St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-15
PREPARE TO REGISTER
Requirements to Be Observed Before
Votes Are Deposited.
SEVEN BALLOT BOXES USED.
Dates Upon Which the Boards of Regis
tration Will Hold Their Sessions and
Questions to Be Considered.

On the 9th of November all who are
entitled to do so will be permitted to
exercise their right of suffrage. With
this end in view it behOoveS all good
Democrats to see to it that not only
their immediate family, but friends,
neighbOrs and acquaintances take the
preliminary and necessary step of duly
registering before the right of suffrage,
the Growing glory of citizenship, can be
granted.
The provisions of the election law
passed by the last legislature are too
well known to need recaDitulatiOn. But
there are special provisions which re-
late to cities of upwards of 1900 inhab-
itantS, and from the carefully compiled
data in the city clerks office voters will
readily understand that it Is absolutely
necessary to register in order to help
swell the
DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY IN NOVEMBER.
The Judges and clerks of election, who
substitute a board of registration for
their respective districts, will meet Tues
day, Oct. Ii, according to the prOviS-
ions OF the law, three weeks before the
general election. The board will be in
session from 9 a. m. until p. m, and
will make a registration of all persons
entitled to vote at the ensuing election
in the district over which the board
holds juris dictiOn. Two registers of
voters must be made, upon which are
entered the names of all persons reSid
ing in the election district whose names
appeared in the pOll-liStS OF the preced-
ing election as having voted thereat,
except such as have died, removed from
the district or become disqualified. In
Odditinn tn tho tho nnII-lICf
the board must enter the names of all
persons who personally appear before
them for registration. Each applicant
before he is officially registered is re-
Quired to take ar irOn-clad oath as to the
truth of his statements touching his
place of residence, name, birthplace,
qualifications as an elector and right to
register and vote under the laws of the
state. The name of each person, to-
gether with his answers and several
questions which are prOpOunded, are
then entered in appropriate columns in
the registry books, which are carefully
ruled to
PREVENT FRAUD OR DECEPTION.
At the end of each days registry the
books are carefully compared. The
judges of election sign their names at
the end of the list on every page, so
that no new name can be added with
out discovery, and they also sign and
attach to each register certificate in
which is stated the number Of the reg
istereds and qualified voters. The
registry books must then be deposited
before 10 O'clock of the following day
with the city clerk for safe keeping.
Tuesday, Oct. %, two weeks prior to
election day, the board of registration
will meet again for the purpose of
registering all qualified voters whose
names have not been registered and
who apply in person for that purpose.
The same registers in service on the
preceding day of registration are used,
and at the end of the day the books will
once more be returned to the city hall.
The clerks Of election during the day
are required to make copy of all the
names upon the registers, together with
the addresses. This copy must then be
conspicuously posted up outside of the
place of registration, together with a
notice of the time when the board will
meet for the completion and final cor
rectiOn of its registers, and the copy
will be accessible to any electOr.
Tuesday, Oct. 80, one week previous
to the election, the board will be i'll SEES
sion for the last time, and any person
who has not already been enrolled may
apply and become qualified. The polls
will, however, be open from noon until
9o'clOck in the evening. 1t is the duty
of the board upon this occasion to erase
from the lists the name of any person
who shall be proved on the oath of two
qualified electors of the district, to the
satisfaction of the board, to be diSquali-
fed
TO VOTE IN THE DISTRICT.
At the close of the session the regis
tiers are again compared before being
deposited with the city clerk. Before
the final adjournment the board pre-
pares copy of all names and their re-
Spective addresses and posts them con-
SpicuOusly.
Applicants for registration who have
lived in other districts must procure a
certificate of removal, by affidavit. in
order TO become qualified. If removal
from one place to another in the same
district is made the vote will not be re-
ceived, unless by the person giving no
tice, so that the registers may be
changed accordingly.
AT the coming election there will be
seven ballot boxes for the respective
candidates for presidential electors,
state officers, congress. legislature, iu-
dietary, county, and the vote upon the
constitutional amendments regarding
freedom OF markets, protection of the
Workingmen'S rights, and the amend
ment concerning the number of days of
q legislative session.