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History.-Laws 1905, S. F. 42, sec. 8; in force July 1. 5811i. Rotation of names on ballots.

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The names of candidates for each office upon sample ballot shall be arranged alphabetically, according to surname and no name shall appear more than once on said ballot, as a candidate for nomination. The names of candidates under headings designating each official position shall be alternated on the ballots in the printing in the following manner: The form shall be set up with the names in the order in which they are placed upon the sample ballot prepared by the county clerk. In printing each set of tickets for the various election districts the positions of the names shall be changed in each office division as many times as there are candidates in the office division in which there are the most names. nearly as possible an equal number of tickets shall be printed after each change. In making the changes of position, the printer shall take the line of type at the head of each office division and place it at the bottom of that division, showing up the column, so that the name that was second before the change shall be first after the change. After the ballots are printed, before being cut, they shall be kept in separate piles, one pile for each change of position, and shall be piled by taking one from each pile and placing it upon the pile to be cut, the intention being that every other ballot in the pile of printed sheets shall have names in a different position. After the pile is made in this manner, then they may be cut, and placed in blocks as provided by the general election law. There shall be no printing on the back of the ballots, or any mark to distinguish them, but the signature of the judges or clerk.

History.-Laws 1905, S. F. 42, sec. 9; in force July 1.

5811. Place of holding primary elections.

The primary election snail be held in each election district at the place where the last election was held, or such other place as may be lawfully designated for the polling place for the election district, and shall be held at the place where the registration of voters occurs for the election next ensuing.

History.-Laws 1905, S. F. 42, sec. 10; in force July 1.

5811k. Expenses of primary-How paid.

All ballots, blanks and other supplies 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 or county as the case may be, in the same manner, with like effect, and by the same officers as in the case of elections. History.-Laws 1905, S. F. 42, sec. 11; in force July 1.

58111. Fraudulent voting-Penalty.

If at any primary election held as by this act provided, any person shall falsely personate and vote under the name of any other person, or shall intentionally vote without the right so to do, or shall wilfully or wrongfully obstruct or prevent others from voting who have the right so to do at such primary election, or shall fraudulently or wrongfully deposit in the ballot box or take therefrom, or who shall commit any other fraud or wrong tending to defeat the result of a primary election, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than one hundred (100) dollars nor more than five hundred (500) dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail not less than sixty (60) days nor more than one year, or both, in discretion of the court. History-Laws 1905, S. F. 42, sec. 12; in force July 1.

5811m. Fraudulent withdrawal or failure to file papers.

If any person shall offer to accept and receive, or shall accept and receive any money or valuable thing in consideration of his filing or agreeing to file, or not filing or agreeing not to file, nomination papers for himself as a candidate for nomination at any primary election; or if any person shall offer to accept or receive, or shall accept or receive, any money or valuable thing in consideration of such person withdrawing his name as a candidate for nomination at any such primary election, any such person shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than one hundred ($100) dollars, nor more than five hundred ($500) dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail not less than sixty (60) days nor more than one year, or both, in the discretion of the court.

History.-Laws 1905, S. F. 42, sec. 13; in force July 1.

5811n. Fraudulent acts punished under general law.

An act declared an offense by the general laws of this state concerning caucuses and elections shall also, in like cases, 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 caucuses and elections, except as herein otherwise provided, shall apply in such case with equal force and to the same extent as though fully set forth in this act.

History.-Laws 1905, S. F. 42, sec. 14; in force July 1.

58110. When polls open and close.

At all primary elections held under this act the polls shall be open in cities at eight (8) o'clock in the morning and close at nine (9) o'clock in the evening of the same day; in all other places from twelve (12) o'clock noon until nine (9) o'clock in the evening; but if the judges and clerks shall not attend at the hour of opening, or if it shall be necessary for the electors present to appoint judges or clerks or any of them, the polls may then be opened at any time before the time for closing them shall arrive as the case may require. If at the hour of closing there are any electors in the polling place, or in line at the door, desiring to vote, and who are qualified to register and participate therein, and have not been able to do so since appearing at the polling place, said polls shall be kept open reasonably long enough after the hour for closing to allow those present at that hour to register and vote. No one not present at the hour of closing shall be entitled to register and vote because the polls may not actually be closed when he arrives. History.-Laws 1305, S. F. 42, sec. 15; in force July 1.

5811p. County board provide ballot boxes.

The County Board shall provide a sufficient number of ballot boxes with a sufficient number of locks and keys, at the expense of the county, for the several precincts or districts within which the primary election is to be held. History-Laws 1905, S. F. 42, sec. 16; in force July 1.

5811q. Sections 5616-18 applicable to this act.

That section seventeen (17), eighteen (18) and nineteen (19) of chapter twenty-six (26) [5616-18] of the Compiled Statutes of Nebraska, for the year 1901, are hereby made applicable to primary elections held under this act. Provided, that in cities where a registration of voters is required by law, such clerk of the district court shall not appoint the judges and clerks of election in the several precincts therein, but the city authorities, in whom by law is vested the power to appoint the registrars, shall appoint two resident electors in each precinct to serve as clerks of said primary, one of whom shall be appointed from the party casting

the largest vote at the last general election in the state, and the other from the party casting the second largest vote at said election, and the registrars shall act as the judges at such primary election, but the said registrars shall not receive any additional compensation for such services as judges. History.-Laws 1905, S. F. 42, sec. 17; in force July 1.

