county paper, a notice which 
 shall set forth, under the proper party designation, the title to 
 each office, the names and addresses of all persons specified in 
 said notice from the secretary of state, and in addition thereto 
 the names and addresses of all persons for whom nomination 
 papers have been filed in the county clerk's office, in compliance 
 with subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 6 of this act, giving the 
 name and address of each, the date of the primary, the hours 
 during which the polls will be opened, and stating that the pri- 
 mary will be held at the regular polling-place in each precinct. 
 (3) Such clerk shall also forthwith mail copies of such notice, 
 so published, to each township and city clerk of his county, 
 who shall immediately post copies of the same in at least three 
 public places in each precinct in his township or city, desig- 
 nating therein the location of the pooling booth in each election 
 precinct. (4) At least twenty-five days preceding the primary 
 in each year the city clerk shall publish, once each week for 
 three consecutive weeks, in the official city paper a notice, 
 which shall set forth, under the proper party designation, the 
 title of each office, the names and addresses of all persons for 
 whom nomination papers have been filed in the city clerk's 
 office, in compliance with subdivision 3 of section 6 of this act, 
 and shall immediately post copies of the same in at least three 
 public places in each precinct in his city, designating therein 
 the location of the polling-place in each election precinct. Sec. 
 3295, G. S. 1909. 
 
 12. Official ballot. A separate official primary ticket for 
 each political party shall be printed and provided for use at 
 each voting precinct, in the form provided herein and annexed 
 hereto. The names of all candidates of each political party for 
 whom the nomination papers prescribed shall have been duly 
 filed shall be printed upon the ticket thus provided for that 
 party. In other respects the form of the ticket shall comply 
 with the provisions of chapter 222 of the Laws of 1905, and 
 any amendments now or hereafter made thereto, so far as the 
 same may be applicable and are not inconsistent with the pro- 
 visions of this act. Sec. 3296, G. S. 1909. 
 
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 13. Determining location of name on ballot. In case there 
 are nomination papers on file for more than one candidate for 
 any state or district office, of the different parties, the secretary 
 of state shall divide the state or district, as the case may be, into 
 as many divisions as there may be names to go on each party 
 ticket for any particular office. Such division shall be as near 
 equal in votes as may be convenient without dividing any one 
 county, and in making such division the secretary of state shall 
 take the alphabetical list of counties in regular order until he 
 gets the required proportion of votes cast at the last general 
 election, and so on through the list of counties until he gets the 
 proper proportion, and the secretary of state in certifying to 
 the county clerk his list of names for whom nomination papers 
 have been filed shall place one name at the head of the list in 
 the first division of counties, another name in the second di- 
 vision, and so on with all the candidates for any particular 
 office, so that every candidate for any office shall be at the head 
 of the list in one division of the state and second in another 
 division thereof. The arrangement of the names certified by 
 the secretary of state shall govern the county clerk in arrang- 
 ing the primary ballot, and the county clerk in preparing the 
 ballot for his county shall follow the same arrangement as pro- 
 vided in this section for the secretary of state, for the candi- 
 dates nominated for county office, using the townships and 
 precincts of the county in making his division. Sec. 3298, 
 G. S. 1909. 
 
 14. Heading of ballot. The official primary ticket shall have 
 the following heading: 
 
 OFFICIAL PRIMARY TICKET. 
 
 General Election. 
 
 (Emblem of party.) 
 
 party. 
 
 To vote for a person whose name is printed on the ticket, make a 
 cross X in the square at the right of the name of the person for whom 
 you desire to vote. 
 
 To vote for a person whose name is not printed on the ticket, write 
 his name in the blank space provided for that purpose and mark a cross 
 X in the square to the right. 
 
 This shall be followed by the names of the persons for whom 
 nomination papers have been filed and in the order of offices as 
 follows ; but after the name of each office, however, there 
 shall be a statement of the number of candidates to vote 
 for, for that particular office: State. — Presidential elec- 
 tors, governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state 
 auditor, state treasurer, attorney-general, superintendent of 
 public instruction, superintendent of insurance, state printer, 
 member from congressional district. District. — Sen- 
 ator from district, representative from dis- 
 trict. County. — Clerk, treasurer, register of deeds, county 
 
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 attorney, probate judge, sheriff, coroner, superintendent of 
 public instruction, surveyor, clerk of district court, com- 
 missioner district. Township. — Judge of the city court, 
 
 marshal of city court, justice of the peace, constable, trustee, 
 clerk, treasurer. And in city elections the ballot shall have the 
 same heading with the offices in the following order: Mayor, 
 attorney, clerk, treasurer, police judge, judge of the city court, 
 clerk of the city court, marshal of the city court, councilmen 
 for ward and member of school board. Other offices for which 
 nomination petitions are on file not herein mentioned shall be 
 inserted in the proper place with a statement of the number 
 to be nominated. And the following indorsement shall be 
 printed on the back of the said ticket. 
 
 OFFICIAL PRIMARY STATEMENT. 
 
 ; party. 
 
 precinct, ward or township. City or township, 
 
 August , 19 . 
 
 Clerks. 
 
 We certify the within ticket was marked by us for an elector incapable, 
 under the law, of marking his own ticket, and as directed by him. 
 
 Judges. 
 
