Registration paid. judges and clerks of elections shall be certified by the chief deputy and clerk to the auditor of such county, who shall issue his warrants upon the county treasury for the amounts so certified. (R. S. Sec. 2926t.) SECTION 4946. The additional compensation of memexpenses; how bers of the board of deputy state supervisors and of its clerk in such city hereinbefore specified, the lawful compensation of all registrars of electors in such city, the necessary cost of the registers, books, blanks, forms, stationery and supplies provided by the board for the purposes herein authorized, including poll books for special elections, and the cost of the rent, furnishing and supplies for rooms hired by the board for its offices and as places for registration of electors and the holding of elections in such city shall be paid by such city from its general fund. Such expense shall be paid by the treasurer of such city upon vouchers of the board, certified by its chief deputy and clerk and the warrant of the city auditor. Each such voucher shall specify the actual services rendered, the items of supplies furnished and the price or rates charged in detail. (103 v. 545.) Council of other cities and villages may provide for registration. REGISTRATION UPON ACTION OF COUNCIL. SECTION 4947. The council of any city or village in which registration is not now required by law may provide for a general registration of electors in the several wards or precincts thereof in the manner and at all times and on the days provided by law for registration in cities which have quadrennial registration. When the council so provides, no person shall have acquired a legal residence in any ward or election precinct in such city or village for the purpose of voting therein at any general or special election, nor shall he be permitted to vote at any election therein unless he shall have caused himself to be registered as an elector in such ward or precinct in the manner and at the time required by law in cities which have quadrennial registration. (98 v. 270 § 1.) NOTE: The compensation of judges and clerks in cities which have provided for registration is governed by section 4944, the latter not being made applicable to villages. Atty. Gen. 11-18-08. In cities having population in excess of 11,800, the council has no authority relating to registration. Atty. Gen. 8-4-09. Although a village pcssess an ordinance for registration, such registration can not be had for the first time until the presidential year. CHAPTER 6. PRIMARY ELECTIONS. Time of holding primaries for state, district county candidates; time of holding primaries for township and municipal candidates; nomination of U. S. senator. 4919. 4950. 4951. 4964. 4952. How candidates for public offices shall Provisions for nomination of candidates 4952-1. Candidates for district offices shall be 4953. 4954. 4955. Election of delegates and alternates to 4969. How primary for special election called. Powers and duties of boards of deputy state supervisors. Nominations-how made and when and where filed; two per cent. of party vote. 4969-1. Nomination of candidates where district situated in more than one county; returns in such cases. 4956. 4957. 4985. 4958. When county central committee may 4986. 4987. 1960. State central committee; district com- 4961. 4962. Time for organization of committees. 4988. 4989. 4990. 4991. Challengers and witnesses. Who may vote; causes of challenge. Vote rejected, when. Canvass of vote. Canvass of vote and certifying result by deputy state supervisors. Names of nominees must be placed upon ballot. Certificates of election to delegates and alternates. Letificates of election to members of committee; list of committeemen filed in office of state supervisor. How result determined in case of tie vote. Vacancies, how filled. Compensation of election officers. Expenses, how apportioned and paid. 4991-1. Party platform, when and by whom framed. SECTION 4948. Unless inconsistent with the context, How certain the words and phrases in this chapter shall be construed words and as follows: The word "primary", the primary election provided for in this chapter, to nominate candidates to be voted for at the ensuing election. The words "November election", the election held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, in any year. The words "general election", the November election in the years when state and county officers are to be elected. 83 phrases How candi dates for pub be nominated. 1 lic offices shall Provisions for candidates by petition not repealed. The word "precinct", a district established by authority of law within which all qualified electors vote at one polling place. The word "district", any election district, circuit or other subdivision of the state comprising more than one county or part of county within which an officer or officers are to be elected. (99 v. 214 § 1.) NOTE: The nomination of party candidates for public office concerns the public welfare and the legislature in the exercise of the police power may make reasonable regulations therefor. State ex. rel, Webber v. Felton, 77 O. S. 554. SEC. 4949. Candidates for member of the senate and house of representatives in the congress of the United States and for all elective state, district, county and municipal offices, delegates and alternates to national and state conventions and members of the controlling committees of all voluntary political parties or associations in this state which at the next preceding general election polled for its candidate for governor in the state or any district, county or subdivision thereof, or municipality, at least ten per cen of the entire vote cast therein for governor, shall be nominated or selected in such state, district, subdivision or municipality, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, and persons not so nominated shall not be considered candidates and their names shall not be printed on the official ballots, nor shall delegates or alternates to such conventions, or party controlling committees whose members have. not been so selected, be recognized by any board or officer. (104 v. 9.) NOTE:--All political parties in any political division named in this section, which, at the last general election cast ten per cent. or more of the entire vote in that political division must make their nominations according to this primary election law. Atty Gen. 3-24-1909. The primary election law contains no provision for notice to be given to electors, either of the holding of county primaries, or of primaries to nominate candidates for township or municipal officers or members of the school board. Atty. Gen. 7-26-1909. If in any political division a political party has cast more than ten per cent. of the votes cast in such subdivision then its nominations within and for such subdivision must be made under the provisions of the compulsory primary law. The duty of a political party under said primary law is determined by its vote in the political subdivisions. Atty. Gen. 4-28-1910. SECTION 4950. Nothing in this chapter shall repeal nomination of the provisions of law relating to the nomination of candidates for office by petition, and no elector shall be disqualified from signing a petition for such nomination of candidates for office by