Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1917 — REGISTRATION OF VOTERS WILL START HERE JUNE 22 [ARTICLE]

REGISTRATION OF VOTERS WILL START HERE JUNE 22

All oVters, Men and Women, Must .Register -For Election of Convention Delegates. Announcement by the Indianapolis papers that the registration of voters is In progress in that city, has caused many local people to wonder why the registration has not begun here. It is only cities of the first and second class that have to conform to the registration Jaws governing general elections. In other cities the registration of 1916 holds for the city election. The only registration that will be made here this year is for voters who will participate in the election of delegates to the constitutional convention, which will occur in September. All voters in the county, men and women, will 'be compelled to register in'order'to be qualified to vote at that election. Registration will begin on June 22 and will continue for -sixty days.. There will be one place of registration in the county, which will 'be at the court house. There every voter must go to file his or her registration application. The application blanks for registration contain about twenty-five questions which must be answered. Arrangements will ~e riTade for all voters to procure these blanks before they register. They can be filled out and then taken to the record room and presented to the registration commissioners. All parties who receive such blanks must remember they are not to sign their names when filling out the blanks at home. The names must 'be signed in the presence of the election commissioners.