Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-09-22
Only Those Republicans Who Reg
istsrGd the First Three Satur-
days in August are
Qualified.
A POINT 0FPARTICULAR INTEREST
Those Who Registered Last
Saturday Cannot Vote at
the New Castle County
Republican Primaries
of Saturday Next
The Law Is Plain.


Nobody can vote at the Republican
primary election next Saturday except
those who were registered on one Of
the three registration days in August,
either the 9Th, 18th or Goth, and those
who registered last Saturday have no
more right to vote than persons who
are not registered at all.
Tho primary election law provides
that only such persons can vote at
primary elections whose names are on
the books entitled rvoting books of
qualified votersat primary elections, +"
and as the same law prohibits the
entry of any names in those books after
the last registration day in August,
the reason why persons registered last
Saturday cannot vote at the primaries
next Saturday is apparent.
Concerning the primary election
books, the law sets forth that the
sheriff shall prepare and furnish two
books for each registrar outside of tho
city and the Department of Elections
for each registrar in the city, to be
known as voting books of qualified
voters for primary elections, " for alpha
betical listsfof all persons whose names
may be entered on hthe registers, and
when any registrar or board of registra-
ton, at the sittings during the month
of August, shall register tho name OF
any applicant for registration as a
qualified voter, the name shall be i'm
mediately entered, in. the presence of
the applicant, IL he remains in attend.
ance, in its proper alphabetical place
in the voting book of qualified voters
for urinary elertiona ~
The law further STIMULATES that these
books shall be compared and certified
on the last day of registration in the
month Of August by the registration
officers, and they must be delivered by
tho registration officers, within one
secular day thereafter, TO the sheriff
or Department of Elections, as the case
may be. The books shall be preserved
and delivered to the primary election
officers at the proper time.
Any registration or election officer or
other person who is found guilty
OF stealing, Yilfully destroying, mu-
tilating, defacing, falsifying or
fraudulently removing or secreting a
book or any part thereof, or who shall
fraudulently make any entry, erasure
or alteration therein, except us allowed
by the act, or who permits any other
person TO do so, shall, upon conviction,
be adiudged guilty Of misdemeanor
and be punished for every such offence
by Imprisonment In the county Jail for
period not exceeding two years or by
a fine OF not more than 500, or both.
This feature of the law will preclude
the possibility Of any primary election
officer, who might be SO disposed,
entering any name which is not on the
books and which was not entered dur
ing the August registrations
The law plainly says that "no person
whose name does not appear on said
voting books OF qualified voters for
primary elections shall be entitled To
or shall be permitted to vote at a
primary election" 1t says further
that las each person shall apply to
vote at any primary election, the
officers thereof shall examine the 'vot-
ing books of qualified voters for
primary elections provided by this
act, and If they find thereon the name
of the person applying to vote, and be
satisfied that he is tho person whose
name is so registered, they shall enter
! the word voted after his name, and
such voter shall not be permitted To
vote at any succeeding primary cleo
| ton held by any other political party
organization or association. The entry
of the word voted as aforesaid shall
be in such manner as to indicate al
what party primary election the voter
has voted. No person whose name is
not contained in the voting books Of
qualified voters for primary elections
| herein provided for shall be allowed tc
vote or participate in any primary
election hereafter held. 4 4 Il
at any primary election the presiding
officer and Judge shall knowingly and
wilfully receive, or advise or consent
| to the receiving of the vote of any
| person not entitled TO vote at such
| primary election, or IL such presiding
officer or judge shall, knowingly and
| wilfully refuse to receive the vote Of
| any person entitled to vote at such
primary election, every such presiding
officer or Judge shall, for every such
| offence, forfeit and pay the sum Of S10t
| to any person who will sue for the
same, or shall, for every such offence,
upon conviction thereof, be adiudgec
| guilty of a misdemeanor and be fined
not less than $100, and, in either case,
be imprisoned until the fines, forfeit
ures and costs are paid in full or dis.
charged by the court"
1t is obligatory upon the Republican
organization, which is to have thu
| election held, to instruct the election
officers on all of these points. Concern
ing this matter, the law reads as fol
lows: "They 1.-THE governing authority
of the party ordering the election) shall
furnish to the primary election officers
printed instructions Of the parts o.
this act that in the Judgment OF tht
said committee is necessary for the
proper performance of their duties. "
| 1t is altogether likely that If il
comes to the notice of the Department
of Elections that any person has beer
allowed to vote in the city who has mo-
the right to- vote and whose name i!
not on the primary election books pre-
pared at the August registrations, ar
| investigation will be made and an,
officer found guilty Of violating thu
law in this respect will be prosecuted
Some people who were registered las
Saturday had expected to vote at tn,
| primary election next Saturday ant
they will be disappointed when the.
learn that they cannot do so.
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