 We certify the within ticket was marked by us for a blind elector, at 
 his request, and as directed by him. 
 
 To the right of each name there shall be printed a square, 
 as provided in the general election law. Said primary ballots 
 may be printed in one or more columns, as may be most con- 
 venient. No name shall be printed on said primary ticket ex- 
 cept those certified by the secretary of state, county clerk or 
 city clerk, as the case may be, and no blank line shall be 
 printed following any office unless there are no nomination 
 papers on file. And in case there are no nomination papers 
 on file for any particular office there shall be no reference of 
 any kind to that office in the list of names of candidates to be 
 published. No person shall receive the nomination nor have 
 his name printed on the general ballot in any case where no 
 nomination papers have been filed, unless he shall receive at 
 least votes equal in number to five per cent of the total party 
 vote of his party cast for secretary of state in such state, 
 county, district or city at the last general election. Sec. 3299, 
 G. S. 1909. 
 
 15. Preparation and distribution of tickets. (1) The 
 county clerk shall, at least two weeks before the primary, 
 mail to each person whose nomination petitions are on file in 
 his office, to the address given in the petition, a copy of the 
 
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 first issue of the county paper containing the names and ad- 
 dresses of those whose names will be printed on the primary 
 ballot, and it shall not be necessary to print the sample ballots 
 heretofore required twenty days before the primary, nor send 
 such sample ballots to the candidates. (2) The chairman of 
 each party shall, on or before the eleventh day preceding such 
 primary, suggest to the county clerk or to the city clerk, as the 
 case may be, any changes that he may consider should be made 
 in his party ticket, and if upon examination the clerk shall find 
 any error or omission in said ticket, he shall correct the ticket 
 and cause the same to be printed and distributed as required by 
 law in the case of ballots for the general election, except that 
 the number of tickets of each party to be furnished to each 
 precinct shall be twice the number of votes cast thereat for the 
 candidates receiving the highest number of votes by the re- 
 spective parties in the last preceding general election; and 
 provided, that in case nomination petitions are filed by a new 
 party, the number of ballots provided shall be twice the num- 
 ber of votes the county clerk estimates such party will cast. 
 Sec. 3297, G. S. 1909. 
 
 16. Number of ballots. That the number of ballots to be 
 printed and distributed for the regular primary election to be 
 held on the first Tuesday in August, nineteen fourteen, and the 
 number of ballots to be printed and distributed for the general 
 election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday 
 in November, nineteen hundred fourteen, shall be two times 
 the number provided for in sections 3297 and 3262 respectively 
 of the General Statutes of 1909. Sec. 1, ch. 192, Session Laws 
 1913. 
 
 17. Conduct of primary. (1) The provisions of existing 
 statutes concerning elections, and any amendment now or here- 
 after made thereto, so far as they are not inconsistent with 
 the provisions of this act, shall apply to the primaries pro- 
 vided for in this act, and the following statutes shall apply to 
 the subjects indicated, the intent of this act being to place the 
 primary under the regulations and protection of the laws in 
 force as to elections. As to composition of boards of primary, 
 section 8, chapter 177, Laws of 1901, being paragraph 2712, 
 General Statutes of 1901, and section 15, chapter 122, Laws of 
 1903; as to time of opening and closing polls, chapter 231, 
 Laws of 1903 ; as to printing and distributing tickets, chapter 
 229, Laws of 1903 ; as to preparing, posting and supplying in- 
 structions to voters ; as to providing voting places, booths and 
 supplies, and the care, disposition and arrangement of the 
 same, and as to entitling an employee to absent himself from 
 his employment for the purpose of voting, chapter 129, Laws 
 of 1897, being paragraphs 2710, 2711, 2713, 2717, General 
 Statutes of 1901 ; as to form and marking of ticket, manner of 
 voting and disposition of tickets, and canvass of votes by 
 
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 primary board, chapter 222, Laws of 1905 ; as to registration 
 of voters, chapter 17a, General Statutes of 1901, as amended 
 by chapter 103, Laws of 1905 ; as to exercising challenges and 
 procedure thereafter, and determining residence and qualifica- 
 tion of voters, sections 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13, chapter 36, Laws 
 of 1868, being paragraphs 2572, 2573, 2574, 2575, 2576, Gen- 
 eral Statutes of 1901, and also chapter 232, Laws of 1903; as 
 to compensation of primary officers, section 14, chapter 177, 
 Laws of 1901 ; as to county canvass of returns, chapter 36, 
 Laws of 1868, being paragraphs 2587, 2588, 2589, 2590, 2591, 
 2592, General Statutes of 1901 ; as to state canvass of returns, 
 chapter 36, Laws of 1868, being paragraphs 2593, 2594, 2595, 
 2596, 2597 and 2598, General Statutes of 1901 ; as to city can- 
 vass of returns for city primary, section 18, chapter 122, Laws 
 of 1903; as to contests, article 6, chapter 36, and paragraph 
 830, of the General Statutes of 1901; provided, that all the 
 powers and duties conferred and imposed by the laws of this 
 state upon commissioners of elections, registration officers, 
 judges and clerks of election, canvassing boards and all other 
 public officials in connection with general elections are in every 
 detail and particular conferred and imposed upon each and all 
 such officers in connection with the primary elections con- 
 ducted under the provisions of this act. (2) At all primaries 
 there shall be provided a separate ticket for each party en- 
 titled to participate in the primary, and also a blank ticket 
 on which shall be printed only the titles of the officers to 
 be voted for by the electors at the polling place for which 
 the ticket is printed. Each party ticket shall be designated 
 by the party device or emblem appearing at the head thereof, 
 below which shall appear the name of the party. The names 
 of all party candidates shall be arranged alphabetically, ac- 
 cording to surnames, under the appropriate title of the re- 
 spective offices, and under the proper party designation upon 
 the party ticket. If any elector write upon his ticket the 
 name of any person who is a candidate for any office upon 
 some other ticket than that upon which his name is so written,, 
 such elector shall thereby invalidate his ticket and it shall not 
 be counted, but shall be entirely rejected. In case a person 
 is nominated on more than one ticket, he shall forthwith file 
 with the proper officer or officers in charge of the preparation 
 of the election ballots a written declaration indicating the 
 party designation under which his name is to be printed on 
 the official election ballot. The ticket with the indorsements 
 shall be in substantially the form heretofore annexed; pro- 
 vided, that tickets for any city primary may be varied as to 
 the title of the officers to be printed thereon, so as to conform 
 to the law under which each such primary is held. The pro- 
 visions of section 1, chapter 222, Laws of 1905, and any amend- 
 ments now or hereafter made thereto, so far as the same shall 
 
