The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1915-04-10
new LAW FOR
REGISTRATION

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of county commissioners at their
meeting in June to divide the
county into election precincts and
to describe the boundaries of the
same, and to fix the voting place
in each precinct. Each precinct
shall contain 250 votes or less.
If at any time any precinct cast
400 votes or more at an election
it shall be the duty of the inspec-
tor Oh election in such precinct to
report the same to the board OF
county commissioners, and the
board shall then, before the 31st
day of December succeeding,
divide such precinct in manner
provided for the formation of
precincts at the June meeting.
Each precinct shall be so bounded
as to fall entirely within the
boundaries of senatorial or rep
resentative district.
Another law of unusual inter-
est to all the people, and the one
which was passed over the veto
of Governor Lister, provides that
beginning with January l, 1916.
registration of voters shall extend
to all precincts in each county in
the state. The city clerk in all
Incorporated cities or towns is
made registrar of voters in all
the precincts in such incorporat-
ed city or town, and the board of
county commissioners shall des-
ignate an elector in each precinct
outside of Incorporated towns as
a registrar of voters in his pre-
cinct and provide him with the
necessary registration books for
that purpose. Each registration
shall be in force during the period
of four years beginning January
l, 1916, and it shall be necessary
to register only once during each
quadrennium thereafter, unless
an elector for any reason fails to
vote, in which event he must re-
register for the succeeding elec-
ton. Each elector shall appear
in person to register. In case a
change of residence is made from
one precinct to another, the voter
shall notify the registrar in the
new precinct and re-register
therein, and such registration
shall then be certified to the reg
istrar in the precinct so aban-
doned, who shall cancel the same.
Registration books shall remain
open in all precincts from 9 a. m.
to $50 p. m. for the registration
of voters, and shall be closed 10
days before the primaries and 20
days before general elections.
Each registration clerk shall GER
tify to the county auditor of the
county on Oct. l the names of all
electors of such precinct who
have died since registration with
in the period, and shall cancel
such registration.
1t is made the duty of the
county clerk to certify to the
county auditor the names of all
persons who have been convicted
of a felony and whose sentence
may have been carried into ex-
ecution, and the auditor shall
certify such names to the regis
tration clerks of the various pre-
cincts for verification and cancel
lation.
The fees provided for registra-
ton are as follows: For each
person registering, five cents per
name. For each cancellation,
five cents per name. For check
ing any recall, initiative or refer
endum petition, and certifying
to the same, five cents per name.
For certifying to any state officer
the names of the electors regis
tered, or voted, as may be re-
quired by law, five cents per
name. Said fees shall be paid
by warrant drawn upon the coun-
ty treasurer by order of the coun-
ty commissioners upon proper
vouchers being presented there
for.