The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-04-11
To The Honorable Board Of
County Commissioners of
Sedgwick County.
Centlesnan:.
CentIemAn:.


Your Honorable Board having sub
mitted to me the question as to-
whether. under the provisions of the
Primary Election Law passed at the
special session of the General AsseDlb-
ly, and approved Oct. 18th, 1910, Acts
1910, page l5) special registration of
voters is required for the primary elec-
tion to be held on the second Tuesday
in September, 1912, and biennialiy
thereafter.
Ibeg leave to submit the following
opinion and report:
Section IL, of said Act, providing for
the qualification Of voters at such
primary elections, among other pro-
visions contains the proviso That
every such voter shall also be properly
registered, if such registration shall.
be required by law for primary elec-
tions." And Section 30, of said Act
provides for the furnishing by the
several County, City and Municipal
Clerks of certified lists of allregistered
uoters, if such registration be required
by law, etc.
But the Act inno wise makes any
direct provision for registration of
voters for primary elections, and in the
absence of any direct legislative pro-
vision, no registration would be re-
quired.
The General Assembly at its session
in 1912, passed an Act for the registra-
ton of voters at all primary general
and special elections provided by law,
whether National, State, District,
County. City, City and County. or
Town, for candidates for office, or
upon constitutional or charter amend
ment, orpublic franchises or the issu-
ance Of bonds or other questit.s, mat-
tiers or measures submitted to the vote
after qualified electors, held at any cleo
ton precinct inclnded within the limits
of cities with greater POPULATION than
five thousand inhabitants, except cleo
tions concerning schools.
Acts 1912, Sec l. p. 1886.
Sections to 3S, inclusive, provide
specifically for the appointment Of
registrars, or registration committees,
meetings of such registration COM
mittees, and the mode Of procedure
for the making and correction of re-
gistration lists.
All of said Section l to 49,, inclusive
however, relate to, and aIe to be ap-
piled to registration of voters in pre-
cincts included within the limits of
cities having greater population than
five thousand inhabitants.
Section 80 of the Act Of AL, reads as
| follows:
"Section 80: Sections to 3S hereof
both inclusive, shall apply only to
election precincts included within the
limits of cities with a greater pOpnla-
ton than five thousand inhabitants.
In all other election precincts in this
State the registration o1 electors for
general or primary elections shall be
made as now pre- vided by law for gen
eral elections, and the penalties now
nrovided for the violations thereof
shall apply to the registration of cleo
tors for primary elections, The re-
gistration board IN the last mentioned
class of election precincts shall in addi-
tion to the days now provided, sit fos
the purpose Of registering voters on
Saturday and Monday preceding prim-
ary elections. between the hours o.
IA. NJ. and 7 p. NJ. ofsuch days, which
registration shall apply for both the
primary and general election. The pay
of such registrars and clerks shall be
be the same as now provided by law
for general registrations and elec,
| tions.
| And Section 10 of the Act provides
that This Act shall be liberally con.
strued, etc.
As Section 36 of the Act of 1911
provides for registration for primary
elections, it will be necessary to appoin,
Judges of election rs provided by the
law; such judges to be registrars boil
for primary and General elections, ant
to meet for registration for the prim
ary election on tn" Saturday and Mon
proceeding such Urinary election in ad
dition to the days heretofore provide,
that is to say, they shall meet on Tues
day three weeks before the primar,
election. and on tuesday one week be
fore. and on the Saturday and Monda
proceeding the rrimsry election. TIL
meetings of the registration board fo