Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 October 1916 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention from Many Places. MUST REGISTER NEXT MONDAY If You Did Not in 1914 or Have Since Moved. Indianapolis, September 29.—As the day for the registration of voters draws near there is a fear among party organization managers that many voters in Indiana will neglect tVgge to it that they are properly registered and thus lose their right to vote at the November election.

Unless a voter is properly registered he cannot vote at the election. This is the principal point that every voter should keep in mind. Therefore,: it is the duty of every voter to look out for his registration.

If a voter registered in .1914 and if he voted at the 1914 election, he is not required to register again this year, provided he has lived continuously in the same precinct in which he lived and voted in 1914. But if a voter who', has registered in 1914 and voted .'n 1914 has since moved to another precinct he must register this year in Uls new precinct or he cannot vote at the November election. October 9 Is the registration day this year, and any voter who is not properly registered after that date will be barred from voting at the election. The only way a V"ter can protect himself and Insure *.is right to vote will be to see that he Is registered. There will be a registration board in each precinct of the state on October 9, so that there will be no excuse for any voter who fails to look after his registration. In a majority of the precincts in the state there will be only a partial registration on that day, while in others there will be a full and complete registration of all voters of the precinct. Any voter who does not understand whether he must register should investignte at once and ascertain where he stands- Ho can get the information from the precinct committeeman of his party or from the county committee, or at the county auditor’s office.