Show I Direct Utah Primary I Law Lav Looms t oms for fort 1936 Election I I Party candidates in Utah's gen gen- general gen gen- general general eral election two years hence henle e may maybe maybe maybe be chosen by the direct primary method The v was as revealed Thursday when Deputy Attorney General John D Rice submitted to State Senator Ward C Holbrook Democrat Davis Divis a draft of a propose proposed direct primary law requested by the sentor Senator Holbrook had previous prevIous- prevIously previously previously ly announced that if he approves of the form of the law he wIn will Introduce it iq lq the senate when the legislature com convenes enes in m January With Senators John E Booth Republican Utah county and George A Miller Democrat Car Car- Carbon Car Car- Carbon Carbon bon county Senator Holbrook has long supported the mo movement ement for direct primaries in Utah Popular sentiment in m fa favor faor or of this method of selecting candidates appears to have ha grown steadily dlly in m the state toI I ov 0 er a period of ears ears The drafting of the proposed law in m the attorney generals general's office is 15 the culmination of the move move- movement movement ment it was stated move move-I reeling Feeling against the current con con- convention convention con convention method revolves about the possibility of relatively ely small cliques being able to pack conven conven- conventions com conventions en- en permuting minorities to de- de defeat defeat de defeat feat the will of the majority o of the people The proposed lawas law was as said by Mr Rice to have been after Montana's direct prImary I measure m Under its terms primary candIdates would enter a candi- candi I dates for nomination l petitions I I Each Eich party v would have a separ separate ate te primary ballot bearing names of all an candidates followed by a platform or slogan containing no nomore nomore nomore more than 12 words The party nomination would go to the primary primary mary candidate receiving the larg largest largest largest est number of votes Laws of some states provide that if a n PIl- PIl pu mary i- i imam mary mam candidate should recel receive e 51 cent of all aU votes cast east on both ballots he be bo automatically elect elected ed cd without running in m a following general election The Montana law d does docs s not contain this ho however hoever ever The proposed law provides that only accredited party members may use the party arty name and that they may at the She saMe sane time use no other party name After nomina nomma- nominations nominations hons for the primaries arc closed the lists lusts of candidates are publish publish- published published ed in designated newspapers PUbliSh PUbliSh-j v |