The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-10
ONLY THOSE WHO
 PAID POLL TAX WILL BE ALLOWED ID VOTE
Attorney General In Opin- ion States Law Specifies Only Qualified Voters
 May Participate

Montgomerv. May a.-i SpecialD Persons who have not paid their poll taxes will not be permitted to vote
 h the primary election on next Mon day. according to an opinion of Attor- ney General Robert c. Brlckell. sub mii,ed to Secretary of State cyrus B. Brown today
 Tho attorney general states that the law specifics that only qualified cleo tors shall participate in primary cleo tons, and that persons who have not paid their poll taxes are not quiiified electors.
 in answer to a second enquiry from the secretary of state, General BriclSell said that managers of elections would have the right to challenge persons
 such managers of a written list of the persons whom it Is desired to chal- lenge.
 Brickels Opinion The opinion of the attorney general lis a follows.
 Montgomery. May S. 1914.
 "Hon Cyrus B. Brown, Secretary of State, Capitol.
 Dear SirLYour letter requesting me to advise you, first, if persons who 1 have not paid all poll taxes due by
 them can vote in the primary election l on May 11th; and, second, if 1t is the
 duty of the managers of said election to challenge parties desiring to vote l upon the filing with said managers of
 a written list of the persons whom it | is desired to challenge. received
 Tn reply to your first question. l beg to advise you that 1t is provided by sec
 tion of the primary election law. that
 only qualified electors under the general election laws of the state shall have the l right to participate in such primary cleo t, ton, and that under our election laws,
 one who has not paid all poll taxes due by him is not qualified voter and should
 not be permitted to vote in the primary
 and that any person so voting would be guilty of a criminal offense. l Answering your second question. l beg
 to advise you that by section 1s of thu l primary election law, it is provided. "Ths party holding such primary election may l through its executive committee or other governing authority. prescribe, or fix, any | rules or regulations for the holding oi such primary election not inconsistent oi
 in conflict with this act" and the follow. | ing provision is founo fin the resolution
  mary to be held on on May Il: An,
 elector to vote in said primary may chal- lenge any person or persons proposing to vote therein, by signing and filing with one or more managers of election a cer- tificate in substantially the following terms.
 l" 'To the Managers of Election: T hereby certify that I have reason , able cause to believe. and do believe, that the following persons who propose to vote in the democratic primary on the 6tf day of April, are not qualified to vote as democrats Tn said election. And the managers of election shall givs effect to such certificate as a challenge of the persons so listed. and also pro. vided the primary to be held on May Il shall be held under and in accordance with the rules and regulations provided for the primary of April 6. "It must therefore follow that whenever any elector qualified to vote in the prl-
 mary files with a manager of election a certificate in substantially the form above provided. it becomes the duty of the man agers of election to treat such certih-
 cates as a challenge of the persons named therein. as fully and effectually as if the party filing such challenge was pres- ent"