The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-07
PEOPLE Will VOTE
FROM sun T0.SUN
Polls Open in Virginia To-NIor-
row at o:43 A. NJ, and
Close at 500 P. NJ.
HEAVIEST VOTE in NINTH
Amendments to Constitution
May Bring Out Large Num-
Der of Electors.

All polling places In Virginia will
open at CAB tomorrow morning for
the general election. This will he the
moment OF sunrise In the latitude of
Richmond and is the official time for
all parts of the State. for the time
changes at Bristol and at Middlesboro
on the Western borders.
The sunset hour is at SOC, at which
time the polls will close. All that will
then remain will be to count the votes
which have been cast during the
hours OF sunshine, and to make the
returns
In accordance with the laws Of the
State. every saloon must close at
o'clock this evening. and must remain
closed until O'clock Wednesday morn
ing.
At every voting precinct in the State
tomorrow a member OF the House OF
Representatives OF the National Con
gress will be voted for. In addition,
zach voter. as his name is called when
he entcrs the polling place will be
handed a ballot submitting for his de-
tision the proposed amendments to the
Constitution OF Virginia. upon which
he Is expected to render his verdict
This ticket will go into a ballot box,
separate from that In which the con-
gressional ballots are placed.
| Special Issues.
| In Henrico county a new road law
is to be voted on, and a third ballot
box will be necessary. Warren county
votes on a $4,000 road bond issue, and
King William and Hanover counties
will elect member OF the House Of
| Delegates to succeed the late Thomas
| Fl. Edwards.
Arrangements have been made
/ y py,tsS
Dispatch TO have the results of the
election transmitted to this office by
| telephone or telegraph, at the earliest
| possible moment after the votes are
counted. Signals will be flashed from
a skyscraper every half-hour, giving
information to the people of the city
and vicinity on the result in New York
and in the Ninth District. while a tele-
phone service viii be maintained for
more specific news as to these contests
and as to the results in other places.
If the elections in the Ninth and
Fifth Virginia Districts are very close.
which seems likely to be the case. it
may be a very late hour before the
positive result is known. In case OF
a neck and neck finish, when the vote
in outlying precincts would be neces-
sary TO determine the result, the ac-
tual election might not be known until
some time on Wednesday,
General Vote Light.
A light vote may be expected in al
the districts of the State save the
Ninth and Fifth. because of the lack
OF real opposition to the Democratic
! nominees elsewhere. 1t would not BIZ
Surprising IL the vote in the Ninth
should reach a total larger than thu
combined vote of any other three
I districts in Virginia, except the Fifth
However. the interest which ha
t been aroused over the amendments Il
the Constitution will make the tota
$ OF ballots cast elsewhere than in tn
G Ninth and Fifth larger than it woul,
. have been under other circumstances
l The result on the amendments ma,
or may not be known early. Their
t Is no precedent to go on in this re
spect, such as there Is in fight be
$ tween parties. when the political pre-
objections of most of the voters ar
already known and can be figured or
However. any general trend over wide
ly scattered areas in the voting o
the amendments is likely to indicat
the final result.