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 be applicable, shall govern in the preparation of the ticket. 
 (3) Any person desiring to vote in a primary in precincts 
 where registration is required shall give his name and resi- 
 dence to the judges of the primary, one of whom shall there- 
 upon announce the same in a loud and distinct tone of voice, 
 and if such name be found upon the registry of voters by the 
 officer having charge thereof, he shall likewise repeat said 
 name, and the voter shall be allowed to enter the space en- 
 closed by the guard-rail, as provided in subdivision 1 of this 
 section. Any person desiring to vote in any township or pre- 
 cinct outside of cities of the first or second class shall give his 
 name before entering the enclosed space. The clerk shall 
 thereupon place his name and number upon the poll-list. 
 Whereupon the voter shall announce the name of the political 
 party for which he desires to vote, and one of the judges 
 designated by the primary board shall give the voter one and 
 only one ticket of such party to be cast at such primary, in the 
 upper right hand corner of which he shall have inscribed, with 
 pen and ink, the number corresponding with the voter's num- 
 ber upon the poll-list, and the voter's name shall be immedi- 
 ately checked on the registry list. At all primaries where 
 registration is required, if the name of any person desiring to 
 vote at such primary be not found on the registry of voters, he 
 shall not receive a ticket. If any person desiring to vote at any 
 primary shall be challenged, he shall not receive a ticket until 
 he shall have established his right to vote in the manner pro- 
 vided by law, but during the pendency of such challenge other 
 voters shall be given tickets and be permitted to vote. (4) 
 This section shall govern, where applicable, all persons desiring 
 to vote in townships and precincts where registration is not 
 required. In all cases, the voter's number on the poll-list shall 
 be marked upon his ticket before he receives it, and shall be 
 clipped therefrom before being deposited in the ballot-box, un- 
 less such voter shall have been challenged. Sec. 3300, G. S. 
 1909. 
 
 18. Challenges. The precinct committeeman of each pre- 
 cinct may appoint, in writing, over his signature, two party 
 agents or representatives, with an alternate for each, who shall 
 act as challengers for their respective parties and have the 
 powers prescribed by section 10 of this act. The right of any 
 person to vote at a primary may be challenged by any elector 
 upon the same ground and his right to vote be determined in 
 the same manner as at an election, except as otherwise pro- 
 vided herein ; provided, that if the person offering his vote be 
 challenged as unqualified on the ground that he is not a mem- 
 ber of the party announced by himself, he shall make and sub- 
 scribe an affidavit in the following form, which shall be pre- 
 
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 sented to and retained by the primary judges and clerks, and 
 returned by them with the registry poll-books : 
 
 "State of Kansas, county of , ss. 
 
 "I, , do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will be more than 
 
 twenty-one years of age at the next general election, and will be qualified 
 to vote under and by virtue of the constitution and the laws of the state of 
 Kansas, and I expect to be a legally qualified voter at this precinct and 
 
 election district; that I now reside at (insert street and number, if 
 
 any) in this precinct, and am a member of and am affiliated with the 
 
 party; that I have not signed the petition of a member of any other party 
 who is seeking a nomination at this primary election ; and that I have not 
 signed the nominating petition of an independent candidate for any office 
 for which candidates are to be voted for at this primary election. 
 
 "Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of , A. D. 
 
 19 . . . , Judge of Election." 
 
 The precinct committeeman of each party may represent 
 such party at the polling booth during the canvass and return 
 of a vote at a primary election, or he may appoint, in writing, 
 an agent who shall be a member of his party and a resident 
 elector of his precinct, for that purpose. Sec. 3302, G. S. 1909. 
 
