Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 edition. Excerpt: ... APPENDIX A In this appendix the laws of New York, Illinois, Florida, Wyoming, and parts of the Iowa and Wisconsin laws are printed. The New York law is the best representative of the legally regulated convention system. The Illinois law is a fair type of the legally protected direct primary system. The Florida law typifies the southern acts, which generally rest largely in the discretion of the party managers. The Wyoming law shows the old type of a rudimentary and wholly incomplete regulation of the primary process. The extract from the Iowa law authorizing the commission system of government shows the sections essential to an explanation of the non-partisan primary. The chapter of the Wisconsin law, here reprinted, shows the combination of the system of nomination by petition only with the optional non-partisan primary. The Illinois law, showing a slate-wide, mandatory, direct primary measure. Si. What candidates nominated; com-7. Powers and duties of com mittees. mitteemen; exemptions; proviso. 2. Political party denned. 8. Easting party committees recognized. c ' n-M-1 1. 810. Convention dates; organization; 3. Party vote; how determined. delegates; call, etc. 4. Words and phrases; how con-a) County conventions. strued. b) Senatorial conventions. 85. Polling places. CJ Congressional conventions. 6. Dates of primaries; hours. g Fu'nrtfomrf'conventions. 7. Voter's leave of absence. f) Calls for convention; filing; 8. Committees; central or managing. form. 9. Committees; composition; or-gn. Representatives in General As ganization; powers, etc. sembly; number; how voted 1. State central committee. for. I CotfcSSafSSmittee. %% " " " 4. Senatorial committee...."
