Weekly Trinity journal., 1868-10-17
Protection Agains, Illegal voting.

No person, not previously citizen of the
State, who arrived here after the third day of
May, will be entitled vote in the coming No.
Vember election. The impression which prevails
IN many minds that the date of citizenship here
commences with the time of the departure of the
claimant from bis home in another State, is err
roneous. There is no law to justify such a con-
clusion. The constitution establishes a six
months residence necessary qualification to
insure a citizen the right of suffrage, and the
constitution has no force outside the geograph-
ical boundaries of California.
1t is equally an error to suppose that any citi-
zen of the United States will be permitted to
vote for Presidential Electors, while denied the
privilege of voting for other officers In order
to be voter at all, his pane must appear on
the great register of the county and the poll list
of the precinct in which he resides If it is
found recorded in either of these places before
the constitutional requirement of a six months
residence has been met, the person so recorded
is liable to prosecution for perjury.
In view of these facts, and because it has been
a standing boast for several months past of some
OF the INSCRIPTIONS leaders of the so-called
Democratic party. that they intended to carry
this State in November "5y the force of inaagtna-
ton, and in view, further, of a certain conf
dent air assumed on board the incoming steam-
ers by expatriated rebels and their alien allies,
the Union Republican State Central Committee
induced to adopt measures for the protec-
The plan pursued by the committee has been
this steamer arrives in
port the law requires her purser to file in the
custom-house sworn list of all her passengers
from first cabin to steerage-with their names,
ages, sexes, occupations and nationaties. These
lists have been accurately copied by the CON-
mittee, giving the date Of arrival and name of
steamer arrived. They have been alphabetically
arranged, printed in pamphlet FORM and sent
into every county, township and voting precinct
in the State, to be compared with the names as
they appear on the great register of the different
counties This comparison having been prop
ery made by the different county committees or
their appontces, the detected and doubtful
names will be copied separate sheets, in the
same alph abetical order, and produced at the
polls on the day of election. When the frandu-
lent voter presents himself he will be challenged.
If failure should to make case out
against him then and there, his name will be
checked for subsequent further investigation
of the facts and when they proved, should
they appear against him, he will at once be ar
rested and handed over to the civil authorities.
In the interior of the State it VIII be much
easier to detect these fraudulent voters than in
the large cities. In towns and villages the new
corners are easily pointed out. The date of their
arrival may be traced without much difficulty ;
and the man who undertakes to vote without
having acquired the legal residence of voter
let him belong to whatever party he may-de-
serves to be- and will be prosecuted TO the ut
most rigor of the law
1t is enjoined upon Union Republicans all over
the State to be vigilant in their efforts to ex-
pose frauds. On the contrary, il is their duty
as good citizens, to that no man, however
humble and friendless,. who is really legal
voter, should be prevented from exercising that
high privilege.