The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-09-24
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Times Receives Election Laws Passed By the Legislature Signed By the Governor = Many Changes in the Pres ent Laws to Meet New Situation.
Especial to The Times,


 Hartford, Sept. 24-The Bridgeport Times today succeeded, through the courtesy of the governors office, in obtaining the first list of the election Tuesday, and signed by the governor yesterday. Because of the hurry in the work of legislation on Tuesday. these bills which were intended to make easier the work of the election officials who otherwise would have been swamped by the scores of, thou sands of women voters. were not read to the assembly, and there were only two copies of each bill they have been jealously guarded ever since. The most important of the changes ! is that the polls will open at 5:30 in the morning instead of o'clock; and will remain open until 6 o'clock in tine evening instead of o'clock, thus giv- ing an hour and a half more voting. But there are a great many other changes in the laws affected by these | bills, which are of interest to all voters.
 The following are the bills which have been approved by the governor: 1. An act providing for the hold ing of special town meetings to fix time for opening the polls. This pro- vides for only three days notice of l special meetings and three days no- 1 tice of annual town meetings. ] Z. An act concerning additional ballot boxes and election officials. Ap- plicab1e only to November election and allows each selectman to provide l extra ballot boxes and the registrars to appoint additional election off cials. It also allows the registrars to specify what voters may vote in each box, allows them to print separate tvoting lists of men and women, and allows the women to be made' list to be printed separately provided in all cases no distinction be made be- | ca use of sex l 3. An act amending Section 54s, 1 concerning who may be registered.
 It provides that women who have been voting on school questions may register as electors without again
 taking the oath
 4. Amending Section 545, concern ing electors. Provides that in towns
 Where written applications are re- qulred to be filed with the registrars la person may not state his or her age
 simply stating that he or she has '+at- talned the age of 21 years.'' Q. An act concerning sessions of lregistrars to perfect and revise lists II It gives the registrars one more day to perfect lists, changing the time So that lists must be perfected 26 days before election instead of 27 days be- fore election.
 6. Amending Section 551, con
 cernlng record of applicants. It pro-
 vides for the right of women to vote
 means that if woman is married be- tween the date of registra ton and le1ecuon day, she may vote on the name under which she registered | '. Amending Section 555, concern ing the depositing of corrected lists
 in the town clerks offices. Provides that the registrars shall deposit lists
 on the. second Monday before. cleo I tion, instead of second Wednesday be-
 fore election.
 s. An act concerning the admis- sion of electors in the City of Water l bury. This act provides only for Waterbury.
 } 9. An act concerning suffrage for
 women A general provision apply ing to women the same laws as to tors in participation in primary caucuses, conventions and elections t 10. A validating act. Validate ! the action of selectmen and town 2 clerks in admitting women on Satur- g day, September IS, and also validates
 the warning and holding of meetings f for admission of electors and the ad g mission of electors on September 25 . because proper warning had been , given.
 II. An amending act concernine
 nominations. Amends Section 5S2
 The change in this act is, that it pro.
 yideS for an increased number o1
 ballots due to the increased numb bel
 be ordered is double the number o1 names on the list last completed on September l, plus 10 per cent of the double number.
 12. Amending Section 541. Ar
 act concerning assistant registrars e ants for 35 days preceding election s instead of only six days, and also al = lows selectmen to employ assistants n in admitting electors
 r 13. An act authorizing towns te 1 (Continued on page 15.).