The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-11-04
ELECTORS RIGHTS
DEFINED BYlAYLIN.
State Official Issues Pamphlet
of Instruction
To OhiOans Which Is of Especial Interest
to First Voters.

Secretary Of State Layln has caused
to be issued a pamphlet of instructions
to judges of elections. which is sup
posed to cover every emergency a voter
may encounter. The paper is so com
prehensive in its scope that it should
be in the hands of every citizen who Is
in doubt regarding his right to exer-
else the elective franchise by reasons
of residence. business. social or do
mestic relations. Secretary Laylin's
instructions are as follows:
The election for 1904 occurs Novem-
Der sth. A person otherwise qualified
to vote who becomes Of age on the 9th
that is, whose birthday is on the 9TH
of November, is entitled to vote at the
election held on the eighth.
A person who came into the State of
Ohio with the intention of remaining
and becoming q citizen on the sth day
of November. 1908 Tor priorl. is en-
titled to vote on the sth. provided he
is otherwise qualified.
Ap-rson who came into the county
not later than the 9th of October, 1904.
is entitled to vote if otherwise quali-
fed.
An unmarried man who came into
the township, or into a ward of q mu-
|nicipality not later than October 10th,
1904. If otherwise qualified, is entitled
to vote
The ''head of family" who came
into the State not later than tine Sth oi
November. 1908, and into the county
not later than October 9th, 1904. is en-
TITLED to vote in the township, ward. ol
pre- inct in which his family resides,
whether he has been in such township
ward, or precinct one or more days
except that the 'hesd of family
moving from a township to village
or ward of city in the same county,
is not entitled to vote ballot con-
tanning the names of candidates fol
municipal offices unless he shall havs
come into such village or ward no'
later than October 19tn, 1904.
The words, "hesd of a family,
have been held to mean she who pro
vides for family; the husband OF
father is ordinarily the head, but ther,
may be q head where there is no mar
risge relation
The place where a person sleeps i
his s'hsbitstion- The place wher'
he eats or has his washing done ha
nothing to do with his ''habitation. >
His voting place is therefore. in tn
ward or precinct where he sleeps
Provided:
A married man unless ''where hus
band and wife have separated and liv
apart'') is entitled to vote only wher
his family permanently resides
A married man separated from an
living apart from his wife. but who l
living with and providing Tor his chill
dren, is the ''head of a family" an
is entitled to vote where his famil
resides.
A married man separated from an
living apart from his wife. and not th
head of family" is entitled to vote
only as an unmarried man.
II q married man moves into a cour
ty not later than October 9th, and hi
wife. or if separated from his wife
his family. does not come into th
county until the 10th of October {
thereafter, he is not entitled to vote.
II the wife of q married man. or
! separated from his wife. the famil,
moves into the county in good f-itl
not later than the 9th of October. he
entitled 10 vote, no matter If he hin
self did not come into the county unit
after the 9th.
THAT place shall be considered Il
, residence Of person in which his hal
itsrion is fixed, and to which, whel
ever ne is absent, he has the intentic
Of returning"
, "a person shall not be consider,
to have lost his residence who lesv
! his home and goes into another Stat
! or county of this State, for temporal
purposes merely. with the intention
returning"
Whether a person has left his usu
. voting place for temporary purpos
. ? only is largely to be determined
. the judges. The length of time
n temporary absence is not to be consi
cred so long as the right of franchi
2 was not exercised by the voter som
n where else. and so long as it was b
. intention to return. A person in Il
Government service, at Washington
n elsewhere, is temporarily abser
and entitled to vote. Likewise, q ps
son absent in the service of the Sta
OF Ohio is temporarily" absent, a
n entitled to vote at the place where
resided before going into the Stat,
IA service, whether his family is abse
n with him or not.