 19. Canvass of votes and returns. (1) The canvass of votes 
 cast shall, except as herein otherwise provided, be made in the 
 same manner and by the same officers as the canvass of an elec- 
 tion. The precinct party committeeman in a precinct canvass, 
 the chairman of the county committee in a county canvass, the 
 state party chairman in a state canvass, or some member of the 
 party duly appointed in writing by his respective chairman or 
 committeeman to represent each party or any candidates, shall 
 be allowed to be present and observe the proceedings. (2) The 
 precinct board of primary shall, on separate sheets, on blanks 
 to be provided for that purpose, make full and accurate returns 
 of the votes cast for each candidate, and shall, within twenty- 
 four hours after this canvass, cause such returns to be de- 
 livered to the county clerk, or to the city clerk, as the case may 
 be. (3) The county canvass of the returns of a primary shall 
 be made by the same officers and in the same manner provided 
 in section 10 of this act. The canvassers shall meet and canvass 
 such returns at ten o'clock A. M. on the Friday following the 
 primary. Their returns shall contain the whole number of 
 votes cast for each candidate of each political party, and a 
 duplicate as to each political party shall be delivered to the 
 chairman of the county committee of such party. (4) The 
 county canvassers shall also make an additional duplicate re- 
 turn, in the same form as provided in subdivision 3, showing 
 the votes cast for each candidate not voted for wholly within 
 the limits of the county. The county clerk shall forthwith send 
 to the secretary of state, by registered mail, one complete copy 
 of all returns as to such candidates. (5) The city canvass a!" 
 the returns of a primary shall be made by the city council, by 
 
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 the same officers and in the manner provided in section 10 of 
 this act ; and the provisions of said section 10 for the purposes 
 of this act are hereby extended to all city primaries provided 
 for by this act. The canvassers shall meet and canvass such 
 returns at ten o'clock A. M. on the Friday following the pri- 
 mary. Their returns shall contain the whole number of votes 
 cast for each candidate of each political party, and a duplicate 
 as to each political party shall be delivered to the city chairman 
 of such party. (6) The respective canvassing boards provided 
 for in this section, and in section 14 of this act, shall name the 
 person receiving the highest number of votes cast upon the 
 blank ticket for each office as the non-partisan nominee for such 
 office. Sec. 3303, G. S. 1909. 
 
 20. State board, of canvassers. (1) The state board of can- 
 vassers provided to canvass the returns of a November election 
 shall constitute the state board of canvassers of the primaries 
 held under the provisions of this act, and all the provisions of 
 section 10 of this act, and of all existing statutes, and any 
 amendments now or hereafter made thereto, relating to the 
 canvass of the returns of the November election, shall, as far 
 as applicable, apply to the canvass, return and certification to 
 the secretary of state of such primary. Such board shall meet 
 at the office of the secretary of state at ten o'clock a.m. on the 
 third Tuesday of August, 1914, and biennially thereafter. (2) 
 As soon as the state canvass of a primary shall be completed, 
 the secretary of state shall publish in the official state paper a 
 certified statement of the result of such primary as to candi- 
 dates for state offices, United States senator, representatives in 
 Congress, state senators and state representatives, and all can- 
 didates whose districts extend beyond the limits of a single 
 county; and shall mail to the chairman of the state central com- 
 mittee of each party so much of such certificate as relates to his 
 party. (3) Within thirty days after the completion of such 
 state canvass, the secretary of state shall certify to the county 
 clerk of each county within which any of the electors may vote 
 for the candidates for such offices, the name of each person 
 nominated and the office for which he is nominated as specified 
 in the nomination papers. Sec. 2, ch. 191, Session Laws 1913. 
 
 21. Official party ca?ididates. (1) The person receiving the 
 greatest number of votes at a primary as the candidate of a 
 party for any office shall be a candidate of that party for such 
 office, and his name as such candidate shall be placed on the 
 official ballot at the ensuing election for which such primary 
 is held. (2) In case of a tie vote, the respective boards of can- 
 vassers provided for by this act shall forthwith determine said 
 tie by lot. Sec. 1, ch. 191, Session Laws 1913. 
 
 22. Vacancies ; how filled. Vacancies occurring after the 
 holding of any primary shall be filled by the party committee 
 
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 of the city, subdistrict, district, county, or state, as the case 
 may be. Sec. 3306, G. S. 1909. 
 
 23. Party organization and government. The organization 
 and government of each of the several political parties shall 
 be as follows: (1) At the primaries hereinbefore provided 
 for, the members of a party residing in each precinct in each 
 of the several counties of the state shall choose one of their 
 number as "county precinct committeeman." (2) The whole 
 number of county precinct committeemen of each of the several 
 political parties shall constitute the county committee of such 
 party; such county committee shall be organized by electing 
 from its own membership a chairman, secretary and treasurer, 
 of which offices the last two may be filled by the same person. 
 (3) The chairman of the county committee shall be ex officio 
 a member of the state committee and of each of the several 
 party committees of the district within which his county is 
 situated. (4) Where a judicial, senatorial, or representative 
 district comprises but one county or less, the county committee 
 of such county shall constitute such judicial, senatorial or rep- 
 resentative district committee. (5) The district party com- 
 mittee for each district greater than a county shall be composed 
 of the county chairman of the several county committees here- 
 inbefore provided for, and one additional member, to be chosen 
 by each of the several party county committees in the district, 
 for each 1000 votes or major fraction thereof in excess of 1500 
 votes cast by the party at the primary at which the said 
 county committee was chosen. Such district party committee 
 shall organize by electing from its own membership a chair- 
 man, secretary and treasurer, of which offices the last two 
 may be filled by the same person. (6) The state party com- 
 mittee shall organize by electing from its own membership a 
 chairman, secretary and treasurer. The executive committee 
 of such state committee shall consist of the chairman of the 
 various congressional district committees, of which the state 
 chairman shall be ex officio chairman. (7) The city party 
 committee shall be composed of the city precinct committee- 
 men chosen at the annual primary, and shall organize by elect- 
 ing from its own membership a chairman, secretary and treas- 
 urer. (8) The official returns made by the primary board 
 shall show the name and address and the name of the party 
 represented, and of each precinct committeeman chosen. (9) 
 Each committee provided for in this section, and its officers, 
 shall have the powers usually exercised by such committees 
 and by the officers thereof, in so far as is consistent with this 
 act. The various officers and committees now in existence 
 shall exercise the powers and perform the duties herein pre- 
 scribed until their successors are chosen in accordance with 
 this act. The duties of the chairman or secretary of any com- 
 mittee, when the committee is not in session, may be performed 
 
