The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-10-07
INFORMATION TO VOTERS.
DAY OF ELECTION.


The election occurs on the 4th day OF
November, it being the first Tuesday after
the first Monday in the month. ~
lt,1 $50 VOTERS l
must be male citizens, twenty-one years
. of age, resident in the state twelve months,
in the election district three months, and
duly registered. The following persons only
are disqualified. First. Idiots and lunatics.
Second. Persons convicted Of bribery in
any election, embezzlemcnt of public funds,
4. treason, or felony. Third. All persons
who have sent OF accepted challenge to
/" fight duel, or aided or assisted in any
manner in fighting q duel, since the adop-
ton of the present constitution.
Polls are opened at sunrise and closed at
sunset. s-ft
The ballot must be one white paper
4 ticket, and contain on its face the names of
1.-The candidates, written or printed, for
whom the elector wishes to vote, and des-
!, ignating the office for which the elector
wishes them chosen. If vote be chal-
lenged, the voter is required to swear that
he has the qualifications stated above;
4 y that he is duly registered in his own pro-
per name; that he is the person he repre-
SCENTS himself to be, and that he has net
already voted at the present election.
REGISTRATION.
l.1, The above are all the points needed to be
! observed, except the vitality important re-
u.n auirements Of Registration and Transfer,
which however are few and simple. Every
&. voter on coming of age, or completing the
n required term Of residence in his state and
voting precinct, SHOULD 60 to the Registrar
There is one at every voting place. and
see to it personally that he is regularly
a registered, giving under oath his naMe, age,
occupation and the length of time Of his
residence in the state, county, city OF
town if in city, giving the name OF the
street and number of the house where he
resides. This may be done on The
y second Tuesday in May of each veal
at every voting precinct in the state, ane
on any day previous to ten days before thu
election in November in the country. In thu
cities and towns of over two thousand in
Il, habitants the registrars may sit three day
r1 for purposes of registration ten days befor,
'ea each election. But the voter to be safi
n, ought to perfect his registration on the frs
w day of the sitting of the registrars, which
they are required by lazy to advertise TO
ten days, by posting written or printed no
tees at ten or more public places in eacl
precinct before each sitting.
TRANSFERS.
'I,aT Whenever voter changes his residenc
lsH he may get from the registrar of the dis
hHs trict from which he moves q certilicat
that he was there duly registered, an
ll44 that on his removal his name had bee
= erased from the registration books. Such
certificate is what is known as a transfer
This transfer may be presented to til
registrar of the district to whic
= the voter has moved at any time even 0
the day of election in the country. But
cities or towns containing over two thor
Il sand inhabitants, thrust be presented on til
Z tenth day preceding the election, or if th
registrars sit so long on the two followin
days above named. preceding the election
1t is believed that the above contains a
itl the information needed for the most car
less v0tar Hl 1850