The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-10-06

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caring to vote in the general cleo
tion to be held next year.
Under the new act unless citi-
zen pays his taxes and gets his name
IN the registration list between Oc-
+oher /. 1909, and April /, 1910,
10 will be debarred from participant
ing in any election, be it primary,
county or general, to be held next
year.
As 1910 is a general election year,
when everything in Georgia from a
Governor to a coroner is elected, it
will be seen that it is important that
ovprv citizen get on the registered
voters list during the coming six
months.
The new law provides that until
six months before a general election,
which is practically April first, the
collector shall place mans name
on the voters list when his taxes
are paid, if he requests that it be
done.
1t then becomes the duty of the
tax collector to prepare within the
next ten days and file with the county
registrars an accurate and complete
list of all names signed in the voters
books after he opened the tax books
on October 1st-this list to be ar
ranged in alphabetical order by mill
tia districts or wards.
Two Lists For Registrars.
Before the twentieth of April the
tax collector, the clerk of the SUI
perior court and the Ordinary shall
prepare a list of all persons living
in the county on April 10th of that
year who appear to be disqualified
from voting, and this list, alphabet
cally arranged, shall also be filed
with the registrars.
The registrars will then have be-
fore them the two complete lists, one
Of them showing the names of those
who, by appearing on the registra-
ton list, have prima facie right to
vote.
This is supplemented and checked
against, as it were, by list of those
who appear to be disqualified.
The registrars are then given forty
days, or until June 1st, in which to
purge and verify the disqualified
voters.
Open to Public Inspection.
This list is to be open to public
inspection and the right of any one
whose name appears thereon to vote
may be challenged by any citizen
OF the county. The grounds of this
challenge must be stated, and, wheth-
er questioned by private citizen or
ny the registrars themselves, the
challenged party shall be notified to
mat effect, with the grounds of the
challenge, and shall have a right to
be heard.
Finally, five days after the regis
uatlon list has been completed an
accurate list, alphabetically arranged,
according to wards or militia dis
'flcts, shall be filed with the clerk
VI the superior court.
The qualified voter, whose name
appears on this list, will be entitled
10 vote, not only at the general cleo
"on IN the fall, but at any primary
10 nominate candidates for that gem
eral election.
Confusing Ideas.
AS the law is new one and many
'onnlcting ideas about it exist in the
iulnds of voters some of the salient
provisions of the act are published
1eIe' To begin with, the tax collec-
'or opens the registration books at
the same time he opens the books
'of the collection of state and county
taxes.
When the Books Close.
zach year in which there is a
seneral election to be held for the
election of governor and members
VI the general assembly" he shall
ciose said voters books for said
election six months before the date
VI said general election, and no one
snail be allowed to register for said
election unless he shall have paid
al taxes due by him at least six
months before the date of the general
election
10 entitle person to register and
'oIe at any election by the people
ne shall have resided in the state
oNe year next preceding the election.
ana in the county in which he offers