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 by members of such committee selected by such chairman or 
 secretary.' Any vacancy in any committee office shall be filled 
 in the same manner as that in which such officer was originally 
 chosen. (10) The candidates for the various state offices, for 
 United States senator, for members of the national house of 
 representatives, for the state senate, and for the state house 
 of representatives, nominated by each political party at each 
 primary, the national committeeman, the United States sena- 
 tors and the state senators of such political party whose term of 
 office extends beyond January of the year next ensuing, and 
 the chairman of the county committee of the several counties 
 of the state, shall constitute the party council of each party, 
 and shall meet at the capital at twelve o'clock noon on the last 
 Tuesday of August after the date on which any primary is 
 held preliminary to any general election. The membership of 
 such party council shall be determined by the list of party 
 nominees and party candidates duly certified by the secretary 
 of state as on file in his office. Such party council shall be 
 called to order by the secretary of state, or by one of his as- 
 sistants, who shall read the roll of members; and thereupon 
 the party council shall organize by electing from its own mem- 
 bership a chairman and secretary. They shall thereupon forth- 
 with formulate the state platform of their party, choose or 
 alter the party emblem, and shall perform such other business 
 as may properly be brought before such a meeting. The plat- 
 form of each party shall be framed and made public at a time 
 rot later than six o'clock in the afternoon of the day following 
 their adjournment. The state party council so constituted 
 shall be the party council for two years, and shall have power 
 to call special meetings and perform such other business as 
 may be consistent with the provisions of this act; provided, 
 that no member of such council shall be represented by proxy. 
 Sec. 3307, G. S. 1909. 
 
 24. Preparation of blanks. It shall be the duty of the sec- 
 retary of state and attorney-general, on or before March 1, 
 1908, to prepare all forms necessary to carry out 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. 
 Sec. 3308, G. S. 1909. 
 
 25. Payment of expenses. All ticket blanks and other sup- 
 plies to be used at any primary, and all expenses necessarily 
 incurred in the preparation for or conducting such primary, 
 shall be paid out of the treasury of the city, county, or state, as 
 the case may be, in the same manner, with like effect, and by 
 the same officers, as in the case of elections. The cost, print- 
 ing and distribution of the tickets shall be under the charge 
 and control of the same officers and official bodies as are pre- 
 scribed for general election and for city elections by existing 
 
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 statutes, and amendments now or hereafter made thereto, in 
 so far as the same are applicable to and not inconsistent with 
 the provisions of this act. Sec. 3309, G. S. 1909. 
 
 26. Penal provisions. (1) Any person who shall offer, or, 
 with knowledge of the same, permit any person to offer for 
 his benefit any bribe to a voter to induce him to sign any nomi- 
 nation paper, and any person who shall accept any such bribe 
 or promise of gain of any kind in the nature of a bribe as 
 consideration for signing the same, whether such bribe or 
 promise of gain in the nature of a bribe be offered or accepted 
 before or after such signing; or any candidate who shall know- 
 ingly cause a nomination paper or papers to be signed in his 
 behalf by more than the maximum number of qualified electors 
 provided for his district by subdivisions 5 and 6, section 5 of 
 this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon trial and 
 conviction thereof be punished by a fine of not less than twenty 
 nor more than five hundred dollars, and by imprisonment in 
 the county jail not less than ten days nor more than six 
 months. (2) Any person who shall forge any name to a nomi- 
 nation paper shall be deemed guilty of forgery in the fourth 
 degree, and on conviction thereof be punished accordingly. 
 Any person who, being in possession of nomination papers en- 
 titled to be filed under this act, shall wrongfully either sup- 
 press, neglect or fail to cause the same to be filed at the proper 
 time in the proper office, shall, upon conviction, be punished by 
 imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed six months, and 
 by a fine of not to exceed six hundred dollars. (3) Any act 
 declared an offense by the general laws of this state concerning 
 elections shall also in like case be an offense in all primaries, 
 and shall be punished in the same form and manner as therein 
 provided, and all the penalties and provisions of the law as to 
 such elections, except as herein otherwise provided, shall ap- 
 ply in such case with equal force and to the same extent as 
 though fully set forth in this act. (4) No spirituous, malt, 
 vinous or intoxicating liquor shall be sold or given away on 
 the date of holding a primary election. Whoever violates the 
 provisions of this subdivision 4 of this section shall, upon con- 
 viction, be fined a sum not less than fifty nor more than one 
 hundred dollars. It shall be the duty of the sheriff, coroner, 
 constable, and other peace officers of the county and city to 
 see that the provisions of this section are strictly enforced. 
 (5) If any person whose vote is challenged, or any witness 
 sworn under the provisions of this act, shall knowingly, will- 
 fully and corruptly swear falsely, he shall be deemed guilty of 
 perjury, and on conviction thereof shall be punished accord- 
 ingly. (6) Whoever votes more than once at any primary, or 
 offers to vote after having once voted at such primary, shall, 
 on conviction, be fined in a sum not exceeding one thousand 
 dollars, or imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding one 
 
