Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1892-10-04
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QUALIFICATIONS OF VOTERS,
SEQ, 1914 Com. Lava rfovides that the ouali-
hcations Of a legal voter shall be as follOWs;
He shall be q citisen Of tho United States Of the
age Of twenty one years shall have resided in
the territory elk months. in the county wherein
be offers TO vote three months, and in the pre-
oinot thirty days immediately preceding the
election"
~GRsgistra's should hetA that an alien must
take out his SECOND as woll as his 'hrst papers"
before he becomes a ~"oitizen, " land that the
above periods OF six moptha, three months and
thirty days may ,esOh end with November ,, the
day preceding eIeOtion.l
Section 4 Of Oh. n Lave of 1891 P lto, adds
another qualification to the above, namely, tho
intending voter must have paid his poll tax for
the current year. at lOast sixty days previous to
election day CbefOre midnight Of September 8,
1922. u.g 81
Sections li4l aaa 1lsi G, l. provide that no
officer, soldier or camp tnllpHet' OF the U 8
army. no person ssatsDe6ifOr perjury, forgery,
incendiarism, coming faiie money, rape, lar
ceny, or who shall hase been twice sentenced
for petty larceny, can vote at any election.
Bee. 3 Of Chap. 1856 Laws Of 1859 pp. s1l, BIS, is
as fOllowss
"That It shall hereafter be unlawful for any
person Who IL not n qualified elector to vote or
to offer TO vote at any election held in this ter
AZ xoqERt and H nan be aaIawfui for any
1 persons 70 register or ofier to register. or 70
vote or offer % vote Ia the name OF another per-
son; and IL shall be uniaWfulfOr any person to
register his nama as avoter or 20 cause or pro
cure his name 10 be Registered IN n OTHER
ELECTION PREoINoT THAN TnAT IN WHICH suoH
PERSON RESIDES On WILL N GOOD EAITH HAVE
RESIDED THE REoUt6ITE PK1IOD OF TINE PRIOR
10 THE DAY OF THE EExT ENSUING ELECTION
and u shall also be uniavfai for any person 70
procure or induce any person who is not duly
qualified, to register aa a voter. or to vote az any
election held IN hia {eirltoly. ANY pers9n sho
shall upon conviction thereof before any court
Of competent jurisdiction, be hned in any sum
prisonment In the oount3 jan Tor not less than
three mOnths nor more tbRn six months, or BY
both suoh tine and imprs pment Ct tho disere-
ton OF the court trying the same"
Sec. f2s G. L. provides that q voter shall not
be required 10 b brtdent In order q be regis.
tered.
eeo, y Of chapter ls5. Laws Of 1885, provides
that In casa a person Is refused registration, h
shall be registered upon films an affidavit set
tinG forth HE eitizspship and required resi-
donco, land that be Is h6t disqualified for ana
reason from being Registered as > voter anC
from voting at the next ensuing election.
CTho last clause wou d necessarily refer 10 tn
IEuImeuA tA NNM NA MNNNlu me AeNaA AH
and TO the disqualification set forth IN sections
1in and 1854 @. L. already referred 10 above.
The aamo section provides that such afidavi
may be made By another person for a voter Il
caso Of his temper n Absence. and that an
person making such AFFIDAVIT fa sely shall b
panished for perjury.
The sams seOtion prYyidss 4 puniahment o
not less than one hgndred dellau nor NOR
than i've hundred dollau one and not lee
than three months nor more than six month
Imprisonment forusfuahl or neglect 10 registo
any qualified voter qpop application.
Sec. f22i G. L. provides for The punishment Q
Z members Of boards d registration for fals
registration OF for vital refusal 20 register
qualified voter, byiA ARe Of not less' than 81
nor more than 500. o. y default Of payment o
the fne imprisonmant Ter not les than IL
months NOS more thaa one year.
SEQ. i22t @. l.. provid6sthai IN oaie Of q "
caney on suy board Of registration, tie iustiS
, Of the peaos Of tho precinct shall appoint
4 capable person 20 an the Vacancy but said 81
4 tiou ~ amended b. Section IA Chap. n, laws
1889. provides that At least one of the momboI
> Of each board OF rosistralion shall belong
: q different political party from thnt OF q
: majority Of the said board Of county oommi
oionora." Ithardiy heed b stated that q boal
Of registration cannot DO legally constituted
three members Of he pallg 10 which he mino
y iD member Of the Board Of ooant5 tomhiAioI
afs bslona'