New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-24
-u1s IS HOW YOU REGISTER
,,urNBER TO-DAY IS THE LAST DAY.
IN THESE DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY AND YOU
WILL HAVE NO TROUBLE.

rvrsr DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY AND YOU
WILL HAVE NO TROUBLE.
-, The final day OF registration In this city TINS
~. when the inspectors OF election close their
d. N. there viii be no further opportunity
P.,..sr on three days the registration has been
icing indicating much larger vote than that oil
- An Republican districts; but all OF tine he
Sa w. .,d anti Tammany voters have not yet reg
FS nd they should be urged not 10 neglect tine last
dance. ,,n...-.o ,o,- r,o,v voo-e = voter has
=, ons house and has voted every year. lie can
"" ..S this year unless he has registered this
The registry PAGES are oper from a. m.
m. and the boards of registry are required to
W. .sDs.ant attendance To be entitled to register
,o,s one must appear In person before the in
" a election both on one day OF registration and
-, day There II no registration or voting by
w. A voter also must he twenty one years Of age
= A. h.ore election day; cltTe9. native or natural
~, hs naturalization must have occurred at least ten
- hsfore the election nhabitant OF the state one
~. h.tore election resident Of the county for the
,rr months a resident of the election district for
~ DAYS before election; he must not have been con
- a, bribery or felony, if convicted. he must
-, been pardoned and restored 10 the rights Of
a,sn he must not have made or be interested in any
-, s.pendinC upon the result Of tie election.
A
....,,,ea in an election district to a house within the
'sr, election district may apply to the Board Of In
.e,tCrs for reentry Of his name under his new resi-
Ie, and have his former registry erased so that ne
nav he enabled 10 vote at the election.
voters who have not registered yet may not be
v that the boundaries OF nearly all Of the election
SadeS in the city changed by the Police Board
a.. v,sr in order 10 eQualze the numbers Of voters
ae various districts ana thus prevent Overcrowd-
,,s sne Of the polling places. one effect Of the
As,ns is a reduction in the whole number of cleo
dan districts from 94G last year 10 So this year,
sr,uss In the lower wards aany districts were made
hrssr three or more districts being merged into Two
Grdcts general change in the numbering of the
districts was necessary also. and many districts whose
hopdares are the same "a they we're last year have
different numbers this year. For instance, the
,venteth election district Of the With Assembly
nstrct Is the solid block bounded By stanton, Rvlng
TN Chryste and FORSYTH SIS. Last year the number
n, The district was thirty At present there are only
Twenty-Five election districts IL the Win Assembly
District. In the XNT Assembly District where
there are twenty eight election districts now, or one
more than last year. the changes IN the numbers might
sadly confuse a voter. Men who voted from houses
IN Madison ave- between Fiftythird and Fifty fourth
sts last year were in the twelfth election district the
boundaries Of which Ffthave. Fiftysecond-st.'
Lexington ana tliy-tOuflh-st Il tHe9 nave NJ
changed their residences the men in the six
tenth election district. which is bounded by Filth
ave- Fifty third-st Le1inCon-ave. and Fifty ffthst.
If any reader of The Tribune has doubt where he
should 20 10 register lie need only examine the cleo
ton notice which is published in The Tribune $
advertising columns today. Although the nOnce
occupies seventeen columns Of print, its ar
rngemen enables the voter find the Information de
tlred IN few minutes. The first portion contains the
boundaries Of all election districts in the city, ar
ranged BY Assembly Districts in numerical order The
boundary lines run through the middle Of each street
and avenue named voter who lives in house on
the west side Of Seventhave. between Forty fourth
and Forthwith st therefore. will that he IS in the
district described in the election notice all that
part Of the city bounded by and lying within West
Forty-hfh street seventh avenue, West Forty-third
street and Eighth avenue" That is the ffteth cleo
ton district of the XVIh Assembly District, and by
reference to the second part of the election notice 1t
will be seen that the polling place IS the music store al
No. csc Eghth-ave. The voters living on the east
side Of seventh-ave between Forty fourth and Forty
fifth sts are in the second election district OF the
XXIst Assembly District, which is described as
boupded by and living within West FOrty-sxth street
byb avenue West Forty third street, and seventh ave
hue and the polling place for that district Is ooo
In front of No IOl West Forty -hftn 81.
" II il tbe duty of election inspectors 10 give prope
directions 10 voters who 10 the wrong pGulhg pac
Inv mistake but voters easily AVOID such iis
~ examining the published election nOtlce III Inc 4IU
pne before they go TO register.