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 year, or both, in the discretion of the court. (7) Whoever 
 willfully aids or abets any one not legally qualified to vote at 
 a primary in voting or attempting to vote at such primary; 
 or, second, furnishes an elector with a ticket, informing him 
 that it contains a name different than that which appears 
 thereon, with intent to induce him to vote contrary to his 
 inclinations; or, third, changes the tjcket of an elector, with 
 intent to deprive such elector of voting for such person as he 
 intended; or, fourth, by unlawful means prevents or attempts 
 to prevent any voter from voting or from attending a pri- 
 mary; or, fifth, gives or offers to give any valuable thing or 
 bribe to any judge or clerk of primary, as a consideration for 
 some act to be done contrary to his official duty in relation to 
 such primary, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in a sum 
 not exceeding one thousand dollars, or imprisoned in the county 
 jail not exceeding one year, or both, in the discretion of the 
 court. And any judge or clerk who shall receive, request or 
 demand any bribe or reward forbidden by this act shall, upon 
 conviction, be liable to the same penalties as are provided in 
 this act for the giving or offering to give such bribe or re- 
 ward. (8) Any person who shall solicit, request, demand or 
 receive, directly or indirectly, any money, intoxicating liquor, 
 or any other thing of value, or the promise thereof, either to 
 influence his vote or to be used, or under the pretense of being 
 used, to procure the vote of any person or persons, or to be 
 used at any poll or other place prior to or on the day of a pri- 
 mary, for or against any candidate for nomination at such pri- 
 mary, shall be deemed guilty of the crime of bribery, and upon 
 conviction in any court of record shall be subject to a fine of 
 not more than five hundred dollars and imprisonment in the 
 county jail not less than three months nor more than one year, 
 and to pay the costs of prosecution and stand committed to 
 the county jail until such costs are fully paid. (9) Any can- 
 didate or other person paying, furnishing, or promising to 
 pay or furnish, or bribing any person, with money, intoxicat- 
 ing liquor, or anything of value, or the promise thereof, shall 
 be deemed guilty of the crime of bribery, and upon conviction 
 thereof in any court of competent jurisdiction shall be fined 
 not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand 
 dollars, and imprisonment in the county jail not less than 
 three months nor more than one year, and pay the costs of 
 prosecution and stand committed to the county jail until such 
 costs are fully paid. Prosecutions may be had under this 
 section by indictment in the district court or by information 
 therein. (10) Any person who shall engage in disorderly con- 
 duct at any primary shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 
 and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than 
 ten dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars and the costs 
 of the prosecution. (11) Whoever bets or wagers any money, 
 
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 property, or other valuable thing upon the result of a primary 
 held under the provisions of this act, or bets or wagers money, 
 property or other thing of value upon the number of votes 
 which may be given to any person at a primary, or upon whom 
 shall receive the greatest number of votes at a primary, or 
 agrees to pay any other person any money, property or other 
 thing of value in event that a primary shall result in one way, 
 or in the event that any person shall or shall not be elected or 
 nominated at any primary, or shall receive a greater number 
 of votes than others, upon conviction thereof shall be fined in 
 a sum of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one 
 thousand dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail not ex- 
 ceeding one year, or both, in the discretion of the court. (12) 
 If any judge of a primary shall, without the proof required 
 in this act, permit a person to vote whose vote is challenged ; 
 or, second, shall knowingly and willfully permit a person to 
 testify as a witness contrary to the provisions of this act ; or, 
 third, shall knowingly permit a person to vote who is not 
 qualified; or, fourth, shall knowingly receive and count more 
 than one vote from the same person at the same primary for 
 the same office, except as allowed by law ; or, fifth, shall refuse 
 to receive the vote of a qualified elector at such primary who 
 shall make affidavit and proof as required by this act; or, 
 sixth, shall be guilty of any fraud, corruption, partiality or 
 manifest misbehavior; or, seventh, shall open or Unfold any 
 ticket when the same is presented to be deposited in the ballot 
 box; or, eighth, shall willfully neglect to perform any of the 
 duties required of him by this act, shall, on conviction thereof, 
 be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction 
 thereof shall be subject to a fine of not less than one hundred 
 dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, and imprisonment 
 in the county jail not less than thirty days nor more than six 
 months. (13) If any clerk of a primary shall willfully neglect 
 to perform any duty required of him as clerk of primary, or 
 shall be guilty of fraud, corruption, or misbehavior as such 
 clerk, he shall, upon conviction, be fined in a sum not less than 
 one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, and 
 imprisoned in the county jail not less than thirty days nor 
 more than six months. Sec. 3310, G. S. 1909. 
 
