Fergus County Democrat., 1906-10-27

Second. he shall have resided in the
state one year Immediately preceding
the election at which he offers to vote.
and in the town, county or precincr
such time as may be prescribed by
law provided that no person
convicted of a felony shall have the
right to vote unless he has been par
6oned
And by section 1,1s1 of the political
code it is provided that the elector
must have resided thirty days in the
county Immediately preceding the
election at which he offers to vote.
There is no requirement prescribed by
law regula ting the time of residence in
precinct, further than that the cleo
tor must be a resident of the precinct
before he is entitled to register therein.
Second. as to the necessary quail
fications to register:
Section 9 OF article 8 of our cOnsti-
tuition provides that the legislative as
sembly shall have the power to pass
registration and such other laws as
may be necessary to secure the purity
of elections, I'd guard against abuses Of
the elective franchise
Pursuant to this power conferred
upon it, the legislature has provid cd
that very person who presents him.
self for registration must take the fol-
lowing oath:
.'I do solemnly swear Cor affirm)
that l am citizen of the United
States, of the age of twenty-one years
and will have been resident of Mon
thirty days on the day next preceding
tana for one year. and of this county
the day Of the next ensuing election,
and that l am not registered elsewhere
AT the instance of Secretary Of State
help me God; and it is further provid-
does not know the applicant to be
qualified to have his name registered
and to be resident of the precinct
or in the event that he is CHALLENGED
by qualified elector then the appli-
cant must answer affirmatively, under
oath, the following questions:
"First,-Are you a citizen Of the
United States?
"Second-Are you now or will you be
tyyn W. Of y,yfn tn he
day of the next ensuing election?
"Third-On the day of the next en-
suing election will you have resided In
| Montana one year, and in this county
thirty days next preceding the day Of
said election?
"Fourth-Are you now a resident of
| the registration district in which you
propose to be registered?
| "Fifth-Are you registered for this
electoral year in any other registration
| district in the name you have now
given, or in any other name?
! 1T is noted that no time of residence
is prescribed in a precinct before the
elector can either register or vote; II
is only necessary that he be an actual
| resident of the precinct at the time ha
| offers to register and vote. In the ev-
ent of an elector residing in one pre-
cinct, and after having registered
| therein, moves to another precinct in
the same county before the period of
registration is closed, he is entitled up
| on application to have his name can
| celled and a certificate to that effect
| issued to him by the registry agent of
| the precinct in which he first registered
and to thereupon have his name enter
! ed upon the registry books of the pre-
| cinct to which he has moved, upon pre-
sentation of such certificate of cancel
lation. In this connection it may be
well to again call your attention to tho
| fact under our law, no person will be
permitted to vote this year unless he
shall first register Registration of all
electors must be had generally through
| out the state this year."