The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-18

AAW AAAHNU4A 4t0W tAaeeAN NAAAAAANeA AAAAANAe eN The voting on Nov, wlll be Just one Of O series Of stops necessary Go elect Q President. The real "oloe- ton" win take place on Dec. le, but the votes cast on that day will not he officially counted untll Jan, e-Just lA days before the winner is inaugWrated,
 The basic procedure for eleotlng Q President is set down in the Con. Sltutlon itself, while the details of that procedure are provided for In national and state laws,
 Votes Go for "EleotOEs"
 Here, step by step, is the way Roosevelt or Dewey will be elected
 1. rho nations voters, Qualined by state law, troop to the polls on Nov, . oStenslhly to ''vote for Roosevelt" or to "vote for Dewey" Actually, however, they1l he voting for the electors" on the pemoera~ tlc or Republican ticket, The date is set by Congress which, by law, provided that the general election day Do the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November" while the Constitution fixes the number of electors in each state As Fequal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives" each has In Congress,
 3, The state executives, ''as soon Ns practicable" after election day, will prepare an official certificate of the states electors named tn the general election. This oertlii- cate will he sent "by registered mair to Secretary of State Cordell Hull, Six duplicates Of the oerti- floate will be sent to the states electors.
 3. The electors chosen on Nov, ' will meet in their respective states on Dec. i0 in accordance with Q national law which conVOnes them on "the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December next following their appointment"
 Each states electors will meet at . place determined by the State Legislature, generally the state capital, and cast their votes for either Roosevelt or Dewey for President, and in a separate bNl- lot, for Harry 6, Truman or John W. BrirkeF, for Vice President,
 Follow National Law
 As soon As tho electors cast their ballots, they will prepare six oer- tifleates of their votes, each eer- tlheate containing two "dlstinee lists" one of the votes for Presi- dent and one of the votes for Vice President, To each certificates, the electors will attach one of the ot- fieial lists of electors furnished to them by their state executives, The certificates and lists then will be sealed ln envelopes and disposed of, in accordance with national law, as follows;
 one copy to the President of the Senate, Vice President Henry 4, Wallace.
 Two copies to the state secre- tary of State who shall keep one pending further instructions from Wallace, and preserve the other for one year As part of the public record, The record" copy is res quired by law to Do "open to public inspection"
 TWO copies to Secretary of state Cordell Hull who shall hold one for further instructions from Wallace and preserve one for one year as part of the public record, "open to public inspection"
 one eopy-the sixth and final goes to the judge of the district in which the electors met,
 TelleFs Read the Votes
 The law demanding the precise disposition of the certificate copies explains it self by providing what to do # for any reason official copies fail to reach Washington, If either Hull or Wallace fall to receive on electors certificate by Dec. 27-"The fourth Wednesday in December after the meeting Of the electors"-Hull shall request, "by the most expeditions method avail. able" the state secretary of state whose certificate is missing to transmit immediately the extra copy filed with him to Wallace,