Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-11-04
Persons Qualified to Vote
TO JUDGES OF ELECTTONS!!


We re-publish below an abstract of the
laws of this State fixing the qualifications,
&C., of voters, for the purpose of adding
the 18th section of the Act of 184l, chap.
81, which was omitted in our previous pub
lication We place it at the close of the
extracts subioined From it you will see
that it is your duty to make foreigners
produce certified copy of their naturaliza-
ton papers, and if they cannot, you are to
examine them on oath and may also take
other testimony. With this section, added
to the others, you have the "aohole Lal0"
before you:
All persons qualified to vote for members Of the
General Assembly, qualified to vote for electors
of President and Vice President.-Act of 1872,
chapter 1874.
Every free white mali of the age of twenty. one
years, being citizen of the United States, and
citizen of the county wherein he may offer TO vote
six months next preceding the day OF election,
shall be entitled to a vote for members Of the Gen.
eral Assembly " Constitution, Article 4, Sec. l.
II any person offers to vote, and none Of the
Judges know that be is qualified voter; or, if bis
vote is objected to by any candidate or other citi|
| zen of the State-the judges of the election, or
some one of them, or the officer holding the cleo.
ton, shall under the direction Of the judges, or
majority of them administer oath or affirmation
IN the following form, or to the following effect:
"You do solemnly swear Tor affirm as the case
| may be) that you will true answers make to such
haa bod
ifcation right to vote in the present election
so help YOU GOD"
The judges, or some of them, shall then ask the
person Offering to vote the following questions:
Are you a citizen of the United States?
Are you a citizen of the State OF TENNESSEE
Are you twenty-one years Of age?
Do you reside in this county?
Has your home been in this county six months
next before this day?
Have you voted at any other time or place in
this election?
And any other questions that the judges may
think material to ascertain the qualifications Of the
person offering to vote.
II the Judges, or majority of them are satisfied
that the person offering to vote
Is a citizen of the State;
That he has attained the age of twenty one years;
| That he had his home in the county in which be
| is Offering to vote six months next preceding the
! day of elections;
That he resides therein;
That he has not voted before at the same cleo
! ton;
That he is otherwise qualified voter-the judges
shall thereupon receive his vote.
! But if they or any OF them have reason to sus.
! pect that the person offering to vote has sworn
falsely they, or the officer holding the election or
| some justice OF the peace, under their direction
may swear any by -stander to the right and
| qualification of such person to vote.-lS4l, chap.
! ST. S. ction 6. Constitution Art 4, Sec. l.
That when any person who is not a native
born citizen ofthe United States, shall offer to
vote, aud his vote is objected to- he shall pro .
duce a certified copy Of the record Of his natu-
radiation, Dhich record shall ShOao that the per-
son has been declared By a competent court, a
citizen Of the United States il the same is in
his possession, or If not then he mag be tramin-
ed as to his naturalization and if the judges
shall be satisfied from his examination, and
other oral testimony Git any is offered that
the party offering to vote is naturalized, they
shalireceiUe his gOte accordingly. Ia like man
ner the party offering to vote may be examin-
ed as to his naturalization when he produces
the copy of the record of his naturalization
and the same is objected to on account of
Authorization" Sec. 10, act Of 1841, chap. 81.