Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1912-11-01
REGIS STIRA7lONl |
DAY. UNOB Err we'd.
!. !. I. &. ] IN. DEVIL LAM
MEMORIES Of REGISTRATION I
Z BOARD AND CITY ATTORNEY
= .& ARE FAST FAILING. :E55.
BOARD SAYS, WE HAD FORGOTTEN
EVERY ONE MUST SWEAR in THE I
! VOTE IN ORDER TO, MAKE
SURE OF. ITS LEGALITY.

i $$$5 VOTE IN ORDER TO MAKE
SURE OF ITS LEGALITY.
|. Through criminal neglect, or rather
what they call 81 forget the Regis
tration Board for the city Of Devils
Lake failed to meet last Tuesday for
the purpose of correcting and revising
the registration list and allowing the
new ones an opportunity to register,
inventing one of the finest samples Of
'''ball.ups" that has occurred at any
election in Devils Lake. $.%51$$. if 4. ID
z In an$interview with Attorney u. J: \:
Wehe on the subject, Mr.. Wehe gives
the following as his version Of the law
covering the registration Of voters,
.'The law provides at sections 1872
to 746 Of the Revised Codes Of 1905,
and amendments thereto at pages 20S
| and 2O9 of Session Laws of 1911, that
the election board shall meet two b
weeks prior to any annual or general
election at 8 O'clock a. M, and make
a list of all qualified to. vote at the :
ensuing election. + That said election
board shall meet again on Tuesday
preceding any election for the purpose
Of correcting and revising said. list
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sllle g sole iliay lssstsf MS Yoss
not Iesis.efed salld uailllea
rs s5's AS regards the effect of the failure
Tot this beard TO sI.1eet and aye g legal
Iregistrat city
Twill have at the o1iiIlg election
would say that it would not effeett
unless the election should be ontest-
led, in which event every; vote which
hlis had not been sworn in would be-
thrown = ssl 4 N
lsS"It is a certainty that the old regis
tration lists Of prior elections cannot; !.
l5be used, nor can any list made not 2ac-
cording to- the Law as set forth (as
shown above) be used. A prior regis
tration list made for some preceding
lelection cannot be used. nor can
patched up registration list made for
the coming election be used contrary.
to the provisions given above. s$
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legal voter he r,arty Who I, corrobor..s
Itates the affidavit need not be ! reg
Iistered voter: otherwise. AZ We have
had no legal registration. r., no one would
be able to swear Il, their. vote our
supreme court has IS held I'm & 32 M
". 664 that where her; there has been no
registration or legal registration pre-
lsceding al election that tf,e voters of
such wards 81 civ 1E, are not t1isf rancl,is-
ed, But that ii such wards or " citEy the
voters may. swear III their vote 81; az
fidayit. having them q borated Nv
alSvoter. Any vote east contrary Yes
Iehese provisi ons as construed by our our.
.sa1l supreme q court are subject 70 being
contested and thrown out. any
Votes are received contrary 70 these sps3
provisions 'ls' they are subject e confess,
ana then the burden sof proving their
legality, or that they are legal voters.