The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-03-16
URGES VOTERS TO ENROLL.
Governor Warner Sends Out Circu
lars Giving Instructions.

AT his own expense. Gov. Warne
will soon send broadcast over the stat
: 10000 copies of a circular giving sue
cient instructions to voters under tn
new primary election law. With thes
will be sent enrolment slips to facili
tate enrolment on election day, dut,
that is to be performed by every vote
| if he wishes to take part in any pri
mary nominations. OF these, 225, 90,
| will be printed.
| The governors circular reads as fol
lows:
/ An enrolment clerk will be with
every election board in the state on
election day, April 2, to receive the
names of all voters who apply for en-
rollment You can enroll on that day,
| giving the clerk the necessary infor-
nation verbally, or handing him an
enrolment slip containing the desired
information. This enrolment answers
for all time unless you remove to an
other election precinct or desire to
change your party affiliations, and the
| one enrolment allows you to vote on
all questions submitted at any time
under the new primary law; also al
lows you to vote on the nomination of
candidates for the offices Of governor
and Heutenant-governor, members of
congress-, county officers and members
of the legislature in counties and dis
tricts where that system has been
adopted; also gives you the right to
sign petitions for the submission of the
direct voting system, or to the print
ing of the name of your choice of can
didates on the primary ballot. The en-
rollment in no way interferes with the
right of a citizen to vote at the regular
election for any candidate on the ticket
he desires, but is intended to prevent
fraud and fraudulent voting at all pri
mary elections under the new law.
So do not fail to enroll on Monday,
April 9.
A petition signed by enrolled voters
representing one-fifth of the voters of
their party is required to be filed with
the county clerk before May 18th this
year, in order to have the question sub
mitted at the June 10 primary election
changing to the direct voting plan of
nominating officers, If a petition from
the necessary number is so filed you
will vote at the June 12 primary cleo
tion on the question of direct nomina-
tions. At the same June primary cleo
tion you vote direct by marking cross
before your choice Of the candidates
for governor and lieutenant-governor,
and also vote on the question of con-
tinuing the same system Of nominating
those two officers for the future. You
also elect at the same primary election
the number of delegates which your
precinct is entitled to in the county con-
vention to elect delegates to the state
convention called for the purpose of
nominating the balance of the state
ticket.
This change entirely does away with
all early or so.called "snap" caucuses
or county conventions. This June 18th
primary is under the Australian sys-
tenn of voting and the regular election
board in all districts.
First Enroll on election day. Mon
day, April 2.
Second. Sign petitions on that day,
or surely before May 10, as they must be
in the hands of the city or county clerk
or secretary of state by May 12 in order
to have all questions you desire sub
mitted at the June 12 primary election.
Third. Be sure to vote at the June
10 primary election
Additional copies of this circular and
application blanks for primary election
enrolment may be had upon applica-
ton; also complete copies of the primary
law. FRED M. WARNER.
Lansing, March 10, 1906.