The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-10-24
INFORMATION no VOTERS.
DAY oF ELECTION.

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| The election occurs ON the 4th day 0
November, it being the first Tuesday afte
the first Monday in the month.
| VOTERS
must be male citizens, twenty-one years
of age, resident in the state twelve months
in the election district three months, ant
duly registered. The following persons only
are disqualified. First. idiots and lunatics
Second. Persons convicted of bribery in
any election, embezzlement OF public funds,
treason, or 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 adop-
ton Of the present constitution
Polls are opened at surprise and closed at
sunset.
The ballot must be one white paper
ticket, and contain on its face the names of
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-
ienged, the voter is required to swear that
ne has the qualifications stated above;
that he is duly registered in his own pro-
per name; that he is the person he repre-
sents himself to be, and that he has not
already voted at the present election.
REGISTRATION.
The above are all the points needed to be
observed, except the vitality important re-
quirements of Registration and Transfer,
which however are few and simple. Every
voter on coming of age, or completing the
required term of residence in his state and
voting precinct, should go to the Registrar
there is one at every voting place. and
see to it personally that he is regularly
registered, giving under oath his naMe, age,
occupation and the length of time of his
residence in the state, county, city or
town if in a city, giving the name of the
street and number of the house where he
resides. This may be done on the
second Tuesday in May of each year
1t every voting precinct in the state, and
IN any day previous to ten days before the
election in November in the country In the
titles and towns Of over two thousand in
labitants the registrars may sit three days
or purposes of registration ten days before
ach election. But the voter to be safe
ught to perfect his registration on the first
lay OF the sitting of the registrars, which
hey are required by law to advertise for
en- days, by posting written or printed no.
ices at ten or more public places in each
recinct before each sitting. '
TRANSFERS.
Whenever voter changes his residence
9 may get from the registrar of the dis
riot from which he moves a certificate
hat he was there duly registered, and .
hat on his removal his name had been
rased from the registration books. Such
apf fn yhot =.
his transfer may be presented to the
,glstrar of the district to which
he voter has moved at any time even on I
le day Of election in the country. But in !
ties or towns containing over two thou
md inhabitants, it must be presented on the
nth day preceding the election, or if the
gistrars sit so long on the two following
lys above named. preceding the election.
1t is believed that the above contains all
e information needed for the most care
IS voter.