Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-04-18
A REGISTRY LAW.

The Legislature has pessed, and the Gov
ornor signed, supplement to our election
laws, requiring the registration of voters
throughout the State. This is much need
cd measure, and calculated to accomplish O
great deal of good in the way of preventing
frauds at elections. The following is a sy.
nopsis Of the most important features of the
bill
Section THAT the assessors shall make
lists of voters annually, with their residence,
whether erhousekeepers or boarders the &C.
cupa.ion ard name of employer, if working
for another; whether native citizen voting
on age, naturalized, or having declared in
tentions, expecting to vote upon full papers
to be procured before election.
During the present year such list to be
made out sixty days after thePassage OF the
act qualifications to be then inquired into
before the lst OF September; meetings for
rectihcation and placing additional names
on the registry, to be held by the assessors
during four days, if necessary, and ten days
before the election.
Section 2.-Duplicate copies of the regis
! try list to bc made out; one copy to go to
! the County Commissioners, the other to be
! posted on the door of the house where the
election is to be held prior to August lst in
! each year.
Section 3.-Assessors, Inspectors and
Judges of election to attend at places for
! holding elections on Saturday, the tenth
day preceding the second Tuesday of Octo.
ber to place names on the registry not
! thereon, upon due proof OF the right of the
voter. At the election no person to be al
| lowed to vote whose name is not on the list.
! Where person has been omitted he may
request special meeting of the officers to
decide on his case and all such claims may
be heard at the election house on the Satur-
| day before the election.
Section 4.-Voters may be challenged and
put to proof, notwithstanding the fact that
their names are on the registry, and the
matter be decided according to law Nat
uralized voters must produce their certii-
Gates of naturalization, the election officers
to place the word voted with date and
| place OF election.
Section 5.-Registry papers to be sealed
up after the election with other election
papers:
Section 6-Registry to be reopencd in
years when there are Presidential elections
ten days before the election. and names OF
voters omitted to be placed thereon.
Section 7-At speci al elections the reg
istry to govern, but not to exclude citizens
not registered who have the right to vote
according to law.
Section S-Prescribes the oath of ofiict
for assessors, inspectors and judges of elec
tions.
Section 0-On the petition of five Of
more citizens, under oath, setting forth rea
sons for believing that frauds will be prac
ticed at an election, the Court OF Common
, ! tNpn
of elections, and from each political party
if the inspectors belong to different politica
, parties but where these officers are botl
of the same party, the overseers are both o
the opposite party. The oyerseers to have
a right to be present at the election and L
see what is done, keep list OF voters, &C.
, If said overscers arc not allowed to perform
their duties, or are driven away by intimi
dation, the whole pole of that election dis
trict or division to be thrown out.
Section l0-lf district polls more vote
, than are registered, it shall be pyipaa faci
evidence of fraud, and the whole vote ma,
be rejected upon contested election.
Section 1i-No court of the State to nat
{ uralize any foreigner within ten days of al
! election, under penalty of misdemeanor il
, the officer issuing the naturalization certi
ticate. Voting, or attempting to vote, oi
fraudulent certificate of naturalization
subjects the party to imprisonment not ex
Q ceedng three years, and fine not exceeding
, one thousand dollars.
Section 12-Issuing false receipts by
tax collector, tine not less than one hundret
, dollars, Imprisonment not less than thre
months.
Section 13-At elections hereafter, poll
70 open between and z o'clock, A. NJ
aud close at 6 p. NJ
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