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Show PRIMARY ELECTION BILL IS INTROOUGED Would Change Method of Nominating Certain Candidates. The nomination of candidates for Judges by members of the bar and of candidates for superintendents of schools by educators edu-cators are features of a primary election bill presented In the house yesterday oy Keprtseiitauve P. K Ciirustensen of Salt Lake. These features make the bill different dif-ferent from any primary election law now in operation. In other respects the bfll follows closely the primary election law uf California, with portions taken from the primary laws or Oregon, Nevada and Wisconsin. The hill proves a primary election on the first Tuesday cfier the third .Monday in August of every year In which any election other than for members of the school hoard Is to he held. For oftlcers other than judges and school superintendents superin-tendents a percentage of the qualilWd voters of the district is required to secure for the candidate for nomination a place on tho primary ballot. Kach political party poilinn 1 per cent of the vote at the preceding election shall have a primary pri-mary ballot at the election. The candidate candi-date receiving the highest number of votes on the ticket of his political party shall be the nominee of his party for tho ofilce sought. Provision is made for statements of expenses ex-penses Incurred in the election to bo filed ill" teen days following the election-Nominations election-Nominations for state superintendent of schools aro to he made by th; filing of petitions containing from 10 to l. per cent of the signatures of the rr-gula rly qualified upervlaors and school teachers In the state. The names of I bona so nominated will be placed un the otnclal primary ballot, without party designation. Nominations for district and supreme court judges are to be made in a similar manner, the signatures being thost; of the practicing attorneys of the district or state. |