Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1917 — QUALIFICATIONS OF VOTERS FOR PRIMARY [ARTICLE]

QUALIFICATIONS OF VOTERS FOR PRIMARY

Primary Law Sets Forth Qualifications Needed By Voter At Tuesday’s • V' Primary. Election. TKe primary law gives the following qualifications for a voter and the same should be read by every voter: Section 10. Each qualified voter of the precinct who at the last preceding general election voted for a majority of the regularly nominated candidates of the party holding such election, shall be entitled to vote at such election, provided such elector was registered os a voter at such previous general election. That if such elector was not so registered, he shall make the affidavit hereinafter provided far. It shell be the duty of the county auditor to furnish tb the inspector of elections in each of such precincts copy of the book of the registration of voters of such precinct for the preceding general election. If the name of such perosn offering to vote at such primary shall be found on such registration book, it shall be sufficient evidence of has right to vote, unless he be challenged as hereinafter provided for. Any person who will be a qualified elector at the election for which such primary is being held, whose name does not appear on such book of registration, shall be entitled to vote if he shall moke affidavit that he is a qualifiecTvoter of such precinct. Any qualified legal voter of the precinct may challenge any voter or person who shall offer to vote at such election and when so challenged, such pe <•-

son shall not be entitled to vote unless he shall make an affidavit that he is a qualified lega -Ivoter of the precinct: that at the last preceding general election he affiliated with the party for whose candidate the proposed to vote in such primary, that he voted for rt majority of the regular nominees of such party; and that he intends to support and vote for the regular nominees of such party at the coming election. Provided, that any qualified legal voter who was under twenty-one years of age at the last preceding election, and who will have attained the age of 21 years, prior to the ensuing election, shall be entitled to vote at the primary of the party with which he intends to affiliate, and whose candidates he intends to vote for at the approaching election, and whenever any such person -last named is challenged, it shall be"sufficient if he shall "make affidavit that he will be a qualified legal voter of the precinct at the next general election, and that he intends to support and vote for the regular nominees of the party for whose candidate he proposes to vote for in such primary.