New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-12
REGISTRATION OPENS TO- DAY
REPUBLICANS SHOULD REGISTER EAR
LY AND ENROLL WITH THEIR PARTY.
Register to-day!

Register to-day!
This is the first of the four days Of registra-
tion in preparation for the election on November
6. The other days are tomorrow, and Friday
and Saturday of next week.
There is no registration by proxy. Every man
must go to the polling place in his election dis
trict and have his name placed on the registry
books by the inspectors of election The books
will be open from Z a. m. until 10 p. n to give
to all electors the opportunity to register,
When you register. enroll yourself as Repub-
lican.
It takes only a few seconds more time to enroll
as member of your political organization when
you are getting your name on the registry books.
The enrolment is kept secret until next year
when you will have the right to vote at the
primaries of your party.
A person is a qualified elector in any election
district for the purpose of having his name
placed on the register If he is a male citizen,
who will be twenty-one years old on or before
the day of election. A person who will be
twenty-one on November Z Cthe day after cleo
tion) has the right to register and vote If he has
been an inhabitant of the State of New-Yor1
for at least one year preceding November 6 and
a resident Of the county OF New-York at least
four months preceding November g. at least
since on or prior to July 6, and a resident Of the
election district in which he may offer his vote
for at least thirty days preceding November g.
at least since October {.
To entitle a naturaIized citizen TO vote he
must have been naturalized at least ninety days
prior to November 6, 1900; that is to say, at
least on or prior to August s
The children of persons who now are or have
been citizens Of the United States shall be con-
sidered as citizens thereof. though born out of
the limits and jurisdiction of the United States
Persons born in the United States. although of
alien pareutage are citizens OF the United
States.
No person gains or loses residence by reason
% of his presence or absence while employed
in the service of the United States. or % while
engaged in the navigation OF the waters of the
State Of New-York, or Of the United States. or
of the high seas; or 80 while a student OF any
seminary Of learning; or a. while kept at any
aln1shouse or other asylum or institution
wholly or partly supported at public expense or
by charity.
Any disabled voter who desires assistance in
voting on Election Day must specify the nature
of his disability at the time of registration This
provision is important, because if the disability
is not made known at the time Of registration
the voter will not be permitted TO have assist
ance on Election Day. The one exception to the
rule is where a voter suffers an accident ill
ness between registration and election
Where an elector changes his place OF resi-
dence within the same election district. after
being registered. he is entitled TO vote. He
NAV appear before the Board Of Inspectors on
anv registration day on the day Of election
and state. under oath, that he has so changed
his residence. and the Board OF Inspectors is
bound to make the proper correction on the reg
ister and allow him TO vote.
A person who moves out of the election dis
trict after he registers, loses his vote.