Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1890 — REGISTRATION NECESSARY. [ARTICLE]

REGISTRATION NECESSARY .

Requirements of tb • New Election Law— j Who Must Register, Not many people seem to know it, butj the time is at hand when registration un.j derthenew election law should begin.. Those who are required to register must dot so at the County Clerk’s office three month 8 ’ before election. The election this year, will occur on November 4, so the last day l for registration is less than a month from now. County Clerk Wilson, in accordance’ with the provisions of the law, has placed! in his office a registration book, and is patiently waiting for voters to come up and enroll their names. Mr. Wilson will get a fee of 35 cents (paid -by the county) for each person that registers. State Librarian Dunn says in his official election law manual (required by law): “While the law does not require repeated registration of citizens who reside continuously in the same county for one gen-| eral election to another, it does require the! registration of every person who moves into any county within six months preceding an election, whether he previously resided within the State or not: and also, of every person who, having oncej been a citizen of Indiana, shall have gonej to another State with the intention off voting, or shall have been absentj from the State for a period of six months.. The system is a departure from ordinaryj registration laws, and is designed to cut; off absolutely false declarations ot resi-j denoe and the importation of voters.' Under the head of “Duties of Voters’*! Mr. Dunn, in bis manual, gives these plain] instructions about registration: “The voter must register at the County; Clerk’s office three months before election^ “1. If, having been a resident of Indi4 ana, he has absented himself from tha State for six months or more. “2. If, having been a resident of Indi-i ana, he has voted in another State. “8. If, Having been a resident of IndL ana, he has gone into another State oq sovereignty with the intention of voting; there. * “4. If he has not been a boneflda resi-j dent of the county in which he resides for; at least six months before election. “The first three specifications are Indefl ' nite as to time, bo* presumably mean that) the voter mast register if he has so abseated himself or voted sinoe he last exercised the right of suffrage in Indiana. , “The certificate of registration must be taken to the polls, as the voter eannot vote; unless he produces it on demand of the challenger. This registration need not bq made if, prior to leaving ths State, the voter, filed with the County Clerk a notice of his intention to hold residence in Indiana.” It is reported that tie warring factions at Harlan Court fcous-e, Ivy., on Thursday night burned the <i House with alj records. • I ' *