The Belding banner-news., 1921-11-02
CITY ELECTION
IS To Be HELD
NEXT TUESDAY
PREDICT BUT SMALL VOTE OW-
ING TO SEEMING INDIFER-
ENCE OF MANY VOTERS

The city election will be held this
year in the fall and the same rule
will apply to al city elections from
low on so long as the city is govern
ed by the new form of government.
The election falls this year on next
Tuesday, November 8 and while the
election will cost just as much as if
every voter in the city turned out, it
is quite freely predicted that but
small vote will be registered.
The idea is also prevalent that
that there is but small need of vot-
ing, as with the small number of
cand dates, there is no necessity of
getting cut and marking ballot.
This is entirely wrong as a voter in
the third ward can vote for any of
the candidates and the voters in the
first and second wards can also vote
for the candidates whose names APP
pear in the other wards. Instead uf
being that YOU vote for the alder
man in your own wards, you nov
have the privilege of saying, as far
as your vote goes, something as to
who shall be elected from the other
wards in the city.
1t is every persons duty to get
out and vote and for that reason, IN
stead of remaining away from the
polls next Tuesday, go and vote and
help to run the figures up to where
we can feel proud of the number and
also say that Belding people take an
interest in their elections.
Thc following article has been
contributed by man who has always
taken a keen interest in city affairs
and while he does not wish to in
fuence votes one way or another, ne
does believe in being American
enough to go and vote, duty which
if practiced by all would result in
much good to the city all the way
around
"Under our new city charter
things have been arranged so that
the extra expense of a city election
in the spring is done away with and
these elect ems will hereafter be held
with the regular fall elections. To
get this plan in working OrSer we
will have an election next Tuesday
to elect one city councilman from
each ward. the voters of the entire
city voting on all three men. Now,
in common with MANY others. the
writer of this article has been told
on all sides that things were not go
ing just to suit the taxpayers of our
city and even the statement that we
could ncNer expect our new charter
to function as intended with an old
council in office, If tbs is true. who
i: 10 blame for the situation but Mr..
and Mrs. Citizen? Their votes de-
eide our entire city government and
if they are unwise in their judgement
or worse still, fail to vote at all, it
seems to the writer they should go
out and kick themsveles, not the 9TH
er fellow. ! am informed that the
nominations in at least two wards
give us chance to put some new
faces in the council that so many
think necessary. AS we look at it
what are the voters going TO 20,
referring to both men and women.
Are they going TO Law all personal
and other prejudices aside and get
out and vote for the man who will
do the most good for all the city, or
are they going to follow the usual
course and stay. away from the vot-
ing booths. Those are the people
that do most of the talking after it
is over and all through the year. |
say, if you don't vote you have no
right to talk.