New Britain herald., 1929-02-28
Bristol Melps
CHANGES Planned
IN VOTING LISTS
Both Parties Approve More Com.
plete Registry System
PECK INTRODUCES BILL

Reckless Driving Cases Postponed In
Court-Bristol Plaintiff Awarded
Damages In Negligence Action
Against Ilainvilie Man.
In the event House Bill No. 7s3.
on which the judiciary committee
submitted a favorable report to the
house In the general assembly
Tuesday afternoon, IL passed, Bris-
toi will be included in the list of
cities Of the state In which the list
Of registered voters shall be conf
piled to include street and number.
At the present time such an ar
langement 10 in effect in Hartford.
New Haven. New Britain, Bridge
port and Meriden. in the town, city
and center school district Of Water
bury, in the towns Of Orange and
West Hartford and in the city dis
tricts OF Middletown.
The bill. presented by Representa-.
tive Epaphroditus Peck Of this city.
Is really an amendment to Section
IL, Chapter 305 Of the public acts
Of the state of Connecticut. passed.
at 4 special session OF the legisla-
ture in 1921 and reads as follows:
Said registrars shall be in ses-
fion for the purpose Of perfecting
such list on the Tuesday Of the
fourth week before the electors
meeting to be held on the Tuesday
after the first Monday In November
In the even numbered years contin-
uously from . o'clock in the fore
noon until S o'clock In the afternoon
ut some suitable place In their
respective districts or towns, OF
which notice shall be given by pub
LEGATION in the newspaper. II any il
published In said town, or by post
ing on q signpost therein. at least
FIVE days before said session. In the
cities of Hartford. New Haven. New
Britain. Bridgeport. Meriden and
Bristol. and in the town, city and
center school district Of Waterbury.
and in the towns Of Orange and
West Hartford and in the city dis
tricts of Middletown the registrars
shall enter the name on the official
lists by the street and number OF
the house, when the houses are
numbered, and not alphabetically, so
that there shall be entered on the
list, first the street, avenue, road or
alley; second, the number Of tn :
house or residence in numerical.
order: and third. the resident cleo
tors In such house or residence In
alphabetical order; and those elec-
The case Of Rudolph Wojciechow.
tors. II any. who cannot be 80 reg
istered shall be registered alphabet.
cally. Except in said cities, dis
tricts and towns, the names on said
lists shall be arranged alphabetical
ly. Said lists shall be completed.
certified TO by said registrars and
deposited In the town clerks office
at least - days before the electors
meeting, for public inspection; a
certified copy OF the list for each dis.
trict, where there are voting dis
tricts. shall on the same day be
posted by them at the place in such
district where the registrars meet.
and In towns where there are not
voting districts a copy Of said list
shall DO posted In such places ne
may have been designated at a town
meeting. Each registrar shall keep
. copy Of said list for his use In
revision. Said registrars shall give
notice in said lists OF the times and
places at which they will hold one or
more sessions within the next /?
days for the revision ind correc-
ton Of said lists, and shall also give
notice of such times and places by
publication in newspaper In said
town or by posting the same on the
signpost therein at least five days
before the first OF said sessions. The
number OF sessions shall be hxed by
the selectmen Of each town."
viii Increase Work OF Registrars
With the passage of the bill, the
lists OF the four voting districts in
tuC llly IIlubS uC CNloCu
ally as to streets This will mean
q large increase i'm the work Of regis
trars, who at the present time are
each paid 500 a year in addition to
80 cents for each hundred names in
cluded in his list submitted to the
city clerk.
At the election in November. 1928,
the total number OF voters in the city
was 1898. divided into the four
voting districts as follows: First, 3d.
1884: second, 1,404; third. 2,909;
fourth. 2,S47.
The greatest difficulty it is point
cd out. will probably result from the
frequent changes in addresses Of
some voters. In past elections many
such changes have been discovered
when voters appeared at voting
place other than where they were
listed. due TO the fact that they had
moved and had failed to inform their
registrar. Unless. under the new bill
voters notify the registrars Of such
changes In addresses. it 10 very
probable that Z number Of errors