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Show - - UTAH'S UTAHS ' NEW DIRECT PRIMARY LA LAFollowine LAW LAWFollowing , ' ' the new nerect d1 d1red d drect i Followine FoUowmg Following I is tlit thL tha first of a series erles of artlcjcs articles explaininr e1'plaJllJDg e1plaJllJDg explaining ' , . articles will appear in irimes ] TT The TheTunes TI TITimes red rect primary elechonlaw election law of o ( the state These of the pronsiorthe proVISions of ofthe t tthe Tunes Times Independent in order to inform the theotcrs toters \otcrs otcrs voters \ . thorourh thorough und understzndinc undrrstanding rshndlDg of olnew thenew tb tbnew the the measure so that they may acquire a , . i be belug being similir slDuhr similar stepsing steps hne lme line with mth new 1m his hl This series SCTlCS is 15 beinc bemg being carried carTlcd on in 111 us , . the state members of the tile ( lie Utah UtahState Uta UtaStates lStates ? - lug ing ' taken by other othereekly weekly \\eekly eekly \ newspipcrs newsp\pcrs newsp pcrs newsp ' \ ipers of State States Press AssociationPassed Association Assoclal.1on Assoclal1on AssociationPassed . 1937 and becoming becommg effectIve effectiveMay onMay of ofMay on Passed on ' Mirch l'ihrch lihrch March 4 , Utah's Utahs ' , new dnect duect primal prImazy primaey y eltion elec- elec elechon election ' - May 11 of the same year , . hon tion lav lan la ' , , a meisure me\sure me sure measure ' \ which wh1ch extends gicater gleater greater political pohtlcal flee ftdom " ' . dom to the people of the state in m that it affords them the the9pportumt3 topportunity I IapportumtJ apportumtJ 9pportumt3 of determining determmipg detel1ll1 lng , by direct ballot who their noinees nom nominees m , I Imees mees inees will be for all aU elective public pubIlc offices , will be operative operativeI operativecor operativefor operat : ? , - , I for cor the first flrst time tune tine , this fall faU fallThe faUThe fallThe The initial Hubal primary election will be held on Tuesday Tuesd ; iy , , I ISeptem'bel I Septem'bel Septembel September . ' ' 13 At that time bme the voters will pare the fIeld fIelddown fielddown fidown ( M down to two candidates m 1,11 111 in , each party on the ballot for eaelective each eachelective eachelective L"1 L1 " elective office to be filled fdled felled This TIlls will hold true unless a can- can candIdate candidate cadidate - dIdate for any office nomination nommatlOn receives rece1Ves more than fIfty fIftyper fiftyper fifper per cent of the votes cast by his party for that office officeThis offIceThIs officeThis This first election electron is officially known as thelire the lire "regular regular "regularprimary "reguliprimary reguliprimary " gular gularpnmarJ " ' pnmarJ primary election ' and is to be held on the second Tuesdsin Tuesday Tuesdaym Tuesdayin m in September At that election electron all aU candidates of all politicparties pohbcaI pohtrcal pohbcaIparties pohtrcalparties aj parties are voted on for nomination nommatlOn The second prImary prImaryelection primaryelectron primalelection y election electron known officially as the "run run " off , " will WIn be held othe 'On On 'Onthe onI onthe ' I the 4th Tuesday Tue"day Tueday " of September , this falling fallmg on the 27th thl this th : 3 > ) eai eat ear At thei therun the ' i ' run off ' final fmal selections of parti partJ parts candIdates candIdateswdl candidateswill candidatewill 3 wdl will be made through use of the secret ballot , those receni receive recelv- recelv receiv- receiv recelvmg r- r r1 - e , ing mg the high vote to be his or her party nominee nommee , or candl- candl candi- candi - candlI candidate cand ; 1- 1 - I 'date date ' date I 'dateBoth dateBoth will wlll be held on the same ar ar- ar arrangement - Both primary prlmarJ elections elecbons ar-j ar j arjlangement ,1 1 , as the genera'election generaelection general generalelectIOn \ ' tangement langement rangement electIOn electron is conductedc conducted so far as asthe voting votmg the thenonly the nonly only is concerned difference , , being bbeing that the theI theoter theelectron th\oter th oter c , , cannot cannotvote cannotrote " he she cannorote cast ' straight ballot , that is 'IS ' or \oter oter c \ oter must a of- of offlces offices offaces for different - different parties of ofI I ( vote rote for candidates I necessaril necessarIly necessarIlyconfmed necessarilyconfined ; Their votes in III 1n the primary elections elecuQns are flces fices that th.voter thvoter the thevoter thevoter . balloting baIlotmg That means confined confmed to straight party Democrat or So SoclalIst Sociahst Soeialist voter must cast a straight Republican Repubhcan , clalIst ciahst ballot ( or for any other party which has offIcIal offIcIalratmg officialrating officiarating ratmg rating ' ' and is 1S so recognized by appearance 071 0)1 01 ode ) the ballot ) Under this new arrangement the old convention systemis systenis systemIS system done attay a"ay aay away " with entirely so far as selection , of candidate candIdates candIdatesfor ; IS for public office is concerned the plan being bemg to ex extend nd t tthe to tothe tothe < the people the po po'w pow pon ' ' er to make their selections by secret bal- bal - ballot ballot ballot - lot under circumstances " where "here here they are free from any domlnatrng dommating dom- dom dommatmg - ' matmg lnatrng influence , It is the he method used for nominatm nommatmg nominating nominatingzandrdates ; : zandidates andldates zandrdates in m almost every othci othe1 other state in m the nationThe natIonThe nation nationThe The la\\ la laspecifies la ' \ \ specifies that any elector , or % loter voter oter , who is a amembel amember imembel membel member of a pol polItIcal ical party and who has affiliated afflhated witand wIth wIthand withand ] and supported the nominees nonunees of the political pohtIcal partyat party at whose whosehands whosehands whosibands hands he seeks the nomination pOllmatIon shall have his name printed pnnt- pnnt print- print pnnted printed - ed on the of official 1Clal ballot baIlot of his party for any office to whiche WhICh WhIChhe whichhe ] he is elrg eligible ebgible : ble many in any primary pl1mary election electron upon filing flhng with the theproper theproper thiproper proper officer , within Wlthm the time provided by law , , a nomination nomma- nomma nomina- nomina - nommatlOn nomination - tlOn tion petition or ap an , acceptance of nomination nommatIon nommatIonAny nominationAny nominationAny Any candidate filing a nomination nommatlon paper or acceptancias acceptanceas acceptance as provided in m the law shall pa paJ pas ; to the filing fllmg officer a fe fefor fee feefor feefor < for such such filing flhng , the fee to be paid being bemg in m the amount amountf amountif amount3f if ) f one fourth of one 'One ' per cent of the total salary for the full fullterm fullterm fulterm term legally or customarily paid by such office to the per- per peron person per . - . , , _ . . _ _ . . * hnmino " tho - T < Vi- Vi Vi.i , ? .i i r i the s-i-ma s i ma - - ? sfWl The son : > on boldmg holding same m'lnImum mlnImum minimum ' fIlmg filing fee , ho\\ ho hoever ho \ ' ever everWIll ' , WIll not , be less than fIVe dollars e\.cept e.cept e .cept cept e\cept \ . flhngs filings flhngsfor for for all 'Pre Pre preernct ' I 1 cmct ernct cinet offIces oinces and for the position positron of voting votmg precinct precmct cornmitteemen com corn commItteemen cornmitteemen mItteemen the amount m in the latter case being bemg one uOl\r uOl r uoi'ir uoiir uoi0 ' ' \ |
