White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-04
City Attorney Eddy Holds
View that New Law Is Tn
constitutional and that Old
Ordinance Is in Effect.

Electors entitled To vote at the
coming city election are those who
have been properly registered or
whose names appear on the registra-
ton cooks as having voted at the
last general election and who now re-
side within the city limits. The vot-
ing will be conducted In three wards.
The polling place for the residents OF
ward l will be at the city hall: the
Bio hall will be the voting place for
residents of ward 2 and the court
house will contain the booths for the
voters of ward 3.
II an elector was registered at the
last general election and failed TO
vote at same. his name has been can
celled on the registration books and
unless he re-registered he will not be
qualified to vote at the city election.
Soldiers who were registered at the
last general election and were unable
10 vote owing to their absence for
military duty have been treated. I'M.
der the new election law. the same
AZ those who failed TO vote for other
reasons. Although the new election
law specifies that a person absent on
military duty should not lose his res-
idence. IL did not provide for keeping
hs name on the registration list, as
the ruling of the law declares that
all who failed to vote should be re-
moved from the regist ration lists
Thus.t voted who was in the service
at the time OF the last election is au-
tomatically disfranchised for the
present city election and will be coin
pelied 10 re-reyister for the next
general election.
Those who transferred from Ely Mt
the last general election and have
not had their names changed back TO
the city voting wards. will be unable
30 vote at the coming election. as the
Law provides that registration cards
shall be removed from the precinct
registered and placed In the precinct
transferred to. remaining there until
a change Is ordered by the voter A
residence Of ten DAYS prior To an eler-
tion is required by law before per
son Ia qualified 10 vote In a precinct
The law makes N the duty of the
judges Of election when a name ap-
pears on the books of any precinct.
which In their opinion is the name
OF voter not entitled to vote AT a
ctty election for the reason that his
residence is presumed To be- out CT the
limits of such nrecinet, the judges
shall make careful inquiry and de-
termine whether such person is lo-
gally entitled TO vote and If found
that he resides outside the precinct
limits 10 refuse him the privilege OF
voting
An example. If resident OF tund
secured transfer TO vote in Ely at
last general election for the reason
that he would be unable owing 20
travelling on business to vote at hts
resident precinct. his name would
still appear on the Ely registration
books under the new law. II he cast
his vote at such election. but he
would not be entitled TO vote AT the
city election.
City Attorney c. A. Eddy holds the
opinion that the new law does not
apply To city elections for the reason
that the law relating TO elections ap-
proved March 27. 1917, is unconsti-
tntional. owing to the fact that the
title NJ the act reads IAN Act Reg
Mating the Registration of Electors
for General. Special and Primary
Elections" not mentioning municipal
elections. In the opinion of the city
attorney. the constitution declares
that each law enacted by the legis-
lature shall embrace one subject ard
matters properly connected Herewith,
which subject shall he briefly ex-
pressed in the title. Under this pro-
vision OF the constitution, the city at
torney holds that the city election
should be governed by the city or
dinance as all city elections In the
past