Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 June 1885 — ILLINOIS ELECTIONS. [ARTICLE]

ILLINOIS ELECTIONS.

The New Enacted by the Legislature The new election law just enacted by the Illinois Legislature was gotten up in Chicago, and is intended mainly for that city. The law, however, can be adopted by any incorporated town, if approved by a popular vote. It provides that the County Court shall superintend all elections; election precincts shall not contain more than 450 voters; no man can- vote who is not upon the register; a canvass is to be made of each precinct by the official canvassers prior to each election; triplicate returns and duplicate tallies are to be returned; the polls are to close at four o’clock in the afternoou. The bill provides penalties for all infractions of the law. The bill was framed largely upon precedents of the Massachusetts, New York, and California laws. A. W. Rollins, of Chicago, who gave $50,000 of the $150,000 required to build the college in Florida, has christened the institution, recently opened, “Rollins College.” It is under Congregational influence, though non-sectarian, and admits •both sexes to its olasses.