Evening star., 1961-04-03
VOTE
Congress to Get Bill
For BoIIotinq in "a

days before elections still
would put strain on organi-
zation. Voters should be
mailed notices of elections.
When notices come back
through the Post office be-
cause they cannot be delivered,
the names should be automat-
ically challenged as voters.
Nothing in the law must limit
chances of all voting machine
manufacturers to sell or lease
their products here.
Theodore Prahinski, Young
Democratic Club of the Dis
trict-Permit voting at age 18;
reduce the residence require
ment to so days; use voting
machines; use permanent reg
Iistration: bind electors to vote
for the winner at the polls and
provide for election appeals to
La three-judge panel Of the
U. S. District Court.
James H. Heller, American
Civil Liberties Union-Permit
voting at age 18; reduce resi-
dence to the minimum time
required for registration; per-
NIT write-in voting; reduce
the number of signatures re-
lquired on nomination petitions
from 500 to $50,
william Thomas, D. C. Fed
Grafton of Civic Associations.
Permanent registration and
voting age of 18.
J. Franklin Wilson, District
Republican State Committee
Quadrennial re-registration be-
cause Of the large number of
persons moving to and leaving
the District every year.
George Parker, another mem
ber of the District G. o. p
State Committee-Some pro-
lection should be provided in
the law against parties based
on race.
]. d. Turner, chairman of the
Greater Washington Central
Labor Council-Permanent reg
istration; permit registration at
the precincts and use voting
machines If possible.
F. ElwoOd Davis, chairman Of
the Citizens Committee for a
Presidential Vote, Louis Moses,
president Of the District Cham
per Of Commerce, and Mrs.
Haskell Rosenblum Of the
League of Women Voters said
that they had not had suffi-
cient time to study the pro-
posed law and asked for an
opportunity to be heard at a
later time. William Press, ex-
ecutive vice president of the
Washington Board Of Trade,
also is scheduled to present his
views later.
ratification Feted
The certification ceremony
earlier at the General Services
Administration Building was
attended by the Commission
.ers, officers Of the Citizens
Committee for a Presidential
Vote, and more than 100 citi-
zens. including Benjamin M.
McKelway, editor Of The Star,
and j. Russell Virgins, execu-
tive editor Of the Washington
Post.
Commissioners Mclaughlin,
who was president of the
Board of Commissioners when
Congress cleared the amend
ment. cited Sturgis Warner,
attorney; F. Elwood Davis,
chairman of the Presidential
Vote Committee; John Kenney,
Democratic Committee Chair
man, form er Commissioner
Mark Sullivan, Mr.. McKelway,
Mr.. Virgins and Mr.. Shipley
for their leadership in efforts
to win the vote.
From Capitol Hill, Senator
Case. Republican of South
Dakota and an early crusader
for the amendment, came to
applaud fulfillment Of a per-
sonnel effort of three years.
Senator Miller, Republican of
Iowa, freshman member of the
Senate District Committee,
promised prompt consideration
of an election bill in Congress.
Representative DoWdy, Demo-
crat of Texas, a House District
Committee member, was there,
too.
Administrator Moore signed
the certification, stamped it
with a scarlet seal, and said,
ut has been done, ladies and
gentlemen"
He promised Commissioner
Tobriner to frame the pen
with which he had signed the
document. 1t will be preserved
in a public place at the District
Building.