The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-11-03
Voters To Ballot
Tuesday, Nov. s

Voters will go to the polls on
Tuesday, November 9Th, to select
electors for president and vice
president of the United States, to
elect a Congressman from the Sixth
Congressional district, and to give
their opinion on fifteen constitu-
tional amendments and one refer
endum question.
Candidates for the presidential
race are Richard M. Nixon and
Henry Cabot Lodge, for the Re-
publican ticket; and John F. Ken
nedy and Lyndon B. johnson for
the Democratic ticket. There are
no candidates this year for the So
ciaiist, Progressive or other parties.
Charles Nice. Matthias is the Re-
publican candidate for Congress
and opposing him is the Demo-
cratic incumbent, John r. Foley.
There are 9484 citizens of the
county eligible to vote in the COM
ing general election and it was
predicted that a bigger percentage
than usual would find their way
to the voting booth. Qualified
voters will cast their ballots in one
of the 20 voting precincts, depend
ing upon where they are registered.
Polls will be open from a. m.
until 7 p. m. The results Of the
election should be known in the
county within a two to three-hour
period, the trend nationally will
be a foregone conclusion by that
time
Although the amendments to be
voted on have been published in
this newspaper and many other
newspapers throughout Maryland
for the past week and will appear
once again this week, the voters
claim they are not well under
stood
A copy of the official ballot also
will appear in The Republican this
week. with the names of the candi-
dates to be voted on and the con-
stitutional amendments and refer
endum to be decided.
Of greatest interest among
voters in Western Maryland are
questions 10 and IA, which have to
do with providing that land active
! " devoted to farm and agricultur-
al use shall be assessed on the
basis of such use and shall not be
assessed as if subdivided. The Gar
rett County Farm Bureau has
urged that people vote in favor of
these two amendments.
Most of the other amendments
have no direct bearing on resi-
dents of this section of Maryland.
There is a constitutional amend
ment which proposes granting au-
thority to the Board of Public
Works to authorize and direct the
state treasurer to borrow in the
name of the state in anticipation
of collection of taxes, sums neces-
sary to meet temporary treasury
deficiencies.
Another amendment proposes
that upon veto of any bill by the
governor, such vetoted bill shall
not be returned to the General
Assembly when a new General
Assembly has been elected and
sworn since passage of the vetoed
-, bill.
The order of succession in the
event of a vacancy in the office OF
governor is covered in another
amendment. Voters will also decide
on an amendment which proposes
two additional judges for the
Court of Appeals of Maryland.
A referendum on an act which
proposes the approval, confirma-
ton and ratification on the part
of Maryland of a compact entered
into by the state and common
wealth of Virginia relating to the
fishery resources of the Potomac
river and conservation and con-
troll thereof. Both Democratic and
Republican officials have spoken
out against this proposed referen-
dunn question.