The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-03-16
An HONEST ELECTION
IS WHkT THE PEOPLE DEMAND AND
SHALL HAVE
HONEST AMENDMENTS TO TiiE DIS
HONEST ELECTION LAW
which the Legislature Refuse. to Pass.


AMEND THE ELECTION LAWS OF
NORTH CAROLINA"
The General AsssmJiy IF North Carroll
ma do enact:
That the Election Law of North
| Carolina be amended as follows:
SEC. |. Amend Section 261l by ad-
ding at the end thereof the follow
ing: ''If there a'e no wards there
shall be at least one polling place
for every 700 inhabitants
Amend Section 2674 by inserting
after the word select in line two.
the words after ten days due pub
lie notice.
SEC. =. Amend Section 2G75 by in
serting after the word duty" i'll
line two, the following, "havIng
beeu sworn by some Justice OF the
Pea GO or other person authorized to
administer oaths, to register impair
TALLY all persons applying to him to
be registered, qualified to register
under the laws of North Carolina"
SEC. 3. Amend Section 2676 by
striking out all after the woid "elec-
Iipil cllIuS III IlIt Iout anu
in lieu thereof the following: "a
registI alton Is valid which gives the
surname and the name or initials by
which the person is known: Pro
vIDED, that whenever the Registrar
shall have sufficient cause to sus-
pect that any person proposing to
register is not qualified to register
for the purpose of voting under the
laws of North Carolina, he may re-
quire him On oath TO state his age, oc-
cupation, place of residence and
township or county from which he
has removed: PROVIDED FURTHER,
that the failure or refusal of the Reg
lstrar to properly register any per
son qualified offering himself for reg
istration, shall not disqualify said
person from voting unless such ac-
ton of the Registrar was on account
of the refusal of such person to an
swer the questions which the Regis
trar did lawfully ask. and any Reg
istrar failing to ask proper and suffi-
clent questions to elicit the infOrma-
ton required in this section, and to
make the proper entries if the in
formation is given, shall be guilty of
m'sdemeanOr."
SEC. +. Amend Section 2677 by in
sorting between the word "befol er
in line twelve and the word 1.-The" In
line thirteen, the following words,
1.-THE day next preceeding;' also
strike out all the remainder of said
section after the word "registerr in
line eighteen and insert in lieu there
of the following, ION or before the
day next preceding the election"
Provided, that no challenge shall be
considered which was not entered on
the registration books opposite the
name of the person challenged at
least . days previous to the hearing
When any person is challenged, the
judges shall explain to him the
qualifications of an elector, and
shall examine him as to his qualifi-
cations, and if the person insists
that he is qualified, and shall prove
his identity with the person in whose
name he offers to vote. or his con-
tinued residence in the precinct
since his name was placed upon the
registration list, as the case may be,
by the testimony, under oath, of at
least one other elector, one of the
judges shall tender to him the fol-
lowing oath:
You do solemnly swear Cor affirm
that you are citizen of the United
States. that you are twenty-one
years of age, and that you have re-
sided In the State for twelve months
and in this county for ninety days
next preceding this election, and that
you are not disqualified from voting
by the constitution and laws of this
State; that your name is (here insert
the name given), and that in such
| name you were duly registered as a
voter of this township, and that you
are now an actual resident of the
same and have been ever since YOU
were so registered, and that you are
the identical person you represent
yourself to be, and that you have not
registered for this election at any
other polling-place. So help me Cod
And if he refuses to take such
oath the registrar shall erase
his name from the books;
if. however he does take the oath
when rendered, be shall be. deemed
qualified to vote; Provided, that af.
ter such oath shall have been taken,
the judges, if they be satisfied that
he has voted Illegally, shall have
power to arrest him on their own
affidavit and have him bond over to
the next term of the Superior Court
to answer to the change of perjury:
and they are hereby authorized to
administer the necessary oaths or
affirmations to all witnesses brought
before them to testify to the quail
hcatlonaof person offering to regis.
ter. Whenever any persons regis
ration shall be received after having
taken the oath prescribed in this
section, the registrar shall write on
the poll books at the end of such
persons name the word "sworn.n
The same powers as to the admins
tratlon of oaths and the examination
| OF witnesses, as in this section gran
ted to judges Of election, NAV be
exercised by the registrars in all
eases where the names of persons
offering to register are objected
to.
Sec. 5. Amend Section 267S bv
inserting after the word "held, in
line three, the following, "and after
at least ten days d ue public notice"
BY inserting after the word "coun-
ties In line seven, the following;
Provided, that where there are more
than two political parties the Board
OF Commissioners shall appoint the
Judges of election so as to provide,
as near as possible, equal resresenta-
ton to all: Provided further. how
ever, that the Commissioners in max
ing such appointments shall prefer
the person or persons that may be
recommended through the County
Executive Committee of their respec-
tive parties; also by inserting after
the word .,person" in line twenty