The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-05-08

Urated under it, we appeal to every
honest citizen of North Carolina to
demand of the Democratic legisla-
ture, when it meets in June, to adopt
at least the following amendments to
said law, viz:
(a) Amend section II by inserting
after the words political party in
the end of line 6, the following:
provided: that the State Chair
man of the Democratic, Republican,
and Peoples parties, respectively,
shall have the right on or before the
first Monday in July to nominate to
the said county boards of election
in every county in the State,
n person with above qualifca-
tiOns for judges of election in each
precinct, and if such nominations +
made by any or all of said chairmen,
then said county boards of election
shall appoint said judges of election
from the names so nominated to them
respectively"
CD Amend section 10 by inserting
in line II after the word catered"
the following:
Provided that no election precinct
shall contain more than four hun
dred electors.
Co Amend section % in line 20 by
Inserting after the word ''enclosure,"
the following:
Provided that it shall be the duty
of the judges of election upon the re
quest of any voter to take his ballot
and deposit it in the proper boxes.
Whereas, the only excuse that the
Democratic party has advanced for
the unlimited power and discretion
given to the registrars in section II
is what they claim to be the danger
of colonization. Therefore
Resolved, That section II be
amended by adding the following
proviso, namely:
Provided that the above qualifca-
tions for the registering of an electOr
shall not apply any ~elector, Offering
to register, who can prove on the
oath of himself and one other electOr,
if required to do so, that he has been
a citizen of the State for twelve
months, a citizen of the county in
which he offers to register, for 80
days, and is an actual and bona fide
resident of the precinct in which he
offers to vote.
Cd Provided further, that any
person denied registration shall have
the right of appeal from the decision
of the registrar denying him regis
tratiOn to the resident or presiding
Judge of the Superior Court in the
district wherein he resides, and on
such appeal the hearing shall be de
nOvO.
Any person denied registration and
desiring to appeal must within ten
days after the decision of the regis
trar is made, file with the said regis
trar d written notice Of his intention
to appeal therefrom, and thereupOn
the registrar shall certify all papers
in the case within twenty-fOur hours
from the filing Of the notice to the
Clerk of the Superior Court in the
county wherein he resides, who shall
in turn forward the certified papers
in the case to the resident Judge or
the Judge presiding in the district,
who shall, without unnecessary de
lay, hear and determine the matter
and certify his decision to the regis
trar from whom the case was
brought and if it is in the decision
of the judge that the applicant is en-
titled to register and vote, and if
said decision shall be delivered to the
registrar at any time before the clos
ing of the polls on election day, it
shall be his duty to register the name
on the books and the applicant shall
be entitled to vote.
If any registrar OF Clerk Of the
Court shall neglect or refuse to send
up the appeal as herein directed, or
comply with the decision of the court
in respect thereto, he shall be guilty
of IA misdemeanor and upon convic-
ton shall be fined not less than fifty
dollars or imprisoned not. less than
thirty days, or both, in the discre-
ton of the court.
That section 25 be repealed.
We denounce the last Democratic
legislature for creating an Election
Board for political and partisan pur-
poses, and for giving to said Board