White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-31

Tho registration books for White
Pine County indicate that the total
vote to be cast in the, county next
Tuesday is 3i1s: divided into the dif-
erent precincts as foloys
Ely. Ward No. 1--57f; Ely. Ward No
2-61s: Ely. Ward No. $50; SmeItcr
No. 1--632: Smelter NO. 2-49s; Ruth
4s2; Kimberly. 1sS; East Ely. sss; lane
City. %: Cherry Creek. 90. Preston,
So: Lund, IL: Osceola, 1s: Snake Valley.
100: Newark. 25: Hamilton, 81; u. S.
Tungsten, Is; Shoshone. IS; Ward. II:
Melvin, IL; Pleasant Valley. 2S Muncy,
"a: Tippett. Is: Taft IS. Total. s,l1a.
The polls will be open election day.
next Tuesday. from o'clock In the
morning until 8 o'clock In the after
noon. The law provides for the clos
ing of the polls at o'clock D. M. but
II any voters are In the polling place
at tho closing hour. or in line at the
door waiting to cast their vote. they
will be allowed to do SO. Voters ar
riving after the hour Of D. m. will
not be allowed to vote.
The law also provides that whenever
all tho voters of the precinct as shown
by the registration books OF such pre-
cinct have cast their votes, the in
spcctors shall close the polls and i'm
mediately begin the counting of the
ballots.
Upon the opening of the polls one of
the CLERKS, under the direction of the
inspectors. shall make proclamation of
the same and thirty minutes before the
closing of the polls the SAME procia-
nation snal. be made. indicating that
the polls will b. oipscd in one-half
hour.
The inspectors OF election have be-
fore them a certified copy of the reg
istration book of the voting precinct.
An elcctor who wishes to vote gives
his or her name to an inspactro and IL
the name Ia found to be on the regis
ter. the elector Is given ballot and
then proceeds to the booth and votes
By marking n cross TO the right OF the
name of the person or persons he
wishes to vote for.
No person Ia entitled to vote unless
his or her uame appears on such reg
lister. II the name of the voter should
not be on the register and the voter
is positive he registered for the pres
ent election or registered and voted at
the general election two years ago he
should at once communicate with the
county clerk. who may. IL he fnds that
such name was omitted from the reg
lister by accident. issue a certificate of
error to the inspectors of the precinct
and the name of the voter will then be
placed on the register.
Under the present law 1t is import
ant that the clerks OF election put the
number OF the ballot given to the
voter. In the space on the registration
books opposite the name of such reg
istered voter. and that the clerks tn
charge of the poll book should write
plainly the name of such voter. This
Is an important detail under the pres
ent law as the county clerk. after the
REGISTRATION books are returned to him.
must compare the poll books with the
registration books and cancel the name
of every registered voter who did not
cast his or her vote at the general
election will be copied into the official
register and the basis Of the registra-
tion for the next city election and also
for the general election two years
from now
Under the new election law no trans
fer cards are issued by the county
clerk. but the transfers are made by
personal application or other notifica-
tion to the county clerk who cancels
the name on the precinct book where
the voter is leaving and enters the
name with all the identification ap-
pcaring on the registration card into
the registration book of the precinct
transferred to. Ihis required consid-
|erable time and every eicctor should
lascertain at once if his or her name IL
Registered in the precinct where they
Intend to vote.
Various estimates as to the number
of votes to be east in the county have
been made. The registration cards In
dicate a total of $3.50, but this Includes
those who were cancelled for not vot-
ing at the last general election and
also many Implications In the matter
of registration by those who did not
understand the provisions of the law.
The most conservative of the esti-
mates gives the entire vote of the
county as about ;.1a8.