New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-10-14
IMPORTANT TO VOTERS.
Abstract Of Naturalization and Election
Laws.

Abstract Of Naturalization and Election
Laws.
The following is an abstract of the United
States naturalization laws. and of the cleo
ton lave governing county. State and Presl-
dental elections:
Citizenship is granted by courts of record.
declaration of intention to become citi
zen must be made in open court two years
before admission to citizenship. If, how
ever, the applicant has an honorable dis
charge from the United States military SER
vice, having enlisted therein when over
twenty one years of age, no declaration of
intention ia required. If the applicant was
minor under eighteen when he came to
this country. no previous declaration is re-
quired. He can make his declaration at the
time of his admission, but must prove an
existing intention for two years.
Citizenship is fiually conferred after five
years' con finnous residence in the United
States, including ono years continuous
residence in the State where the application
is made, immediately preceding admission,
except in the case of an alien who enliscs
as soldier when over twentyone and is
honorably discharged, when only one years
residence is required.
Children who at the time of their fathers
naturaliz alton are under twenty-ons be-
come citizens if residing in the United
States, ami go if the father dies after taking
out his first papers and before his admission
to citizenship.
The following penalties are provided by
law:
For perjury in obtaining naturalization
papers penitentiary from one to five years.
For false person alton in procuring 'natu-
ralizatiOn papers; for using false certificates
of naturalization in order to vote; for aid
ing and sbetting in these offenses, peniten.
tiary, from one to five years"
Presidential electors are chosen by voters
under State laws, and the election of them
is governed in all respects bv the general
election laws of the State. The President
is chosen by the electors, whose proceed.
iBgs are governed by the United States
the electors choose the President. The
United States law only interferes with
State elections so far as to prevent no dis
criminatiOn against citizens on account of
their race, color, or previous condition Of
servitude.
Only citizens can vote. The voter must
vote in the ward or township where he re-
eides, actual residence in the State for one
year. in the county for thirty daye. and in
the ward or township for twenty days next
preceding the election is required. The
twenty days' residence in q ward or town
ship is not required where person is the
head of q family and moves bona fide from
one part of the county to another.
The residence of q person is where his
habitation is fixed, without any present in-
teniion of removing therefrom, aud to which.
whenever he is absent. he has the intention
of returning. Residence is not lost by going
into another State or county for temporary
| purposes merely, With An intention of re-
| turning A married mans residence is
| where his family resides, unless husband
| aud wife live apart, and then the place oi
residence is where he resides.
Residence is not acquired by temporary
| habitation without the intention Of making
| the place ones home; nor by the mere inten
| tion TO acquire new residence, without the
fact of removal to it; nor BY the fact of re-
moval to place without the intention Of
making the place ones home.
| Residence is lost by removal to smother
State with the intention of making it ones
| permanent resid nee; or with the intention
| of remaining there an indefiinte time as
| place of present residence, though with the
design OF returning at some future period
by going into another State and voting
| while there.
Challenges may be made by a judge Of
election or by any one who is q voter at the
polls where the challenge is made. Upon q
challenge being made the person so cbal
| lenged should be sworn and questioned OF
the ground of challege. If he refuse tt
| swear or answer his vote must be rejected
Written ballots must be on plain white
paper. Printed ballots must be printed
with black ink, With q space of not lesl
than one fifth of an inch between the namel
and on plain white printing paper.
On printed ballots with certain desig
mated heading, no printed name must ap
pear not found in the regular ballot will
such heading.
All tickets, written, printed, or both
must be without any device or mark to dis
tinguish one from another, except the word
of the head of the ticket land exec pit also
of course, the names on the ticket.
A ballot is not to be rejected by th,
| Judges of election for not conforming will
the above requirements, but if . name i
/ found printed on q ticket with q certain
heading in place of a name regularly on tn
ballot with that beading, then the inserted
| name shall not count.
| For voting for not having lived in th'
ward or township twenty DAYS, or while
living in tha ward or township for tempo
rarp purpose merely, imprisonment ant
| fine.
For voting without having lived in the
county thirty days, one to three years il
the penitentiary.
| For repeating or voting while residen
Of another State, one to five years in thu
| penitentiary.
For voting without being a resident O
thu State for one year, or for voting while
minor or an alien, or aiding and abettine
| therein. imprisonment and fine.
For inducing a nonresident to vote, one
to five years in the penitentiary.
For bribing q voter, or prevt nting hin
from voting by threats of intimidation, o.
deceiving him, fine aud imprisonment.
| For stuffing or permitting the stufiug O
ballot boxes, one to three years ip the psni
Tertiary.
For false swearing in order to vote, three
to ten years in the penitentiary.
For official misconduct by a judge O.
election, fine and imprisonment.
ANY person convicted and sentenced Il
the penitentiary tor the above offenses, OF
for bribing voters, shall be diatranchised
For Destroying any ballot box, or any
ballot deposited therein, or for tamperinl
with poll books or tally sheets, with the in
tention of preventing fair expression o
| opinion, from one to five years in the peni
tentiary.
Democratic Reasons Why Tilden shoul,
Not be Elec,ed.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer, June 6
1876:
The political jobbers, thieves and be
trayers Of the people are very generally il
favor of Tilden.
From the Enquirer, June II:
All the vicious, thieving, corrupt element
in the Democratic party are moving towar,
"refOrm" under the banner of Sam Tildeu
From the Brooklyn argus, September l9
yet left in this city who will insist that Til
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