The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-09-13
Voters, Register Yourselves---The
Law on the Subject.

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fact that in eighteen days from to
day the state and county election
will come of, which will be Wed
nesday, October lot, and that b,
order Of the county commissioner
and the governor registration vii
close two weeks from this Saturday
thine and tide wait for no man.
If not duly registered no person
can vote though he has been in thi'
country since the food. We agar
direct attention to the official cleo
ton notice to be found on the sec
ond page Of the KEYSTONE.
The registrars can take the names
Of all legal applicants a. any time
or place during the week but Sat.
urdays are the regular days when
they are required to be at their re-
spective Offices for that purpose.
Citizens of the United States who
have actually resided in the state
or territory of Idaho six months,
and thirty days in the county, are
eligible, if not personally disquali.
fed otherwise.
If from any cause a registrar fails
to act, or the Office becomes vacant,
the electors of such precinct may,
on the last Saturday of September,
at l o'clock p. NJ, meet at the place
in the precinct appointed by the
board of commissioners for the
holding Of such election, and elect a
registrar, who must duly qualify as
such. We are not now aware of any
vacancies, but there may be some
The production of a certificate Of
naturalization is prima facia evi.
dence of citizenship. If the appli-
cant cannot produce it he must
state, under oath, the time, place
and court where he was naturalized
and make it appear satisfactory to
the registrar that his certificate has
been lost, destroyed, or beyond his
control-which then entities him to
entry on taking the oath in writing.
Provision is also made, in certain
cases, for registry and to be allowed
to vote, on the day, Of election.
where the applicant was not refused
registration by the registrar. He
can in such case be registered by
the judges of election, having first
taken the electors oath. His name
can then and there be entered upon
the check list, subject to challenge
and examination the same as before
the registrar. This is a dangerous
delay, however, for in all cases
where there is registered voter at
the polls offering to vote he must
have the preference, and it is only
when the judges are not engaged
receiving the ballots that they mus,
give attention to unregistered cleo.
tors. Registration is prima facia
evidence of a right to vote, subject
to challenge.
The statute makes provision fol
transfers when a registered voter
desires to remove from the precinct
where he is registered. In that case
he may at any time before the reg
istrar has delivered the check lists
to the judges of the election, apply
to such registrar for a certificate Of
his registration, who must there
upon grant the same, stating the
facts as they are stated in the ''elect
or's register" and the name must
then be struck from the register
The applicant may then present thu
certificate to the registrar of any
other precinct Of the state, and b.
registered therein, if otherwise en-
titled to vote in such precinct; o.
he may present the certificate or
the day of election to the judges O
election, and be registered therein
if otherwise entitled to vote in such
precinct, first surrendering his Ger.
tificate Of registration, and subject
to challenge as in other cases.
All persons should be certain
that their names are on the registry
for the year 1890, for, though en-
tered two years ago, the registrar
may strike out the names of any
persons who from death, removal
or other cause, have ceased to be
qualified electors, or who may have
been wrongfully registered.
Go to the registrars office your.
selves and personally see that your
name is in due form. In that way
alone are you fully assured Of @
ballot on the 1st of October.
In this connection we append the
following item from the Owyhee
Avalanche, in which there is prob
ably a partial error:
Confirming the notice given by Gov
ernor Shoup, that voters must have resi-
ded in the State six months previous t.
the election, the Attorney General ha,
given an opinion, and registrars are no.
tiled that all registrations made where
the parties have sworn to four months
residence are void.
Col. JAMES G. Dow died at Union
Oregon, August 20th, aged 81 years
Colonel Dow was we'll known in this cit,
and Portland by old Observation-Disclosures