Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1912 — STATE HAPPENINGS RECORDED IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

STATE HAPPENINGS RECORDED IN BRIEF

NEWS ITEMS FROM ALL OVER INDIANA. VOTERS TURN OUT EN MASSE Estimated 50 Per Cent, of Total Vote Is Registered Throughout State on First Day Under the New Law. Indianapolis, May 10.—Reports from over the state indicate that the total registration of voters was heavy. It is believed that not less than fifty per cent, of the total vote of the state was registered the first day of the registration session. It was the first time registration of voters was ever undertaken in Indiana, and there was much ap'prehension as to the successful working of the new law. Reports, however, show that voters understood the law fairly well, and that the registration was carried on with little difficulty. The registration was heaviest In the rural communities. Farmers are so busy with their farm work that they did not turn out In large numbers. They are expected to register at the September or October sessions of the registration boards. In Allen county the country registration was light but the city registration was heavy. Wayne, Madison, Lake, Delaware, Vigo, Knox and Floyd counties reported fairly heavy registrations. At Evansville. South Bend and Lafayette it was reported that the registration was about equal to the average number of votes cast at an election. In most of the cities and in some of the country precincts the registration boards will continue in session the full three days allowed by the law.