The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-04-11
AN HONEST
Is What the People Demand and Shall
Have.
Honest amendments to the Dishonest
Election LdW Which the Legis
lature Refused to Pass.

Election LaU Which the Legis
lature Refused to Pass.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED GAN ACT TO
AMEND THE ELECTION LAWS OF NORTH
CAROLINA"
The General Assembly of North Caro-
lima do Enact:
That the Election Law of North Caro-,
lima be amended as follows:
Sec. 1. Amend section 2671 by add
ing at the end thereof the following:
IF there are no wards there shall be
at least one polling place for every 700
inhabitants"
Amend Section 1914 by inserting
after the word "~select " in line two, the
words latter ten days due public
notice."
SEC. 2. Amend section 1915 by in
sorting after the word "duty" in line
two, the following, Having been
sworn by some Justice of the Peace or
other person authorized to administer
oaths, to register impartially all per
sons applying to him to be registered,
qualified to register under the laws of
North Carolina"
SEC. 3. Amend section 1876 by strik-
ing out ali after the word election"
ending in line four and adding in lieu
thereof the following: "a registra
ton is valid which gives the surname
and the name or initials by which the
personi is known: PROVIDED, that when
ever the Registrar shall have sufficient
cause to suspect that any person pro
posing 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, &C.
cupation, place Of residence and town
ship or county from which he has re-
moved: PROVIDED FURTHER, that the
failure or refusal of the Registrar to
properly register any person qualified
Offering himself for registration, shall
disqualify said person from voting I'M
less such action of the Registrar was
on account Of the refusal Of such per-
son to answer the questions which the
Registrar did lawfully ask, and any
Registrar failing to ask proper and
sum :ient questions to elicit the infor-
nation required in this section, and to
make the proper entries if the informa
ton is given, shall be guilty Of a mis-
demeanor."
SEC. 4 Amend section 2677 by in
serting between the word before " in
line twelve and the word the" in
line thirteen, the following words,
the day next proceedings" also strike
out all the remainder of said section
after the word Register" in line
eighteen and insert in lieu thereof the
following, "on Or before the day next
preceding the election" Provided,
that no challenge shall be considered
which was not entered on the registra-
ton books opposite the name of the
person challenged at least five days
previous to the hearing. When any
person is challenged, the judges shall
explain to him the qualifications of an
e~lector, and shall examine him as to
his qualifications, and if the person in
sists that he is qualified, and shall
prove his identity with the person in
whose name he offers to vote, or his
continued 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 follow
ing oath:
You do solemnly swear (or affirm
that you are a citizen of the United
States, that you are twenty one years
of age, and that you have resided in
the State for twelve months and in this
county for ninety days next preceding
this election, and that you are not dis
qualified from voting by the Constitu,
tion 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 resi-
dent of the same and have been ever
since you were so registered, and that
you are the Identical person you repre-
sent yourself to be, and that you have
not registered for this election at anv
other polling place. So help me God"
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, he shall be
deemed qualified to vote: Provided,
that after such oath shall have been
taken, the judges, if they be satisfied
that he has voted illegally, shall have
mower to arrest him on their own IF