The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-05-14
SHUTS OUT MANY VOTERS.
Confirmed from ilrst page.


who have delivered their certificates Of
intention al required by See,
.'Witf the machinery for the use of
the ea,ietis cheek list set III motion by
the filing of written request. there
must be given force 10 the provision
IF Soc. 3, that person who fails to
rcfsgn his certificate shall not be eligi-
BE 10 vote IN any esneus. See. 10 pro-
yides that az the hearing the board Of
civil authority shall determine all qnes-
tons All to the right of persons To have
their names Inserted ia such list, and
the rights to have the name inserted
first rests upon tie filing Of the GER
tiiieatc Of intention,
IA certificate II intention may he
filed by person not qualified to vote,
and upon objection, that question i 10
be determined BY fhr board Of civil
authority. The last clause Of Sec 10
would indicate that the intention Of the
Law IL Thar 10 person who has net filed
4 certificate shah be included iii the
caucus check list, for il makes GER
tiiieate Of intention conclusive in de
termining to which party the person
shalt BE- assigned. / think that the
board cannot insert IN the check list the
name Of any voter who has not filed
certificate Of intention
Governs All Party Caucuses
In case d written request for use
of caucus cheek list il filed, under
provisions Of See. 3 OF the act, must the
caucus of all political parties Ere the
caucus check list, regardless Of the POI
litical faith OF the voters who signed
such written request
Yes. When the written request is
filed, the whole machinery Of the Law
operates upon the cancuses Of all par
ties to elect delegates to conventions to
nominate state and county officers and
representative in Congress and to ncmi-
nate town Representatives The poiiti-
cal aiiiliation OF those who sign the
request cannot at all affect It. There
is no provision that the voter signing
the request shall indicate his political
utilization.
Limit for Filing Intentions.
Can il voter who has NOT certified
his intention III the time OF filing his
inventory, amend his inventory to the
extent Of filing IN and signing certiti
cate Of intention: II %, Nj to what
timer
''Sec. ) Requires that the voter must
sign aud deliver the certificate Of inten-
tion at the time he delivers bis inven-
tory, hut If the voter Il not required
ny law to make an inventory. he shall
deliver certificate on 81 before NAV
Goth. Tho certificates are attached to
the inventory, and therefore part of
1t. by See. 427, Y. s., Tic listsra must
file an abstract 81 Inc personal list IN
the town clerks Office on or before the
25th Of April, but that eau hardly be
interpreted as meaning that there can
be no correction amendment or with
draMa Of an inventory after that date
~ See. 4a2, V. s., the grand list must
finally be deposited ON or before MAY
18th, and the Supreme court has held !.
in Bellows v. Weeks, II VI, 500. that
after II Is 50 flied neither the listers
nor any other person can alter or add
10 II. II would seem to BE within the
power OF The listers TO permit the with.
drawa Of an inventory and the sub.
stiiutiou If another up 10 the 18th Of
May II the voter i allowed to with
draw his inventory and amend it or
substitute another, he may Of course,
when he replaces il deliver Herewith
his certificate " Intention