Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-10-28
HNPosfANT TO VOTERS.


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Tomoror ill be- the last day of rex
stration ~ citizens. to entitlc them /
vote at ~ municipal election to TAX
place Member s. Voters who hav
been prtdously registered and hav
not chased their place Of residence
10 not red to register again. New
corners, mo have been in the city loni
enough % establish legal residence
should ,ake sure of the right to vote
by goB to the registration office oil
the difict in which they reside and
havinf their names duly registered
Legalesidence is defined in the State
constitution, as 1t affects the voting
privige. as follows:
"Eery citizen OF the United States
81 te age Of twenty-one years and
ipwrdg, who shall have been a cill-
ben.or ninety days, and shall have re-
sidd In the State' one year. in the
couty four months and in the precinct
yiyy days next preceding any election,
shll be entitled 10 vote at such elcc-
Tia, except as herein otherwise pro-
We'd"
some difficulty and apparent injustice
hve grown out Of the provision re-
uiiring sixty days residence in the
soting precinct next preceding the cleo
ton. The Legislature, at its latest SEES,
fion. passed law with the view Of re-
moving the trouble, by providing for
the change Of a voters name from one
district to another at any time previ-
Gus to the day OF election, by proper
application 10 the registry agent and
obtaining a certificate Of removal The
provision Is this:
Amy registered elector moving from
bne district to another within the same
precinct Tor city, prior TO the day OF the |
snsuing election, may apply TO the reg |
gtry agent before whom he has al |
ready been registered for that year, at |
any time prior TO the day of election |
Ind have his name taken off the official |
'egister and receive from the registry |
~
late will entitle him 10 have his name
registered at any time before the day
\ election In the same manner as 9TH
4 names are registered, in any other
tstrict within the same precinct or
~, ETC."
II the words "or city" had not been
herted In the foregoing amendment to
d registration laws, there would have
I'm no dubiety In regard to the mean
= or validity OF the statute. But the
SEDUCTION OF those words has caused
~ confusion as to their application
sxisting conditions, II Is frequently
h,ase that q citizen who has resided
hftatutory time In the State ana
my. has removed from one precinct
abther within sixty days next pre-
III an election, By doing so he loses
asht 10 vote at that election. This
was to be unjust. But the remedy
era be obtained by act OF the Legis-
lans The Constitution Of the State
nStd the provision. and II can only
m &ged by an amendment 10 the
Cessation.
hral from one voting district to
ano within the same precinct, does
aO' ndeprive the registered voter of
ne wag privilege. He can make the Z
noN pplication for a certificate Of ]
S"~3 as provided by the statute
!. VA'n NH we have quoted. and taking
wfegistry agent OF the district
"ahe has removed, who will
49,. 49, @,ame on the list Of voters for
49, .1zct al any time before the
80, estion, provided It satisfae-
~" apars to him that the appli-
~ Ntled 10 vote in that dis. =
- tty citizen who has thus re. y
r " Aosi see to II that he does not "
!, 'a'F lose HIS privilege to vote
''s eonNg election. y
oou,. 'O'u bubble and dispute and DIFF. =,
- ""niegistration officers, every y,
NAN snoua understand that no one
WIZ be enttle 10 vote a, tho annro.ah
Ing city elect,n who e ro ~ a d','''
.se Safes, over twenty.one
n 49, y age Ind bona flde resident N
nor,,s s'a'e on year IN the county four Of
NV. ,a'us ana IN the precinct sixty days We
".A' precedinFthe election To-
nv uAt OF ftrfetry aconts o,a 49, IA
me- No. VIII be band in another part Of na
,,', . ISSUE o. 'hs'News7 Now let every lat
,n,,. 'n make are that he or she ls afr
~ Nv. ,, registered md then go to the polls ma
\ s' .ruOu gay and exercise the rich. an
= suffrage. ascordinr to his or her By
~, 'upsinen, a. to The individuals ser
,Os.,' Sualihed to iold Office in this It
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