The Seward gateway., 1916-10-06
CITY COUNCIL HAS
 ONLY ONE DAY LETT !

Are the voters of all Kenai Peninsula disranchiSed this year? This is the question that must be answered Immediately and there is every reason to fear that the a swer might be in the affirmative.
 The law says that notice of the Delegate eecJOu anu the election for the local legislature must be given by the United States Commissioner sixty days before the date o election and this afternoon the thought came that Such notice may not be given and that hundreds o1 American citizens of the territory OI Alaska III IhlS uegHooIooU may have lost their votes
 The thought of the possible disfranchisement came this afteroOn at o'clock when 1t came to memory that the city council of Seward has not yet compiled with the regulations. The law says that the council oI an lhcoPo porated town must provide polling place and must AZ POINT BOARD OF ELECTION Al LEAST IHIIRl DAYS BEFORE ELECTION. This has not yet been done but as the election will not take place until NoV the .ty council has time meet tonight or tomorrow and per form the act that is necessary before the people ol S city vote.
 AS the thought of the oversight of the city council came to mind there also the thought that because o he quick changes of United States Commissioners m Seward similar oversight might have been made m re- aton to the outvng districts The law says that SIXTY avs before each delegate election after the first one and before each legislature election after the St one notice of election must be sent to the places outside incorporated ties and precincts must be established Mr. Ennis, the present Commissioner was about thS today but he nas no knowledge that the requirements were 1uIheu He left office after being in 1t only short tune and Mr. Wooey took the office on September the hlSC 10 make the notices legal in outlying precincts It was necessary to
  office and as he was new in Alaska it Is quite pos be that the matter might have been overlooked without blame to anyone at all. 1t is said that Mr. Wooey was usv in the matter later but from what can be learned is to be feared that the task done until too late a though this will not be staed positively here now
 The thing now be made sure IS that all the people oI seward do not get disfranchsed The city council Is ured by law to publish the notice of election in at least one paper and post in three places but this need not be done except for two consecutive weeks before the eec on But the council must fix the polling place, places and must elect judges etc., at least thirty days before the election This can be done tonight or tomorrow ana be till in time but the council had apparently overlooked 1t IS no provisions had been made for meeting until next week
 Several precincts have been diSfranchiSed from time to time in Alaska because the Commissioners forgot to do what was necessary but is still to be hoped that hena Peninsula is not.
 The city council must act before tomorrow is over however as Monday would be too late and the work could not be done legally on Sunday. There must be three judges and two clerks and not more than two judges and one clerk shall belong to the same political party.