petition, because such elector voted at a primary provided for herein to nominate candidates to be voted for at the same election or because such elector signed nomination papers for such primary. (103 v. 476.) These provi sions shall not apply to elective offices of townships and municipalities having a pop ulation less than 2,000, SECTION 4951. The provisions of this chapter shall not extend nor be applicable to the nomination of candidates for township offices or for the elective offices of any municipality which has less than two thousand population as ascertained by the federal census next preceding such nomi nations unless the voters of such township or municipality shall so petition the board of deputy state supervisors of elections, which petition shall be filed at least ninety days before the regular date for holding the primary to nominate the officers mentioned in this section and shall be signed by qualified electors of such township or municipality equalling in number at least a majority of votes cast in such township or municipality at the last general election therein. In the event that such petition is filed then all nominations of party candidates in such township or municipality shall be made as in this chapter provided. (103 v. 476.) Exception. Candidates for state offices senator and United States congressmanat-large nominated by direct vote. Two per cent. tions. SEC. 4952. Candidates for state offices, United States senator and congressman-at-large shall be nominated by direct vote of the people in the manner following. Each person so desiring to become a candidate for an office above enumerated shall file with the state supervisor of elections a petition signed by the electors of the state who are members of the political party to which such candidate belongs, not less in number than two per cent of the vote cast in the state for the candidate for governor of such party at the last general election. Such petitions shall be prepared and filed with the state supervisor of elections in the following nanner. All petitions signed in any county of the state Filing peti'shall be filed with the board of deputy state supervisors of elections of such county prior to the sixtieth day before the date of the primary election and shall remain open to public inspection in the office of such board for a period of five days immediately prior to the fifty-fifth day before such primary, during which time objections may be filed thereto Filing objecand the same heard by such board, which shall on or before the fiftieth day before such primary transmit such petitions and objections, if any, to the state supervisor of elections together with a copy of its findings on such objections, if any, and a certificate stating the number of bona fide electors of such county whose names appear attached thereto. (104 v. 9.) SECTION 4952-1. Candidates for district offices, where such district includes more than one county, which shall include all candidates for member of the house of representatives in the congress of the United States, other than congressman at large, shall be nominated by the direct vote of the people in the manner following. Each person so desiring to become a candidate for election to such district office in this state shall, not less than sixty days before the date of the primary election fixed by law to be held in the even numbered years, file with the chief deputy state supervisor of the most populous county of the district, according to the federal census last preceding such primary, a petition therefor signed by electors of the district who are members of the political party to which such candidate belongs not less in number than two per cent. of the vote cast in said district for the candidate for governor of such party at the tions. Candidates for district offices nated by shall be nomi direct vote. How person may become a candidate. last general election preceding such primary. Not less than Chief deputy forty days before such primary said chief deputy state state supervisor shall certify all nominations to boards of deputy state supervisors. Nomination of candidates for presidential elector by delegate state convention. ing convention and apportionment of delegates. supervisors shall certify all nominations so filed to the boards of deputy state supervisors of each county in such district who shall enter the names so certified on the proper ballots to be used at the primary. Such boards of deputy state supervisors shall certify the results of the primary election on such candidates to such chief deputy state supervisor in the manner provided under the general election laws. Not less than forty days before the November election such chief deputy state supervisor of elections shall certify all such nominations so made to the boards of deputy state supervisors of the counties comprising the district who shall cause the same to be printed on the proper tickets as provided by law. (103 v. 478.) SECTION 4953. Candidates for presidential elector shall be nominated by delegate state conventions, the delegates to which shall be chosen at a primary election which shall be held on the last Tuesday in April, 1916, and simiTime of hold larly every fourth year thereafter. The state committee of each political party shall determine the time and place for holding the state convention of such party and shall apportion the delegates and alternates throughout the state in proportion to its party vote for governor cast in the several counties at the last preceding general election. Each state committee shall also by resolution determine the ratio of representation in such state convention. In addition to nominating candidates for presidential elector such state convention shall formulate the state party platform for that year. (103 v. 478.) Party platform. Election of delegates and alternates to rational convention shall be by direct vote. Statement of candidate as to choice for president. SECTION 4954. At the primary election which shall be held on the last Tuesday in April in the year 1916 and similarly in every fourth year thereafter delegates and alternates at large to the national conventions of the different political parties shall be chosen by direct vote of the electors in the manner prescribed in this chapter for the nomination of candidates for state offices, and candidates for election as delegates and alternates to such conventions from districts within the state shall be chosen by direct vote of the electors in the manner prescribed in this chapter for the nomination of candidates for district offices. Each person seeking to be elected as delegate or alternate to such national convention shall file with his nominating petition a statement in writing signed by him in which he shall state his first and second choice for nomination as candidate of his party for the presidency of the United States and the state supervisor of elections shall not permit any nominating petition of a candidate for election as such delegate or alternate to be filed unless accompanied by such statement in writing providing always, however, that the name of no candidate for the presidency shall be so used without his written consent. The name of such first and second choice for nomination as candidate for the presidency of each can |