1915 private laws – Ch.64 Sec.8

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CHAPTER 64 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH AND REGULATE PRIMARY ELECTIONS IN THE CITY OF NEW BERN. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

The primary ballot of each political party for each precinct shall be arranged and printed substantially in the manner following: At the top of the ballot shall be printed in large capital letters words designating the ballot; if a Democratic ballot, the designating words shall be Democratic Primary Ballot: if a Republican ballot, the designating words shall be Republican Primary Ballot; and in like manner for each political party. After the designating words shall be printed directions to the voters. The names of all candidates for all the offices voted for by each political party participating in such primary in each precinct shall be on one ballot. The name of each office to be filled shall be printed in capital letters and in the following order, towit: mayor, aldermen, chief of police, city clerk, tax collector. Below the name of each office shall be printed in small letters the directions to the voters: Vote for #NAME? Vote for two, or a spelled number designating how many persons under that head are to be voted for. And below the name of each office shall be printed in capital letters the names of all candidates (arranged in the order in which their declarations for nomination were filed) for the nomination to said office which are entitled to be placed upon the respective primary ballots. The names of all candidates upon the primary ballot shall be printed in type of uniform size and the names shall be printed in column. Immediately opposite 4 and in front of the name of each candidate shall be printed a square, and all the squares upon the primary ballot shall be of uniform size. Spaces between. the names of candidates under each office shall be uniform, and sufficient spaces shall separate the names of candidates for one office from the names of the candidates for another office.

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