Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-03-10
COMMIT TEE HEADS
ISSUE STATEMENT
TO SUMTER VOTERS
County School Superintendent's
Race Discussed By Chairman
Davenport and Secy. Fort.
o SINGLE SHOOTING
Committee Has No Desire to Be
Unjust To Anyone, Statement
Asserts

Asserts
James A. Davenport and John
Allen Fort, chairman and secretary
respectively, Of the Sumter County
Democratic Executive committee,
today issued a following statement
clarifying the situations as regards
the county primary to be held here
March 10. The county school sup
.erintendent's race is specifically re-
ferred to in the statement, which
also touches upon the qualifications
of voters in all other races, ana
sets out certain rules covering the
preparations of ballots, including a
ruling against the practice known
as Single shotting." The statement,
which is interesting throughout, in
full, is as follows:
In accordance with recent
ruling of the Attorney General it
will not be necessary to pay taxes
for the year 1923 in order to vote
in the primary to be held on the
10th Of this month, and conse-
quently no name will be stricken
from the registration list because
of the failure to pay such taxes.
Although the registration books
will not be closed prior to the cleo
ton, still, those who intend to reg
lister, are urged to do so at once
in order to that their names MAJ;
appear on the lists to be furnished
the election managers, as otherwise
they will be registered to furnish
certificates from the Tax Collector
before they viii be allowed to vote
No one will be allowed to vote
outside of his district.
The practice known as 'single
shooting will not be allowed. TO
illustrate, there are six candidates
for places on the Board of County
Commissioners. Three are to be
elected and three should be voted
for. If more than three or less
than three are voted for the bal
lots as to this race will be thrown
out.
Relative to the ruling Of the COM
nlitee in regard to office of County
School Superintendent we would
like to make this statement;
Section lat, of the school code
provide that the voters of an indie
pendent school district shall not
vote in the election for County
Superintendent No means are
provided, however, for carrying this
law into effect, and under existing
elections laws, as the Committee
sees them, it is impossible to en-
force this law.
Election managers cannot hold an
election without lists of qualified
voters, under the law they must be
furnished with such lists and the
law provides how the test shall be
shall be made up and by whom
Board of Registrars). The law re-
quire that these lists together with
such supplemental list as are pro-
vided for be used in primary cleo
tions as we'll as general elections,
to persons may vote whose name
does not aprear on this lists. These
lists are made up by militia districts
and there is no provision of law
for deciding the voters on these
districts into groups, or allowing
one group superior right to another
as the election managers must use
the lists furnished them and as
these lists do not discriminate be-
tween voters of the same district,
nor divide them into groups, the
election managers cannot separate
them.
According to the best information
obtainable by the committee, the
state in the general election ignores
Section lat of the School code and
have provided no machinery to EN-
force it. If such machinery had
ever heen providad nv fhe s+ata II
could be used in the primary. 1t
is difficult to see how such machia-
cry could be provided without
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