The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-08-23
FORMS AND EXPLANATIONS.
Years Residence In the State Is Required OF EV'
cry Voter.
Increase Of Time Of R%Idencc In County Etc.

lQence IN LDh Cuuubft bVNhph'Pt ,H'|Sh'
or ward in which he resides, required OF
person to be entitled to vote therein,
has been increased from 80 to 800 days In
the county, and from 20 to 800 days In
the township, village or ward; the word
"ward" in this connection meaning any
municipal ward not subdivided under
said act for election purposes, and any
subdivision Of q municipal ward 30 sub
divided" go.
Who Not Required TO Register.
Persons who have resided 800 days IN
the county, and 355 daysin the township
village or ward in which they have Of
fer to vote, are not required or authoriz'
ed to register. Sl.
Who 10 Reglster-R Rule Relaxed In favor OF Whom
The general rule of the statnte as to
time of residence in the county, etc,.,thus
fixed, is relaxed in favor Of those chang
ing their residences from one county or
township, village or ward, to another,who
takes pains 10 regiSte, in the precinct to wltch
then remove. For those thus removing
and regisiering, a residence in the county
of 30 DAYS, and in the township, village
or ward of 20 days, next preceding the
election, is sufficient 81.
Heads Of Families.
A still further relaxation of the rule is
made in favor of the heads of families,
The lead Of family having actually
resided in the county the time required
bv the act, to.wit: 800 days withOW regis
tration, or 80 days Nth it, who bona Jide
removes from one township, village or
ward to another in The same county,may
vote (if otherwise qualifed) in the town
shin. village or ward to which he 30 re.
moves, without reference to the time OF
residence therein, 81. If, however, he
have registered in the former 1e can
only vote in the latter to which ne SO
removes. by presenting the proper state
ment" of such registration and qualifying
to its correctness. ".
Time of Residence Rcferablo to Day Of Election
In making registration, time of resi-;
dence is referable to date of election, and
not to that of registration. 1t is not re.
ouired of an applicant for registration that
he shall have alreGdyresided In the coun,
ty 80 days, and in the township, etc, ~
DAYS. It is enough il, OH the day Of cleo
ton, his residence in each shall have
been of the period named. 81.
Residence in Precincts.
7o,r1ships- Where township is divi'
ded into two or more voting precincts, a
residence of20 days in the particular pre-
cinct where n person desires to register
is not required, if such person be a resi-
dent of the township the required time
Thus, if township be composed OF pre-
cincts No and No. 2, and 1t appear that
A, who offers to register in No. l, will, at
the ensuing election, have resided there
in fifteen days and in No.2 five days, he
is entitled to register (if otherwise quail
6ed), for his residence in the town8htp
will have been for 20 days. Sl.
Cthes-In cities containing over fifteen
thousand inhabitants, the wards in which
over six hundred ballots are cast are re-
ouired to be subdivided for election pur-
poses as provided in section ii of the act
A resid ynce for the time prescribed is re-
ouired in each of such subdivisions, for
every subdivision 30 made is ward"
within the meaning of section one. AS
to such municipal wards the mode oil sub
division prescribed in said section II Is
exclusive, and must be followed, anything
in the act of April 20, 1874 70. D., vol II,
p. 1867, or elsewhere, to the contrary,
Notwithstanding.
But if any municipal ward, other than
those so divisible under said section IL,
be divided (by special act or otherwise)
into two or more precincts, residence
for the time prescribed is not required in
the precinct, if the voter shall have resi-
ded in such uVard the required time. sl.
VillGge8--So residence in any precinct
of a village divided into voting precincts,
for the time prescribed, would not be re
uuired of a voter if his residence in the
vilIags were of the required period. sl.
Registsrs-Their appointment, Oath, etc.
Section 2, prescribing by whom, when,
and for what term registers are to be ap'
pointed, etc.. should be strictly observed.
Care should be taken to make the ap-
pointments on the day named in the act
to. wit: the fourth Monday next preceding
the October election. For 1877 the day
will be on the 18th ofSeptember. Town
ship trustees land of course councils9
should meet in session for the purpose,
The appointment is an official act, and
must be concurrently made, and record
thereof kept as in case Of other official
acts. The order of appointment may be
| ia fha follOwino form
Ordered that A B and G D, two suit
able persons of opposite politics, electors
of -, precinct, --- township
- county, be and they are hereby
appointed registers therefor to serve fol
one year." Proper notifications should
be made for town precincts The clerk
of the township Tor town. should there
upon forthwith deliver, or caused to be
delivered to each register so appointed, 9
certified copy Of the order Of his appoint
nent.
In case the appointment by a town
ship clerk or mayor, as prescribed in
this section, the appointment may be al
follows:
--Tgive date
By authority of law, l hereby appoin
A B, a suitable person, being an eleCtol
of precinct, - township, - coun
ty, as one of the registers therefore, Il
serve until his place is filled according t.
law.
(Signed) ---
Record should be made disappointment
thus made, and the persons thus appoint
ed should be forthwith notified.
1t may be worth while to note espe
Cially the following matters
l. There are two persons to be appoint
e3 registers for each election precinct il
the township, village or municipa
ward.
If any election precinct be composed
OF parts of several jurisdictions las for in
stance, of parts of two townships), tn
registers for such precinct should be ap
pointed by the jurisdiction lin the in
stance put, by the township in whicl
the usual place of voting therein is situat
ed. There is no express provision of tn
act upon this point, but the direction
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