Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1894-05-30
Changes in the Election Laws.

genera. election law Of West Vir-
ginia as contained in the Code Of
1881. The sections so amended
are ., 6, 16, 81, &c, So, 81 and 80 of
chapter 3, Code of 1891.
/. That the county court divide
the magisterial districts of each
county into election precincts.
There will be at least one voting
place in each magisterial district,
and but one In each precinct, at
the place most convenient for th Q
voters thereof. Each magisterial
district is to be divided into pre-
cincts so that there shall be as
near as possible 200 voters, and
not over $50 voters, in each pre-
cinct, according to the last election
for president of the United States.
The county court may change the
boundaries of any preci ct or di-
vide a precinct into two or more,
or consolidate two or more pre-
cincts, but not so as to place more
than $50 votes in a precinct; but
no such change to be made within
80 days next preceding an election
and not until notice thereof is
given as provided in amended sec
ton 6; and notice of any such
change after it is made, must be
published in two newspapers, etc.
All such proceedings, including
the boundaries of election pre-
cincts, must be entered in the
records of the ELECTION Precinct
Record" to be kept by the clerk
of the circuit court, and open to
the inspection of any citizen of
the county.
2. That every voter must vote
in the election precinct of which
he is a resident on the day of the
election. He must have been a
resident of the State for one wear.
and of the county for 60 days.
next preceding an election.
Amended Sec. 16).
3. Amended section "a provides
how the ballots are to be printed
and prepared for voting; and it
forbids the name of a candidate
for any Office to be printed in the
same column with that of another
candidate for the same office who
was nominated by convention or
election. 1t also provides
that a half inch space shall be
left between the names of the
for presidential cleo
tors, as well as between the names
of all other candidates.
Under this section a voter may.
IN erasing the ballots o'her than
the one he wishes to vote, use a
pen and ink, or an lndelible pen
Gil.
4. 1t is not necessary to notice
the slight amendments to section
&c, providing how the vote is to be
counted, and the result thereof
proclaimed nor as to municipal
elections, in amended section So.
Amended section 50, providing for
mandamus to compel perform
ance OF duty, is not of interest to
the general reader.
5. Amended sections 81 and 80
provide that each assessor shall
list each voter in the election pre-
cinct in which he resides and
that the clerk of the county court
shall certify one copy of the list
of voters in each election
precinct to the commissioners oil
election of that precinct.
1t is, therefore, important that
every voter be listed in the cleo
ton precinct in which Re resides.
If, after being listed in one pre-
cinct, be moves into another pre-
cinct before election, the voter
should be listed in his new pre-
cinct wherein he expects 70 offer
to vote.
1t is also very important that
each voter be acquainted with the
boundaries Of his precinct, aud
each assessor ought TO carry with
him copy Of the order of the
county court establishing the
boundaries of all precincts IN his
district.
Assessors begin listing April
LIST. Every voter should see that
be is properly listed.
g.
W. w. Brumfeld, a member of
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