Canvass. Nomination petition, form of. Notice of election, etc. Ballot, form of. County clerk, duty of. The nominating ballots as herein provided for shall be counted, canvassed, and returned in the same manner as the names and petitions of the aspirants for the party nomination for the office of governor are now required to be marked, filed, counted, canvassed and returned. (720) SEC. 3. All nominating petitions shall be in the following form: We, the undersigned qualified voters of the party, of the city (or township) in the county of as a candidate of the ... party for the office of national committeeman to be voted for at the April primary election to be held on the to support Date of Signing day of April, and we further declare that we intend .. for the office of national Residence (721) SEC. 4. The secretary of state shall, immediately after the final date of filing petitions herein provided for, forward to the several county clerks of the state of Michigan notice that a primary election will be held in all the voting precincts in this state on the first Monday in April, nineteen hundred sixteen, and the same notice in each fourth year hereafter as herein provided for, together with a copy of the official ballot to be provided for at such election, which shall have printed thereon the names of all candidates for the office of national committeeman as ascertained by nominating petitions on file with him; said names to be alternated on said ballot in accordance with the provisions of the said primary election law. (722) SEC. 5. The official ballot shall be as follows: To vote for one (1) person whose name appears on the ballot mark an (x) in the square in front of one of the names of the persons for whom you wish to vote. To vote for a person whose name is not on the ballot, write his name in the blank space provided for. Vote only for one (1) person. JOHN JONES The color, size and form of ballot, except as herein provided, to be the same as required by the state primary election law. (723) SEC. 6. It shall be the duty of each county clerk upon the receipt of the list of candidates and notice of elec tion to cause the required number of election ballots for every voting precinct in the county to be printed, containing the names of candidates as certified to by the secretary of state. The ballots shall be numbered and one corner perforated in the same manner as is required for the numbering and perforating of ballots under the regular state primary election; and the expense of printing said ballots shall be borne by the state. tion. account. (724) SEC. 7. There is hereby appropriated out of any Appropriamoneys in the general fund of the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, a sufficient amount to pay the actual expenses of the printing of the ballots as herein provided for, as may be incurred by the several county clerks. Each county clerk Expense sball forward to the board of state auditors an itemized account, showing the total amount of the expense of printing the said primary ballots as provided for in this act, in his county, and when the same is audited and allowed by the board of state auditors, the amount thereof shall be forwarded to the several county clerks to be by them paid to the printers of said ballots. The auditor general shall add to and incorporate in the state tax for the year nineteen hundred sixteen, and each four years thereafter, such an amount as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section, which amount, when collected, shall be paid in to the general fund of the state treasury. party. (725) SEC. 8. The candidate receiving the highest num- Choice of ber of votes in the state at said election shall be declared to be the candidate and the choice of such political party for the office of national committeeman. Sec. 9 repeals all inconsistent acts or parts of acts. |