Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1901-10-27 | Page 2 | Can't Change Precinct

CAnT CHANGE PRE I City Attorney Stephens and Chairman j I I Eichnor Eichor Give Opinions In response to a request from Chair Chairman Chairman man Foulks of oC the city ety D committee City Attorney Stephens yesterday submitted an opinion opiniO on the qualifications of oC voters voter In hi the ensuing election Mr Stephens held that a citizen Itzen who moves from one precinct to tor another adother after sixty days before the e r T et fer cannot c t legally IY vote t tn In either Chairman Eichnor holds that the new election el ton law makes It possible to transfer from one precinct to another up to the election electon Until that law has been declared unconstitutional by a acourt acourt acourt court of competent Jurisdiction the reg re registration agent agents may properly consider It a law Both oth Mr Ir Eichnor and Mr Stephens agree agee that the th law is unconstitutional The constitution provides that a citizen must reside one year ear in the state four months montha In a county and sixty days in ina Ina ina a precinct before he can vote The at attorneys attorneys declare that it I la is not possible to evade the te constitution by the pas passage ps passage sage of ot any statute The county commissioners have de decided decided decided that registration agents must not transfer from one precinct to another no matter mater what the laW la passed by the thelast thelast last lat legislature provides Just what the outcome of ot the te muddle Is to tobe be is hard to foresee but the thc lawyers are advising voters who hav have moved from rom one to vote precinct to t another not to attempt