Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-26
TEE REGISTRATION LAV.
The Duties OF the Boards and the Oppor-
tunities for the waters.

nnblic importance. There is special
election law in this state which is appllca-
ble only to cities of 10000 or upwards,
limitation which places st. Paul and Min
.ueapolis under its provisions, the
remainder of the state working under the
general law. 1t is this special act to
which we now refer.
In st. Panl there are sixteen elected
precincts and, of course, corresponding
number of registration boards.
These boards or Judges Of
elections, met in the respective precincts
last Tuesday for the purpose of organic
ing. They will meet again next Tuesday,
Oct. Both, and hold their final meeting on
Friday and Saturday Nov. End and Bro
Every voter should see that his name is
duly recorded. While votsrs can be sworn
in on election day, it involves much delay
and Inconvenience and the voter is often
unable to comply with the requirements of
the law, and thereby loses his ballot. The
TO Owing are the pertinent sections Of the
law:
Sec. 80. The said board shall again
meet on Tuesday of the week preceding
~
Tuesday, and seven days next preceding
any general special election held on any
other day of the week in thsir respective
election districts, ct tS place designated
for holding the polls of the election for the
purpose of revising, correcting and com
pleiing said lists; and for this purpose
they shall meet at O'Clock in The morn
log, and remain il session until o'clsck
D. IN. "The said board shall
again meet On the Friday and on
the Saturday next preceding
any general or special election to be held
on Tuesday, and on the two days next pre-
ceding the day before any special election
to be held on any other day in the week
mot counting Sunday in any case), in
their respective election districts, at the
place designated for holding the polls of
the election, for the purpose of further
revising and correcting said lists and of
finally completing the same, and for this
purpose they shall meet at twelve (12)
O'Clock noon and remain in session until
ten (lO) O'Clock in the evening of each of
said days.
Sec 81. The proceedings of said board
shall be open, and all persons residing and
entitled to vote in said district, shall be Ell
titled to be heard by said board in relation
to corrections Or additions to said register.
One of the lists so kept by the judges afore
said, shall be used on the day or days of
making corrections or additions, for the
purpose of com pleting the register for such
district.
Sc. %. 1t shall be the duty of said
board at th9ir meeting for revision and
Correcting said list, to erase therefrom the
name Of any person inserted therein, Who
shall be proved by the oath of two legal
voters of said district to the satisfaction Of
said board, to be noc-reEideats of said dis
trict, or Otherwise not entitled to vote il
said district at the election next to be
held. Any eleetQr residing in said district
and entitled to vote therein, may appear
before said board, and require his name to
b9 recorded on said alphabetical list. Any
person requiring his name to be SO enter
ell On said list, shall make the same state
ment as to the street and number thereof,
and whsre he resides, with the name Of the
household, required by the provisions Of
this act, of persons offering their votes at
elections, and shall be subject to the same
penalties for refusing to give such infor-
nation, or for falsely giving the same, az 1
shall also be subject to challenge on e.ac-
tion day either by the judges or by any
other elector whose name appears Oh said
alphabetical list, and the same oath may be
administered by the judges as now provid-
e., in. case Of persons offering to vote at an
election; and in case if no challenge is
made of any person requiring his name to
be entered on said alphabetical list, or in
case of challenge, if such person shall
make oath that would entitle him to vote
in case of challenge at au election, then
the name of such person shall be added to
the alphabetical poll list.
Sec. 80. After said lists shall have been
fully completed, the said board shall, by
twelve (12) o'clock noon on the day before
the election, cause two copies of the same
to be made, each of which shall be CERT
fled by them 10 be a correct list of the
voters of their district: ons of which shall
be filed in the Office of the city clerk and
one of which copies shall be delivered to
one of the said jGdge5. It shall be the
duty Of said judges so receiving such list
carefully TO preserve said list for their use
on election day, and to designate two of
their number at the opening of the polls.
to check the name Of every voter voting in
such district whose name is on the regis
ter, and it shall be the duty of said judges,
after the f0al result of the canvass, to draw
line with red ink across the name of
every person on said register not voting at
such election. mo vote shall be received
at any general or special election, if the
name of the person Offering to vote, and
his place of residence clearly and definite
ly stated, be not on said register as finally
completed and certified to by the board
of registry above provided, unless the per-
son offering to vote be personally known
to at least one ~ of tho judges of election,
and unless such person shall furnish to the
judges the same affdavits and evidence
that he is entitled to vote as is required by
this act of a person whose vote is chal-
le lged."
Sec. "a. The clerks of each poll, in ad-
dition to the duties now prescribed by
law, shall enter on the poil list kept By
them. in columns prepaIe6 for that pur-
pose, opposite the name c.. each person
voting, the same statement or minute as
herein before required of the board ia
making the registry, but such entry is not
to bs mode by them if the registry con-
talns correctly the name and residence of
such voter; and in all cases clerks shall
enter in column Opposite the name of
each person not registered the words ''not
registered" Every elactor at the time of
Offering his vote, shall truly state the street
IN which ne resides, and If thu house. Iodp-