The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-08-06
INFORMATION FOB THE VOTERS
1t is Hoped Unregistered Voters VIII
Register this Year.

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of voter to participate in the gen.
eral State elections, judging from the
small number Of registered persons
in each community, does not seem tC
be fully realized. This year those
who are interested in the future of
the South are urging qualified voters
to register, and it is hoped that there
will be a general compliance.
In order that all may know when
they can register and what the re-
quiremeDts are a representative OF
The State recently asked Assistant
Attorney General Gupter to prepare
the following summary Of the laws on
the subject O? registration:
The registration books must be
open for the registration Of electors
entitled to registration on the first
Monday in each month at the Court
House, until 80 days before the gener-
al election, when they ahsll be closed
until after the election,
| In cities and towns of over 500
inhabitants the Supervisors Of Regis
tration shall open The book CT regis
tration for one meeting at such time
as may be designated by the board
after two week's notice, posted in such
town OF city, at which meeting shall
be registered such qualified electors
of the county as may present them
selves.
Persons becoming Of age during
the 80 day prior to the general cleo
tion, during which the books are clos
ed, may be registered by applying be-
fore the books are closed, if otherwise
qualified. The registration books are
likewise closed 80 days. before any
special election.
"All persons registered on or before
January l, 1898, shall remain during
life qualified electors, unless after
wards they become disqualified by the
constitution for committing crime,
etc. Persons moving from one county
to another may have their registra-
tion certificates changed to the county
to which they have moved as soon as it
is determined that they were duly re-
gistered in the county from which
they moved.
Every male citizen of the State
and of the United States, 81 years old
and upwards, who shall have been a
resident of the State for two years, in
the county one year, in the polling
precinct at which he offers to vote
four months before any election, and
shall have paid, six moths before any
election, any poll tax due, and who
can both read and write any section OF
the constitution submitted by the re-
gistration officers, or can show that ne
owns and has paid all taxes collectible
during the previous year on property
in the State assessed at 5000, VI more,
shall be entitled to registration.
"Of course persons convicted OF
certain crimes, such as burglary,
arson, adultery, wife beating, breach
of trust, forgery, larceny, etc., are
Ineligible for registration.
Persons holding a registration
certificate are entitled to vote upon
proof of the payment of all taxes, in
cluding poll tax, assessed against him,
and collectible during the previous
year.
In order to vote in the Democratic
primaries, in doing which the major
ity Of the voters think they have done
their full duty as citizens, the require
ments for voting are very simple. The
constitution of the Democratic party
on this subject says: AT the election
only Democratic white voters who
have been residents Of the State ~
months and the county 60 days preced-
ing the next general election, and
such negroes as voted the Democratic
ticket in 1876, and as have voted the
Democratic ticket continuously since,
to be shown by the certificate of ten
white Democratic voters, who will
pledge themselves to support the
nominees of such elections, may vote;
Provided. That no person shall be al
lowed to vote except his name be en-
rolled on the particular club list at
which he offers to vote at least i've
days before the first election. Each
club shall have a seperate polling
place for primary elections. The club
rules on the party shall constitute the
registry list and shall be open to in
Spection by any member Of the party,
and the election under this clause Shall
be held and regulated under the act OF
the General Assembly Of this State,
approved December %, 1888, and any
subsequent act Of the Legislature OF
this State"