The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-17
TO PICK REGISTRATION PLACES
THE CITY COUNCIL TO NAME A COM
MITsTEE FOR THAT PURPOSE.


No Change Likely in the boundaries
of the Election Precincts-The Act
Regulating Municipal Elections
A Change In Precinct Boundaries
mt This Time Would Result in
Confusion, the Mayor Says.
Steps win be taken at the meeting OF
city council tomorrow night, for the APP
pointment Of a committee to select places
for the conduct of the city registration
IN each of the twenty precincts. The
committee will report back to council
and the places selected will be formally
announced by the mayor. This must be
done not later than Saturday, Nov. 2S
1t is not likely that any change will be
made in the boundaries of the twenty
election precincts. There is very little
time left in which to make such changes
and no demand for it has been made by
either faction.
The "act regulating municipal cleo
tions in Savannah" requires that the
mayor and aldermen shall, by ordinance,
divide the city into not less than fifteen
election precincts, clearly defining the
boundary of each No precinct shall con-
tain more than 300 voters. Section pro-
Vides that on the last Saturday in No
vember or within five days prior to that
date, the city council shall designate a
place of registration in each election pre-
cinct, and of such action publicity shall
at once be given by proclamation of the
mayor.
1.-The electoral commission consisting of
the Judge of the superior court the judge
of the city court and the ordinary, shall,
on the last Saturday in November next,
preceding an election for mayor and alder
men, or within five days prior to that
date, appoint two registrars for each
election precinct. Both registrars shall,
If practicable, be bona fide residents of
the precinct in which they are appointed
10 serve. 1t shall not be lawful for the
commission TO appoint both registrars in
one precinct, who are known to be ad-
herents of any one ticket or candidate
for office. But the commission will with
fairness, endeavor to give all parties con-
testing for Office representation among
the registrars in each district"
The days specified for registration are
the first and second Tuesdays and the
second and third Saturdays in December
This will make the days of registration
fall on Dec. !, 8, S and u. The hours dur
ing which the registration books shall re-
main open on these days, are from a.
m. to p. m.
Mayor Myers was asked yesterday by a
Morning News reporter if he thought the
council would undertake to change the
boundaries of the election precincts, some
of them having more than twice as many
voters as others.
There has been no complaint on ac-
count of the present division of the pre-
cincts," the mayor said, "and ] do not
see any reason for change. While some
of the precincts have more than 300 votes
/ do not remember that there was any
difficulty in getting in all the votes at the
last election. The voting should be con-
Quoted much faster at the next election,
as the law will be much better understood
by both managers and voters. 1 do not
think there will be any reason to COM
plain on this score. To even up the votes
in the precincts it would be necessary to
change the boundaries of nearly every
precinct, and as the registration begins
shortly the result might cause confusion"
II It were considered desirable to make
a change in the precinct boundaries the
ordinance would have to be introduced Ia
council tomorrow night and passed by
unanimous consent at a special meeting,
TO be called before Dec. !, as the next reg
ular meeting after tomorrow night falls
on Dec. 2, and the registration opens
Dec. 1.
No bill for the amendment of the city
registration and election law has been adj
vertised as yet, and it is not likely that
any amendment will be attempted at the
present session Of the legislature.
The leaders of both the Liberal and Cit
izens clubs are looking around for good
men to represent their respective clubs in
the registration.