5311r. Form of duplicate poll book.

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The County Clerk, previous to the opening of the polls, shall prepare duplicate poll books in the manner following: "Poll Book of a Primary Election held Precinct, Township or Ward, in County, on the .day of.. ...at which time, A. B. C. D. and E. F. were judges and G. H. and I. K. were clerks of said Primary Election, the following named persons, who at said primary election affiliated with the political party designated after their names, and voted thereat, to-wit:

We hereby certify that the above is a true list of the persons voting at the above named election and the name of the political party with which each affiliated at said primary election.

Attest.

A. B.

C. D.

E. F.

Judges of Election.

Said book shall also contain tally sheets and returns suitable for the purpose of such primary and similar to those required by the general election law. History.-Laws 1905, S. F. 42, sec. 18; in force July 1.

5811s. Manner of voting challenged.

Any person desiring to vote at any primary election held under the provisions of this act, shall be entitled to participate in such primary election upon presenting himself at the polling place where he is entitled to vote; but he shall not be entitled to receive a primary ballot or be entitled to vote at such primary election until he shall have first stated to the judges of said primary election what political party he affiliates with and whose candidates he supported at the last election, and whose candidates generally he intends to support at the next election, provided. that a first voter shall not be required to state his past political affiliations. In cities wherein registration is by law required, no voter shall receive a primary ballot or be entitled to vote until he shall have first been duly registered as a voter, then and there in the manner provided by law. Provided, that in cities where registration is by law required, no elector shall be permitted to vote the ballot of any party except that which he was registered at the last general registration as affiliating with, unless he be a first voter or shall have moved into the precinct since the last preceding day of registration. For the purpose of providing a system of registration of party affiliation, it shall be the duty of the mayor and city council of each city wherein registration is required, to provide in the registration books used for the purpose of registering persons who are qualified to vote at the next general election, space for the registration of all persons who may desire to

participate in any primary election. Such space shall be provided in said registration books, immediately following the last perpendicular ruled column in such books and shall be headed as follows: "Party Affiliation." It shall be the duty of the supervisors of such regular state registration to ask each person who applies to be registered the question, "What political party do you desire to affiliate with?" And the name of the political party given by such party so applying to be registered shall be recorded in the column provided in such registration books for that purpose. In case any party applying does not desire to state his party affiliation, he shall not be required to do so, nor shall his failure so to do act as a bar to his registration for the purpose of voting at any election other than a primary election, but shall debar him from voting at any primary election. If the right of such person to vote be not challenged one of the judges of said primary election shall then hand him a ballot of the political party which he affiliates with, which said ballot shall be endorsed with the signature of two of the judges upon the back at the bottom edge. If the right of such person to vote be challenged, one of the judges of said election shall then propound to such person the questions provided for in Section twenty-nine (29) of Chapter Twenty-six (26) of the compiled Statutes of Nebraska, for the year 1901, [5628] and required by said section to be propounded to a voter at a general election when challenged, and in addition thereto the judge shall propound the following questions: First-What political party do you affiliate with? Second-Did you support the candidates of such political party at the last election? (If such person be a first yoter this question shall not be propounded to him). Third-Do you intend to support a majority of the candidates of such political party at the next election? If the challenge be not then determined in favor of such person by the judges of said primary election and be not withdrawn, he shall not be allowed to vote until he shall have taken the following oath: "You do solemnly swear (or affirm) that you are a citizen of the United States or have declared your intention to become such, that you have been an inhabitant of the State of Nebraska for the last six months, and of the county of .... .. for the last forty days, and of this precinct for the last ten days; that you have attained the age of twenty-one years, to the best of your knowledge; that politically you affiliated with the .. party, and that you supported the candidates of such political party at the last election, and intend to support the candidates of such political party at the next election." It shall be the duty of the clerks of said primary election to write at the end of such person's name "sworn"; said voter shall then be allowed to vote the ticket of the party which he affiliates with. A judge of such primary election shall instruct the voter that he is to vote for his choice for each office using only the ballot of the party with which he affiliates, and that he must return the ballot with the edges folded upon which are the signature of the judges uppermost. That upon any person entitled to vote at any primary election stating the name of the political party with which he affiliates, the clerks of said primary election shall thereupon, after the name of the person voting, write the name of such political party in the column of the poll book prepared for that purpose.

History.-Laws 1905, S. F. 42, sec. 19; in force July 1.

5811t. Clerk prepare lists for political party.

The city clerk of each city wherein a registration of voters is required by law, shall immediately after each registration day, compile an alphabetical list of the voters of each of the political parties in each precinct in such city, and within five days after each day of registration he shall furnish to the chairman or secretary of each political committee of his city and county, a certified copy of such list. and shall also keep the same accessible to public inspection. He shall also, on