The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-16
WHAT YOU MUST DO TO BECOME ELECTOR
Applications Must Be Filed With Registrars By oc-
 tober 12, at 5 P. M.
FACTS PROSPECTIVE
 VOTERS SHOULD KNOW
Information for Those Eligi- ble to Vote for the First
 Time This Fall

All persons who desire to be made voters in order to take part in the election on November srd must file ap- plications with the registrar of voters before p. m. on October 42th. Any citizen who has attained the age of 21 years and is not already@a, a, voter may make application. women can be electors. in this state to vote for mem bers of the board of education. A residence of one year in the state and six months in the city is necessary qualification. Persons who are not natives of Bridgeport must be able to prove a residence Of one year in the state and six months in the city be- fore they can receive the electors oath.
 The se1ectmen will be in session with the town clerk in the common council chamber at the city hall from October Is to October 23, inclusive, from o'clock in the morning until 5 o'clock in the evening, for the pur- pose of administering the electors oath to those qualified to receive it. A later date will be set for making voters those who may attain their majority at any date after October B and up to election day, but all such must file application prior to p. m on the afternoon of October 12.
 No person who fails to comply with this rule can be made a. voter and persons entitled to be made from Oc- tober 16 to 23rd cannot receive the oath at the time specially designated for those who attain their majority after October 2S.
 All rlaturalized citizens must show their naturalization papers to the SO lectmen and establish their identity. Foreigners who attain their majority here may be made on their fathers papers provided they have resided one year in the state and six months in Bridgeport
 Former voters who have returned to the city may have their names re- stored to the voting list without ap-S bearing before the selectmen by prov ing to the registrars of voters that they have lived six months in the town, or if they have been residing outside of Connecticut proving that they have lived one year in the state.
 The selectmen are James Griffen, Samuel Thomas, Jr., Edward Lemery, Daniel Smith and Robert c. Horton.
 The registrars of voters prepare lists of those entitled to be made which are distributed several days before the se-s lectmen begin their sessions. Those whose names are placed on these lists when appearing before the selectmen X to be made voters, are required to give to a clerk in the council cham Der lobby, their name, residence age, place Of birth, occupation and the vot- ing district they reside in.
 The clerk fills in a slip containing this information which the applicant takes to the first in line of the select men in the council chamber. This member of the board requires him to repeat this Information and make oath to it. Another member of the board then administers the const1tutlpnal oath. which in substance is that ne will support the constitution of the Tinted States and the State of Con- necticut. Another member of the board then requires him to read, 1,sI1ally a section of one of the stat utes This ends the procedure and the successful applicant gets his name on the voting list. Only those who can read and write may be made vot- CTS in Connecticut.
 Tn facilftatfng the work of making vofers one Of the most important po- siti,ns in the procedure is the post or clerk who first sees the appl1caln6 anu hands him the slip to the seieefInea-f
 Thomas F. White, deputy registrar of voters, usually occupies this posi- +ton. F3ya long experience MT. " White IS able to make out slips rapidly anu keen the line moving toward the Sc 1e-e+T,,an raaturaIized citizen wants his name written differently than IT appears on his naturalization papers. Mr white explains that it cannot zf. done because the papers are 2 court order which cannot be changed An other may have only his first papers and would be turned back by the se- 1ectmen.
 Another may be an old voter who has. returned to Bridgeport and wants to get his name on the list A clerk who did not understand might send these men to the seIectmen and they would there delay the process. In past years MT. White has given much valuable assistance by wedding out those not entitled to be made and un- do11btedly the selectmen will appoint him to the position this year
 Those born here of foreign par entage and who attain their majority here. can be made voters without any. naturalization papers, provided they have lived in the city and state the required time.
 | The data concerning all voters made is carefully preserved by the regis trars of voters and becomes part Of the town records.
 The registrars are already receiving applicants to be made and the indica- tions are that a, large nmuber will be added to the lists this year. l rrUNrDrv u Tl17yTT r "