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Show CHANGES STATUTE ON PRIMARY ELECTIONS Provisions of the primary election law are to be extended to cities of the third class if the messure introduced by Senator Peters In the senate as hill No. 81 la approved by the legislature. .Senator Peters proposes to amend the law pertaining to municipal elections so as to have candidates for mayor, com missloner. auditor, city councllmen, city recorder or city treasurer, at least two weeks prior lo the primary, file with the city recorder a statement of such candidacy. It la also provided that In cities of the third class the two candidatra receiving re-ceiving the highest number of votes for mayor, the six candldstea receiving th highest number of votes for city councilman, coun-cilman, two, year term, and the two candidates receiving the highest .number .num-ber of votes for councilman, four-year term, and the two candidates receiving receiv-ing the highest number of votes for city recorder and for city treasurer, ahall be the candidates whose nsmes shall be placed on the ballot at the next succeeding municipal election. |