The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-08-31
THH QUALIFICATIONS OF VOTERS At
THE COAING PRIMARY ELECTION.


Inasmuch as the time is drawing
nigh when the Republicanso of Ormsb.
County will be called upon to express
their preferences for candidates ant
delegates at the primary elections. ant
there being some lack of a clear un
Outstanding OF what is requisite to bt
observed as qualifications, or condi
tons precedent to practical participa
ton in these elections, we propose
herein, to briefly set forth a succinci
statement of the actions of the State
and County Central Committees with
regard to such qualifications, and the
conclusions deducible therefrom.
BY reference to the published pro-
eaedings of the State Central Commit
tee. the following action will be OBJ
served:
ON motion, Resolved. That n voter at
The Union Republican Primaries shall
possess the following qualifications: He
shall be citizen of the United States and
III the state of Nevada he shall at the
time OF voting At the Primaries he a qua
Lifted elector and registered voter OF the
Precinct in which he offers to vote he
shall have voted the Union Republican
ticket. state and National. at the General
Election of November, AID. 1855, or would
have done so had il been possible TO vote;
he shall SOie,nnly pledge himself to vote
to- the nominees of the Union Republic
IAN party at the General Election in Nov
-nber, A. ID. 1870
1t will be observed that this is man.
;atory; that the voter ''shall possess
certain qualifications; and that among
those qualifications is one that the
voter shall be registered i'll the Pre-
c;nct in which he offers to vote"
Upon the PRONUNCIATION of this man
iatory edict of the State Committee
the impression obtained that the voter
must be registered this year.
When the County Central Commit
tee of Ormsby County met. the follow
ing resolution was passed.:
RESOLVED. That a voter AT the Repub- |
l.c;ln Union Primary Election shall pos |
>esS the following qualifications He |
snail, at the time of holding said primary
election, be a duly qualified elector and |
!:shed registration lists Of Orm>by county |
ana oi the precinct IN which ne offers TO /
vote; or, he shall be registered prior 10 |
this primary election and he shall have |
voted, at the Presidential election in ISIS |
or the Grant and ColfaN electors, or !
would have done so had it been possible |
FOR him 20 vote /; and he shall pledge him
self 10 support the nominees of the Re
p.tbiican L MON Party at the General /
in November ~ u. 1870.
1t will he noticed tina. this resolution
is, in one sense, an Interpretation OF
the resolution passed by the State
in so far as the regis.ra
iion requirement thereof is concerned.
The Interpretation that the registra-
Ion lists of the last election shall be
ionsidered As a sufficient evidence in
ayor Of ali old. actual, bona fide Re-
publican voters was deemed suffi-
Iently full compliance with the reSo-
siiion OF the State Committee; while !
he further requirement. that those ;
.ho are not already registered in the {
;oun:y and Precinct i'll which they {
ray oiier their votes was thought to :
,e just and wise, so far as it was neces- 5
airy to NEE. the case OF newly made {
offers, like our colored feliow-citizens l
nd that of new corners into the State.
II other words, the State Committees a
s.solution was considered as meaning
mat none should be permitted to vote f
kept such As are justly entitled to Il
ote in the State, County and Precinct. a
nd who can show proof of their fealty S
, the party and its interests. e
Now for the reasons which actuated s
rs Interpretation of the State Com d
iittee's resolution: b
1t was urged as a welI-known fact d
rat there is very considerable "
mount of personal expense attendant c
o candidafes) upon the registration r
vo.ers. 1t is a iamentable fac., but n
10 which is nevertheless true, that d
here are many persons who will not t.
.yiSter their names, (even on the eve II
q general elec.ion) until somebody %
Is furnished them with poll-tax re- II
,ipt. This Discrimination of a large b
ass OF voters to bear the slight eX- a.
,nse of a poii-tax receipt is what in T
lives She active nIen of the party in rt
considerable outlay which. other OF
'se would not fall upon them. IL
NOW it seems fair that if any one II