Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-25
.N0N-RES|DENTS ASK
FOR AMENDMENTS TO
STATE ELECTION LAW
DelaWareans In District o1
Columbia Want Permanent
Registration.
ALSO FOR VOTE BY MAIL
Special Dispatch from Stan Correspondent
SrATx HOUSE. DOVER, Jan. 25.

Special Dispatch from stan Correspondent
STATE HOUSE,, DOVER, Jan. 30.
The General Assembly tu1ay received
and filed petitions from the Delaware 80
cietv Of the District Of Columbia and asks
for the amendment of the registration
laws ~ that a citizen of Delaware, once
registered, shall remain registered, unies
said citizenship be lost by law. Another
petition asked for the election laws 30 that
a citizen unavoidnbly absent from the
State. fire gistered mny vote upon aproper
certificate made by him of his intentions
and forwarded to the election officers Of the
district where his name appears "a regis
trant
UNIFORM REGISTRATION.
Represen tative Buckir CHAM introduced
a bin proposir an amendment TO Section
4, Article 5, of the Constitution OF Della
ware, providing for n uniform reglstra-
ton OF the names, Of sill voters IN this
State who passes the qualifications pre-
scribcd in the article. Under the bill the
Ger eral Assembly shall provide by law
for o uniform registration OF the names
Of al voters in this State who passes the
qualifications prescribed, which reglstra-
tion shall be conclusive evidence TO the
election officers of the right of every Per
son so registered 20 vote at ger eral cleo
tiors thereafter who is not disqualified
under the provisions Of section 3 Of the
article: but no person shall vote at such
electors unless his name appears in the
l'st OF registered voters. Such registrations
shall be commenced not more than 100
cavs nor les~ than GO days before and be
completed not more than 20 nor less than
10 DAYS before such electors. Applica-
ton for registration may he made on at
least five davs during the said period, pro
vided. however, that such registration may
he corrected "as hereinafter provided at
any time prior to the day Of holding the
electors.
Voters shall be registered upor Personal
or written application From the decision
Of the registration officers granting or re-
fuslng registration, or striking or re-
fusing TO strike a name or names from the
registration list, any person interested, or
any registration officer. may appeal TO the
resident associate Judge of the county, or
in case Of his disability or abseree frnm
the county, 10 any judge entitled 20 sit
in the Supreme Court, whose deterInina-
ton shall be final; aud he shall have
power to order any names improperly
omitted from said registry 10 be placed
thereon. and any name improperly ar-
pearing on the said registry 70 be stricken
therefrC m, and any name appearing ON
the said registry in any manner incorrect
To be corrected and 20 make and enforce
all nee. sssrr orders In the premises for to
correction Of the said registry. Regis
tration shsIl be required only for general
elections at which Representatives 20 the
General Assembly shall be chosen unless
the General Assembly shall otherwise pro-
vide by law. The existing laws in reference
To registration Of voters, so far as con-
sistent with the provisions Of this article
shall continue IN force uptii the General
Assem- bly, shall otherwise provide.
The House concurre in the Senate sub
stitute for the House bin increasing from
Continued on pAse ~