SAMPLE BLANK. 
 
 (General ticket.) 
 [To be used in all cases except in cities of the first or second class.] 
 
 PRIMARY NOMINATION PAPER. 
 
 I, the undersigned, a qualified elector of the precinct of the 
 
 township of , county of , and State of Kansas, and 
 
 a member of the party, hereby nominate , who resides 
 
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 candidate for the office of , to be voted for at the 
 
 (Here specify the office.) 
 
 primary to be held on the day of , 19.-.., as represent- 
 ing the principles of said party; and I further declare that I intend to 
 support the candidate herein named, and that I have not signed and will 
 not sign any petition or nomination papers for any other person for said 
 office at the next ensuing election. 
 
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 named at the top thereof; that he knows that they signed the same with 
 full knowledge of the contents thereof; and that their respective resi- 
 dences are correctly stated therein, and that each of said signers signed 
 said nomination paper on the date stated therein opposite his name, and 
 that affiant intends to support the candidate therein named. 
 
 Subscribed and Sworn to before me, this 
 
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 PRIMARY NOMINATION PAPER. 
 
 I, the undersigned, a qualified elector of the precinct of 
 
 the ward of the city of , county of , 
 
 and state of Kansas, and a member of the party, hereby 
 
 nominate , who resides in the township of 
 
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 the principles of said party; and I further declare that I intend to sup- 
 port the candidate herein named, and that I have not signed and will not 
 sign any petition or nomination papers for any other person for said 
 office at the next ensuing election. 
 
 
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 a qualified elector of the precinct of the ward 
 
 of the city of , county of , state of Kansas; 
 
 that to the best of his knowledge and belief all the signers upon the fore- 
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 thereof; that he knows that they signed the same with full knowledge of 
 the contents thereof; and that their respective residences are correctly 
 stated therein, and that each of said signers signed said nomination paper 
 on the date stated therein opposite his name, and that affiant intends to 
 support the candidate therein named. 
 
 Subscribed and Sworn to before me, this. 
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 I, the undersigned, a qualified elector of the state of Kansas, do hereby 
 
 petition the Hon , who resides in the township of 
 
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 I, the undersigned, a qualified elector of the judicial district 
 
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 in the township of (or, at No. on street, city of 
 
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 candidate for the office of Judge of the District Court of the 
 
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 election to be held on the first Tuesday in August, 19 , and I request 
 
 his candidacy for said office under the provisions of the non-partisan 
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 COUNTY CLERK'S NOTICE OF PRIMARY ELECTION. 
 
 STATE OF KANSAS, 1 
 
 f ss. 
 County, J 
 
 Office of County Clerk, 
 , 19. 
 
 To Whom it may Concern: 
 
 I, the undersigned, county clerk of county, Kansas, 
 
 having received a notice in writing from the secretary of state of the 
 state of Kansas, designating the offices for which candidates are to be 
 nominated at the primary to be held on the first Tuesday in August in 
 
 19 , do hereby certify, pursuant thereto, that each of the several 
 
 political parties of this state and county at said primary may nominate 
 one candidate to be voted for at the general election to be held in Novem- 
 ber of 19 , for each of the following offices: 
 
 (Here insert name of offices to be filled.) 
 
 Also — 
 
 Under the provisions of the non-partisan judiciary act. 
 
 Three candidates for justices of the supreme court. 
 
 One candidate for district judge of the judicial district. 
 
 Given under my hand and the seal of said county, at my office in the 
 
 city of '. , county of , state of Kansas, 
 
 this day of , 19 
 
 County Clerk. 
 
 Note. — This notice must be published once each week for three consecutive weeks in 
 the official county paper. 
 
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 NOTICE OF PRIMARY ELECTION. 
 
 STATE^OF KANSAS, 1 
 
 County, 
 
 ss. 
 
 To Whom it may Concern: 
 
 I, the undersigned, county clerk of the above-named county, have re- 
 ceived a certified list of candidates for the various nominations to be made 
 by each of the political parties of this state, and, in accordance with the 
 provisions of law, I hereby publish so much thereof as is applicable to this 
 county, and I have added thereto the names and addresses of the candi- 
 dates for nomination by the several political parties as the same appear on 
 file at my office. 
 
 The following candidates for nominations of the several parties, and 
 their post-office addresses, follow under their respective parties. 
 
 Party. 
 
 Name of office. 
 
 Name of candidate. 
 
 Residence of candidate. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 (And following with same for each party, naming candidates.) 
 
 Also — 
 
 Under the provisions of the non-partisan judiciary act. 
 
 Three candidates for justices of the supreme court. 
 
 One candidate for district judge of the judicial district. 
 
 Pursuant to the foregoing, I hereby give notice that a primary election 
 will be held on the day of , 19 , at which time candi- 
 dates from the above list may be nominated by the various political parties 
 of this state on their several tickets, and that the said primary election 
 will be held at the usual polling-places of this county, to wit: 
 
 (Names and numbers of precincts, and location.) 
 
