The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-02
Co TO THE POLLS!
Nearly $4,000 Persons Can Cast
Ballot Tomorrow.
Polls Viii Open at 6 a. III. and
Close at Z p. M.
1906 VOTED IN AUGUST, 1916
For Once First Ward Has
Smallest Registration.
Third of Election Clerks and
Judges Were Disqualified. 1.
1905 VOTED IN AUGUST, 1916

Tomorrow will be the day when
nearly $4,000 men and women in To-
peka are entitled to cast their ballot
for their favorite candidates for
county state and national offices. The
) polls will open at 6 o'clock in the
morning and close at Z o'clock in the
evening. The weather man promises
fair and somewhat warmer weather.
Voting booths and books were being
sent out today from the offices of the
. city clerk and county clerk to the vari-
I GUS polling places in each ward and
( township. 1t will be necessary for
voters at the primary to call for a
Democratic or Socialist, as the. case
may be. No one may vote for a Re
publican for one office and a Demo-
crat for another. sa-
Only 1906 Voted in 1916.
Registration in Topeka this year,
| after the certificates were checked
over, totaled 1899, but it is not ex-
will vote. In 1916-the year of the
last presidential, state and county
election-22, 0O4 persons registered for
! the primary, but only 1906 voted.
There were 24.0O4 registered for the
general election that year, but only
17,f75 voted at the general election.
In 191S-the county and state cleo
tion-there were. 10, $50 registered for
ehe primary, of whom only 1877
voted. For the general election there
were 10000 persons registered, of
whom Isl voted.
1t is believed that of the 1899
registered in Topeka this year. less
than 900 will vote. The vote in the
county outside the city lis estimated at
between 5000 and $500.
Women Lead in Three Precincts.
\ OF the total number of registrants
in the city, 10. S19 are men and $3.50
are women. The men outnumber the
women in every ward as a whole, but
in three precincts the number of wo-
men registered outnumber the men.
In the sixth precinct of the Third ward
there are BIG men and 36S women
registered; in the third precinct of the
Fourth ward, 302 men and $40 women
and in the fourth precinct of the
Fourth ward. 297 men and 800 women
For once the First ward-compris-
ing all of North Topeka and the larg-
est in the city-has the smallest regis
The Third ward has tho largest regis
tration, with 1900. The seventh pre-
cinct of the Third ward has the larg-
est registration of any single precinct
in the city. In this precinct ISL per-
sons registered, of whom 366 were wo-
men.
/ Voters viii not be allowed to cast
/ their ballots at any polling place Eek
Cept that in the precinct IN which they
| live. For example, a man living in the
first precinct of the First ward cannot
vote in another precinct, either of thai
ward or any other ward. -
Disqualified So Officials.
There is a polling place in each pre-
cinct and an election judge, two as
sistant judges and two clerks at eacI
polling place. making a total of 49,
clerks-a and judges who will be on dut.
n frs
$50 clerks and judges who were rec
commended TO the city clerk, fifty
three failed to qualify by reason o.
their being aliens, not living in thu
! precinct or being candidates for SOM
political office Several additions
judges and clerks had to be obtained
today.
In even the required number o.
clerks and judges cannot be obtained
by request. men and women may BIZ
drafted TO fill the positions, similar t.
| the method employed in drafting
! jury In case there are four womeT
at polling place and a fine looking
young man appears there tomorrow t.
vote, he could be pressed immediately
into service. unless he had a very gooC
excuse of business or sickness. It i.
not thought, however, that cave-maI
tactics will be necessary to fill the va
! cancieS.
Registration by Precincts.
| The registration in Topeka by pre-
] cincts for the coming primary follows
Total