The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-03-10
VOTERS MUST
ENROLL IN APRIL.
New Law Requires Electors to Vote
on Direct Nominating
Plan.

1t is absolutely necessary for the
people of Baraga county to partlci-
pate in party enrolment the first
Monday in April in order to vote
next June on the question OF whether
nominations of candidates for COVER
nor and lieutenant governor shall BE-
by direct method or by the present
system of party caucus and conven-
ton. The enrolment is mandatory,
and in every county in the state
preparation is being made to com
ply with the law, and counties
neglectng or refusing to participate
will lose the right to voice in
settlement of the question.
tLu en- d. d ciil son. member Ct Il e
house OF representatives from Eaton
county, who was one of the fathers
of the present law, in recently
published digest of the enrolment
feature of the laws, says:
HOW THE LAW WORKS.
Ia order to participate in the
direct nomination for governor and
lieutenant governor every voter
must 90 to his regular polling place
on the first Monday. in April and
have his name enrolled in the enroll
ment books OF the party to which he
belongs. This is very important.
No voter who is not enrolled can
participate. in the primary election
to be held on the second Tuesday in
June when candidates for governor
and lieutenent governor will be
chosen.
This much is necessary If Baraga
county is to have any voice whatever
in choosing the candidates for gov
ernor and lieutenant governor and
In the decision as to whether the
practice of nominating these two
officials by direct vote shall be-
continued. II any further extension
of the primary reform law is desired
some time before the date of the
primary election in June, it will be
necessary for at least 20 per cent OF
the qualified voters Of any election
district, whether it be city, county.
legislative, senatorial or congress
sional district, to petition the secre
tary of state TO call an election on
the question. II this is done then
the voters may vote on the PROPOSE
ton as TO whether the proposed
primary election law shall be adopt
ed for the nomination Of their con-
gressional, legislative and county
officers. This vote will also be TAX
en- on the second Tuesday ia June.
and only those who enrolled on the
party enrolment books on the first
Monday in April may vote. If a
majority OF these voters vote yes,
then the provisions of the primary
election law shall apply to the nom-
nation of these officials.
If majority Of the enroll d
voters vote in favor Of nominating
by the direct system as outlined
above, then every enrolled
voter must go to his regular
voting place on the first
Tuesday in September and vote for
the names he desires printed on his
party ticket. The candidates receiv-
ing the largest number of votes on
that day will be declared the regu-
lar nominees of their respective
parties and will be voted for at the
regular election to be held in Nov
ember, 1906.
All of the foregoing only serves
to make plain how important it is
that every qualified eector be en-
rolled upon the enrolment books OF
his party on the first Monday in
next April. This is April 2, and is
the date of the regular spring cleo
tion, so that enrolment can be made
at the same time that the election
is in progress.