Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-31
SOME ELECTION ODDITIES
NOT ALL THE MEN ARE PRIV
LEGGED TO VOTE TUESDAY.
Women to Cast Ballot in Four
States-Australian System
Nearly Universal.

Women will vote in this general election
Wyoming. a fact which campaign mana.
gers in the various national headquarters
in Chicago of the democratic, republican
prohibition and socialist parties have
taken into consideration. These states
representation in the electoral college
amounts to eleven votes out OF 4S3.
Voting in all states but three will be
by the Australian system. Virginia and
the Carolinas having retained the old
system.
BY no means all the men OF twenty-one
In the country are qualified voters. for
the varying laws OF the states not only
bar convicts in the prisons in most cases.
but place other restrictions on suffrage
that become exceedingly important in
presidential years.
Some Who Are Barred From Polls.
Michigan bars Indians and ''duelists and
their abettors.'' Mississippi bars de-
linquent taxpayers and also felons and
the insane. Missouri, Massachusetts, and
few other states penalize pauperism by
taking away the voting privilege. Nevada
brings up the struggle of north and south
by barring from suffrage "unamnestied
Confederates against the United States
as well as Indians and the Chinese. Yer
mont also bars "ex-Confederates" Ma
tive Indians" are voters by the Oklahoma
law. Ohio refuses to let United States
soldier vote. as does North Dakota, Texas
and few other states.
Atheists are not voters in North Caro-
lima. nor are embezzlers Of public funds,
If there are any such. in Alabama. Nom
taxpayers cannot vote in Pennsylvania
nor can persons dishonorably discharged
from the service of the United States.
As nearly every state bars convicts and
there are 81, TO convicts in the prisons of
the country, election day will mean moth
ing to whole army of them.
Sugar Barrels for Ballot Boxes.
FREMONT, Ohio. October 31.-Sugar
barrels will be used for ballot boxes in
Sandusky county at the coming election.
The board OF elections has purchased
forty barrels. Tops with hinges, includ-
ing the necessary slot. were placed on
all barrels, after which they were dis
tributed to the various precincts. The
step was necessary because Of the large
ballots to be used In the presidential
election November 3.
Barred by Pernicious Activity.
PORTSMOUTH, N. H.. October Silt
is understood that several hundred quail
fed voters, workmen in the Portsmouth
navy yard. will not go to the polls cleo
ton day in Portsmouth, Newcastle and
Kittery. Me-, as a result OF the govern
ment's order preventing civil service en-
ployes from holding Office In this city or
surrounding towns. and forbidding any
participation whatever in politics, local.
state or national
The order has already been responsible
for the designations Of each of the threee
selectmen OF the town Of Newcastle and
In that town and kittery, az we'll as in
this city, the holders OF number OF
minor positions In the town and city
government have been forced to give
them up. while In several cases employees
have resigned their positions in the yard.
The men affected are members Of both
OF the big parties, but are for the most
part republicans.