The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-04-04
The Election Law.

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to the election law as they finally pass
ed the Legislature.
ASIA. The board Of commissioners
Of the several counties shall select on
or before the first Monday in Septem-
Der preceding each election, one or
more persons for each election pre-
cinct, who shall act as registrars for
voters of such precinct. Such board
shall make publication of the names of
the persons so selected, at the court
house door, Immediately after such APP
pointment, and shall cause a notice to
be served upon said persons by the
sheriff. Ifany registrar shall die or neg
lect to perform his duties the justices
of the peace for the township may ap-
point another in his place. And no
person who is candidate for any Of
fee shall be registrar or judge or in
spector of an election.
767s. Registrars shall be furnished
with a registration book, and it shall
he their duty to revise the existing
registration books of their precinct or
township in such manner that said
books shall show an accurate list of
electors previously registered in such
precinct or township and still residing
therein, without requiring such cleo
tors to be registered anew and such
registrars shall also, between the hours of
sunrise and sunset on each day Sunday
excepted), for thirty days preceding
the day for closing the registration
books as hereinafter provided, keep
open said books for the registration
of any electors residing in such pre-
cinct or township, and entitled to
registration, whose names have never
before been registered in such precinct
or township, or do not appear in the
revised list. But the board of COM
missioners for each county may, upon
thirty days notice in each township,
direct that there shall be an entirely
new registration of voters before any
election. instead of the revision of the
registration list, as above provided.
That said books shall be closed for
registration on the second Saturday
before each election.
Sec. 2676. No elector shall be en-
titled to register or vote in any other
precinct or township than the one in
which he is an actual and bona fde
resident on the day of election, and no
certificates of registration shall be given
except as hereinafter provided. No
registration shall be valid unless it
specifies, as near as may be, the age
occupation, place Of birth and place
of residence of the elector, as we'll as
the township or county from whence
the elector has removed-in the event
of removal, and the full name of the
voter, if known.
Sec. 2677. 1t shall be the duty of
the registrars and judges of election to
attend at the polling place Of their
township or precinct with the registra-
ton books on the second Saturday pre-
ceeding the election, from the hour of
nine a. M, till the hour of five o'clock,
p. m, when and where the said books
shall be open to the inspection of the
electors Of the precinct or township,
and any of said electors shall be allow
ed to object to the name Of any per-
son appearing on said books, In case
OF any:such objection the registrar shall
enter upon his books opposite the name
of the person objected to, the word
"challenged," and shall appoint time
and place, on or before the election
day, when he, together with said judges
Of election, shall hear and decide said
objection, giving due notice to the
voter so objected to. Provided, moth
ing in this section shall prohibit any
elector from challenging or directing
to the name Of any person registering
or offering to register at any time
other than the above specified. If any
person challenged or objected to shall
Ike found not duly qualified, the regis
trar shall erase his,name from tine books.
Sec. z678. The board Of commits
sioners for each county, on or before
the first Monday of the month mex,
preceding the month in which cleo
ton is held, shall appoint at each
place of holding elections in their re-
spective counties, four suitable and
discreet persons asjudges or inspectors
of election, who may, if deemed prop.
er, be of different political parties; and
one Of said judges shall be named as
chairman of the judges of election by
the Board of Commissioners. The
said judges of election shall attend al
the places for which they are SEVERAL,
appointed on the day of the election
and they, together with the registrar:
for such precinct or township, who
shall attend with the registration book:
after being sworn by some justice o
the peace, or other person authorized
to administer oaths to conduct the
election fairly and impartially accord
ing to the Constitution and laws of thu
State. shall open the polls and super
intend the same until the close of TIT
election. They shall keep poll books
in which shall be entered the name O
every person who shall vote, and at thu
close of the election the judges Of cleo
ton shall certify the same over thei
proper signatures, and deposit then
with the register OF deeds for safe keep
ing And said books shall in On,