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Direct Primary Legislation in 1930–311

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2013

Louise Overacker
Louise Overacker
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Wellesley College
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American Political Science Review , Volume 26 , Issue 2 , April 1932 , pp. 294 - 300
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 1932

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References

2 General Laws of Idaho, 1919, p. 372Google Scholar.

3 General Laws of Idaho, 1931, ch. 18, sec. 1, p. 30Google Scholar.

4 Ibid., sec. 2, p. 31.

5 Ibid., sec. 3, p. 31.

6 Ibid., sees. 5-8, pp. 31-34.

7 Ibid., sec. 11, p. 35.

8 Ibid., sec. 11, p. 37, and ch. 220, p. 426.

9 Ibid., ch. 18, sec. 31, p. 43.

10 Ibid., sees. 24-27, pp. 41-42.

11 Ibid., secs. 18-19, pp. 38-39.

12 General Acts of Alabama, 1931, No. 56, pp. 73–96Google Scholar.

13 Ibid., sec. 9, p. 76.

14 Ibid., sec. 11, p. 76.

15 Ibid., sec. 16, pp. 78-79.

16 Ibid., sec. 14, p. 78; sec. 29, p. 84.

17 See Overacker, , The Presidential Primary, p. 62Google Scholar, for instances.

18 Public Acts of Michigan, 1931, No. 113, p. 179Google Scholar; No. 200, p. 330.

19 These states, in the order in which the primaries are to be held in 1932, are as follows: New Hampshire, North Dakota, New York, Wisconsin, Illinois, Nebraska, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, California, South Dakota, Maryland, Ohio, New Jersey, Oregon, and West Virginia. Since 1928, Indiana as well as Michigan has repealed its presidential primary law.

20 Laws of Mississippi, 1930, ch. 277, p. 582Google Scholar.

21 Acts of New Jersey, 1930, ch. 187, p. 671Google Scholar.

22 Legislative Acts of Ohio, vol. 114 (1931), pp. 679–714Google Scholar.

23 Acts of Virginia, 1930, ch. 137, p. 350Google Scholar.

24 Public Laws of North Carolina, 1931, ch. 16, p. 19Google Scholar; ch. 93, p. 123; ch. 108, p. 140; ch. 190, p. 246; ch. 203, p. 259; and ch. 450, p. 762.

25 Laws of Minnesota, 1931, ch. 2, p. 8Google Scholar; Laws of New York, ch. 721, p. 1578; Acts of South Carolina, 1930, No. 735, p. 1252Google Scholar.

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31 Ibid., Act approved July 7, 1931, sec. 4, p. 550.

32 Ibid., sec. 5, p. 551.

33 General Laws of Idaho, 1931, ch. 18, sec. 3, p. 31Google Scholar. The date is changed from the first Tuesday in August to the fourth Tuesday in May.

34 Acts of New Jersey, 1930, ch. 187, Art. XXII, par. 305, sec. 40. Formerly the date was the third Tuesday in June in non-presidential years.

35 Session Laws of Oklahoma, 1931, ch. 29, Art. in, sec. 3, p. 94Google Scholar.

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38 Laws of North Dakota, 1931, ch. 138, p. 221Google Scholar. Party enrollment was provided for in 1911.

39 Acts of New Jersey, 1930, eh. 187, Art. xxn, par. 310, sec. 45, p. 671Google Scholar.

40 Session Laws of Colorado, 1931, ch. 91, p. 331Google Scholar; Acts of Kentucky, 1930, ch. 48, p. 114Google Scholar; Laws of New York, 1931, ch. 244, p. 626Google Scholar.

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42 Laws of Illinois, 1931, Act approved July 7, 1931, p. 558Google Scholar; Laws of Indiana, 1931, ch. 156, p. 550Google Scholar; Public Acts of Michigan, 1931, No. 200, p. 330Google Scholar; Laws of Nebraska, 1931, ch. 51, p. 155Google Scholar; Session Laws of Oklahoma, 1931, ch. 29, Art. I, sec. 1, p. 89Google Scholar; and Laws of South Dakota, 1931, ch. 145, p. 191Google Scholar.

43 General Laws of Idaho, 1931, eh. 18, see. 11, p. 35Google Scholar.

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47 Statutes of California, 1931, ch. 1076, p. 2272Google Scholar.

48 General Acts of Alabama, 1931, No. 56, see. 14, p. 78Google Scholar, and sec. 29, p. 84.

49 Eleven states have tried preferential voting. See Merriam, and Overacker, , Primary Elections, pp. 83–85Google Scholar. Florida abandoned preferential voting in 1929.

50 N. T. Times, May 28, 1930.

51 Session Laws of Oklahoma, 1931, ch. 33, Art. II.

52 Ibid., ch. 29, Art. I, see. 2, p. 90; Public Laws and Resolutions of North Carolina, 1931, ch. 254, p. 311Google Scholar.

53 Laws of Maine, 1931, ch. 75, p. 57Google Scholar.

54 Laws of Washington, 1931, ch. 14, p. 54Google Scholar.

55 Acts and Joint Resolutions of South Carolina, 1930, No. 713, p. 1226Google Scholar.

56 Statutes of California, 1931, ch. 1002, p. 2004Google Scholar (composition of county committees); General Laws of Idaho, 1931, ch. 18, sees. 24-27, pp. 41–42Google Scholar (composition and duties of state convention); Laws of Missouri, 1931, p. 208Google Scholar (election of ward committees in cities of 5,000 or more); Acts of New Jersey, 1931, ch. 374, p. 948Google Scholar (date of meeting of county committee), and ch. 42, p. 86 (composition of party convention); Laws of South Dakota, 1931, ch. 146, p. 192Google Scholar (proposing names of precinct committeemen); General Laws of Texas, 1930 (special), ch. 4, p. 4Google Scholar (giving supreme court power to mandamus members of party committees to compel performance of duties imposed by law).

57 Laws of Maine, 1913, ch. 221, p. 313Google Scholar. For a discussion of the defects of this law, see Hormell, O. C., Cost of Primaries and Elections in Maine (Bowdoin College BulletinGoogle Scholar No. 157, Municipal Research Series No. 6).

58 Laws of Maine, 1931, ch. 263, p. 295Google Scholar.

59 General Laws of Idaho, 1931, ch. 18, sees. 18-19, pp. 38–39Google Scholar.