 The hours of voting in all precincts in cities of the first class are from 
 six o'clock A. M. until six o'clock p. M. In all other voting places the polls 
 will be opened at eight o'clock A. M. and closed at six o'clock P. M. 
 
 Done at my office in the city of , county of , 
 
 Kansas, this day of , 19 
 
 County Clerk. 
 
 NoTE — This notice shall ho puhlished for three consecutive weeks in the official county 
 naper- and the clerk shall also mail copies forthwith to each township and city clerk ot tn< 
 county, who shall |»ost tin- same in at least three public places in each precinct m his town 
 ship or city. 
 
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 SHERIFF'S NOTICE OF PRIMARY ELECTION. 
 
 State of Kansas, County, ss. 
 
 Office of Sheriff [or City Clerk], 19—. 
 
 Notice is hereby given that a primary election will be held on the 
 
 day of , 19 , being the first Tuesday in said 
 
 month, at which time candidates for the following offices will be nom- 
 inated according to the provisions of law by each of the various political 
 parties of this state: 
 
 Ten presidential electors. 
 
 One candidate for governor. 
 
 One candidate for lieutenant-governor. 
 
 One candidate for secretary of state. 
 
 One candidate for state auditor. 
 
 One candidate for state treasurer. 
 
 One candidate for attorney-general. 
 
 One candidate for superintendent of public instruction. 
 
 One candidate for superintendent of insurance. 
 
 One candidate for state printer. 
 
 One candidate for United States senator. 
 
 One candidate for congressman for congressional district. 
 
 One candidate for state senator for senatorial district. 
 
 One candidate for representative for district. 
 
 One candidate for county clerk. 
 
 One candidate for county treasurer. 
 
 One candidate for register of deeds. 
 
 One candidate for county attorney. 
 
 One candidate for probate judge. 
 
 One candidate for sheriff. 
 
 One candidate for coroner. 
 
 One candidate for superintendent of public instruction. 
 
 One candidate for county surveyor. 
 
 One candidate for clerk of the district court. 
 
 One candidate for county assessor. 
 
 candidates for high-school trustees. 
 
 One candidate for county commissioner, district. 
 
 Two candidates for justices of the peace. 
 
 Two candidates for constables. 
 
 One candidate for township trustee. 
 
 One candidate for township clerk. 
 
 One candidate for township treasurer. 
 
 Each political party will also elect a precinct committeeman. 
 
 Also — 
 
 Under the provisions of the non-partisan judiciary act. 
 
 Three candidates for justices of the supreme court. 
 
 One candidate for district judge of the judicial district. 
 
 Votes of qualified electors of this county will be received at the follow- 
 ing precincts: 
 
 Names oe Numbers of Precincts. 
 
 Location. 
 
 Polls will be open from o'clock A. M. until o'clock p. M. 
 
 Sheriff [or City Clerk]. 
 
 Note A. — The time for opening and closing the polls is regulated by chapter 231, Ses- 
 sion Laws of 1903. (See sec. 10, House bill No. 18, Session Laws of 1908.) 
 
 Note B. — The list of candidates will vary at different elections and in different coun- 
 ties, and the notice should be varied accordingly. 
 
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 PRIMARY ELECTION RETURNS. 
 
 Votes Cast for Party Candidates. 
 
 Office. 
 
 Names of Candidates. 
 
 No. of Votes 
 Received. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 We, the undersigned, judges and clerks of the primary election held in 
 the , of , in the county of 
 
 ' (No. of precinct or ward.) (City or township. ) 
 
 and state of Kansas, on the day of A. D. 19 , do 
 
 hereby certify that the party candidates whose names appear 
 
 above received the number of votes cast as written opposite their names. 
 
 \ Clerks. 
 
 Judges. 
 
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 JUDICIAL BALLOT. 
 
 STATE OF KANSAS. 
 
 For Justices of the Supreme Court. 
 
 Vote for three. 
 
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SAMPLE BLANK. 
 JUDICIAL PRIMARY ELECTION RETURNS. 
 
 Votes cast for for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court, 
 
 state of Kansas. 
 
 Name of Candidate. 
 
 No. of votes received. 
 
 We, the undersigned, judges and clerks of the primary election for the 
 nomination of candidates for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court 
 of the state of Kansas, held in the , of , 
 
 (No. precinct or ward.) (City or township.) 
 
 in the county of and state of Kansas, on the day 
 
 of August, 19 , do hereby certify that the candidates whose names 
 
 appear above received the number of votes cast as written opposite their 
 names. 
 
 Clerks. 
 
 Judges. 
 
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 HAL PRIMARY ELECTION 
 
 Votes cast for ....for the 
 
 office «f Judge of the District Court 
 the state of Kansas. 
 
 of the judicial district of 
 
 Name op Candidate. 
 
 No. of votes received. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 We, the undersigned, judges and clerks of the primary election for the 
 nomination of candidates for the office of judge of the district court of the 
 
 judicial district of the state of Kansas held in the 
 
 of , in the county of 
 
 (No. precinct or ward.) (City or township.) 
 
 and state of Kansas, on the day of August, 19...., 
 
 do hereby certify that the candidates whose names appear above received 
 the number of votes cast as written opposite their names. 
 
 Clerks. 
 
 \ Judges. 
 
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