householder for two years immediately preceding the day of election. If no person qualified to act will consent to serve as inspector or judge or if there be no person residing in the precinct qualified to act as inspector or judge by reason of the fact that he has not been a resident householder within the precinct for two years, or a freeholder and householder for the year next preceding the election, then any qualified voter of the predinct may be appointed. (Sec. 336.)

Neither an inspector nor judge can have anything bet or wagered on the election, or be a father, father-in-law, son, son-in-law, grandfather, grandson, brother, brother-in-law, uncle, nephew, or first or second cousin of any candidate at the election.

The poll clerks and the sheriffs must each be qualified voters of the precinct.

How Appointed.

Inspectors, Judges and Clerks are appointed as follows:

The party casting the highest number of votes in the county for Secretary of State at the preceding general election shall name the inspector;

The party participating in the primary and casting the next highest vote in the county for Secretary of State, names one of the judges, and so on. (Sec. 334.) To illustrate:

In Randolph County in 1914, the Republican party cast 2,618 votes for Secretary of State, the Democratic party 1,979, and the Progressive party 1,757 votes, so that, in such county, in each precinct, the Republicans will name the inspector, the Democrats one judge, the Progressives one judge, the Republicans one clerk and the Democrats one clerk.

The County Chairmen of each political party shall nominate the precinct election officers to which such party is entitled. Such nomination should be made in writing, and delivered to the Board of Primary Election Commissioners at least five (5) days before the holding of such primary. Any vacancy in a precinct primary board, occurring prior to the date of the primary should be filled by the County Chairman of the political party originally nominating such election officer. This should be done by a certificate in writing, signed by such chairman, and delivered to the Board of Primary Election Commissioners.

In the event any county chairman who is entitled to nominate any primary election officer fails to do so, or in case of vacancy

fails to nominate an officer to fill such vacancy, the Board of Primary Election Commissioners shall name such precinct. election officer from the members duly qualified to serve of the party whose chairman would have been entitled to make such nomination.

The sheriffs are to be chosen one each upon the written nomination of the County Chairman of each of the two parties that cast the largest number of votes in the state at the last general election, to wit, the Democratic and Republican parties. They are appointed by the sheriff of the county upon such written nominations.

The several Township Trustees, who are by virtue of their offices, inspectors at the general election in the precincts in which they reside, are not election inspectors in their precincts under the primary law, but such inspectors are to be selected in the manner provided by the primary law as herein before stated.

PAY OF ELECTION OFFICERS.

Each Inspector, Judge, Clerk and Sheriff of the primary election shall be allowed and paid Three ($3.00) Dollars a day for each day's service while attending such election and performing the duties of his office. (Sec. 349.)

PART III.

ELECTION PRECINCTS-VOTING PLACES.

Election precincts for primary elections are to be the same as for general elections.

The general election law provides that voting precincts for the general election may be changed, divided or consolidated by the County Commissioners not later than the March session of the Commissioners in any year in which a general election occurs.

A number of counties of the state have been divided into voting precincts larger than usual with a view to the use of voting machines. It is within the power of the County Commissioners to change these precincts, if they so desire, but if no such change is made in accordance with the law, then the voting at the primary must be in the precincts as now divided.

Any change in the boundaries of voting precincts would involve heavy expense, and if made within a short time before the primary would result in great confusion. It is recommended that unless such changes shall have been made at least sixty days before the primary that they be not made, and that the proper officers provide additional voting booths and supplies sufficient to accommodate the voters of precincts containing such large numbers of voters. (Sec. 348.)

VOTING PLACES.

It is important that voters be informed as to the location of precinct voting places early.

It is the duty of the County Commissioners, preceding a primary before a general election, and the City Council, in case of a city primary, to arrange for voting places in the several primary precincts, and to give notice ten days before the date of such primary of such voting places by two (2) publications in one paper of each of the two leading parties of the county or city. This publication shall be made for two (2) consecutive weeks prior to the primary. If there are no newspapers in the county representing the two leading political parties of the county, the County Chairman of each of the two leading parties (which is to be determined by the highest number of votes cast for Secretary of State in such county at the preceding general election) shall each designate a paper in which the notice shall be printed.

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It is the duty of the Township Trustee of each township at as early a date as possible to post notices designating the location of the polling places in the several precincts of his township in at least (3) three public places in his township.

Changes in polling places selected should not be made unless absolutely necessary. If it should become necessary to change any voting place after such notice has been given, then a like publication of such change shall be made, but no change shall be made within two (2) days before holding a primary, and in the event a change is made less than two (2) weeks prior to the primary, the two publications shall be made at the earliest possible dates.

All publications made under the provisions of the primary law may be made either in daily or weekly papers. (Sec. 348.)

PART IV.

DUTY OF PRIMARY COMMISSIONERS TO DISTRICT COUNTY FOR ELECTION OF DELEGATES TO

STATE CONVENTIONS.

The primary law provides that delegates to the State Conventions of the parties subject to the law are to be elected at the primary.

It is the duty of the Board of Primary Election Commissioners of each county, at as early a date as possible, to divide the county into as many different sets of districts for the purpose of apportioning delegates to the State Conventions as there are parties participating in the primary, one set of districts for each party so participating.

Each political party is entitled in each county to one delegate for each two hundred votes, and one for each fraction of two hundred votes (provided such fraction amounts to one hundred or more votes) cast in such county by such party for the candidate on such party's State ticket in the last preceding general election who received in the State the highest vote; Provided, however, that each party shall be entitled to at least one delegate from each county. (Sec. 361.)

The Board of Primary Election Commissioners should make the apportionment for delegates for each party as equitably as possible among the wards and townships of the county so as to give each party voter representation. In most counties it will be found impracticable, if not impossible, to apportion the delegates among the precincts, and that the apportionment must be made by wards and townships. One or more wards and one or more townships may be joined together in one delegate district.

In townships containing the smaller cities and towns, both precincts and wards may be disregarded in districting for delegates, and the township in which such city or town is situated may be made a delegate district.