The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1873-10-16
INFORMATION TO VOTERS.
DAY or ELECTION.

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The election OCCURS on the 4th day or Novem.
Der, it being the Tuesday after the FIRST Monday
in the month.
must be male citizens twenty one years Of ese.
resident in tho state twelve months. in the elsc
tion district three months, and duy registered =
| The following persona only are disqualified. -
| First. Idiots and lunatics. Second Persons con-
voted Of bribery in any election, ENFORCEMENT
Of public funds, treason, q felony Third All
! persons who have sent or accepted challenge to
| fight duel, or aided or assisted in any manner
| in fighting duel, since the dpption Of the pre-
| sent constitution.
T Polls are opened at sunrise and closed sunset
| The ballot must be ono white paper ticket, and
contain ON it's face the names Of the Candidates
written or printed, for whom the eleotor wishes
to vote, and desi grating the office fbr.whioh:the
elector wishes them chosen. II vote be chal-
lsuged the voter is required to swear that he has
Che qualifications stated above; that he is dafy
registered in his own proper name; that he is
the person ne represents himself to be, and that
he has not already veted at the present election.
~ RRGIsTRATIoN.
The above are all the points needed to be OBJ.
served, except the vitality important require
ments of Registration and Transfer, which how
ever are few and simple. Every voter on com
ing of age, or compl citing the required term Of
residence in his and voting precinct, should
20 to the Registrar (there is one at every vsting
place) and see to it personally that he is regu-
lary registered, giving under oath his name, age,
occupation and the length Of time of his resi-
dence 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 second Tuesday in May Of each year at
every voting precinct in the state, and on any
day previous to ten days before the election IN
November il the country. In the cities and
towns of over two thousand Inhabitants the regis
trars may sit three days for purposes Of regis
tration ten days before each election. But the
voter to be safe ought to perfect his registration
on the first day of the sitting of the registrars,
which they are required by law to advertise for
ten days, by posting written or printed notices
atten or more public places IN each precinct be-
fore each sitting
Whenever voter changes his residencehe may
get from the registrar of the district from which
he moves certificate that he was there duly |
registered, and that ON his removal his name had
been erased from the registration books. Such
a certificate is what is known transfer. This |
transfer may be presented to the registrar of the
district to which the voter has moved at any time
even on the day of election in the country. But |
in cities or towns containing over two thousand /
it must be presented on the tenth I
day preceding the election, or if the registrars |
sit SO long on the two following days above
named, preceding the election.
1t is believed that the above contains all the in
formation needed for the most careless voter.