Salt Lake Herald | 1900-03-15 | Page 8 | Voters Are Puzzled

They Can V MATTER MATTEE FOR FOBS DECISION I OLD REGISTRATION LISTS NOT EFFECTIVE i Under Ulder a It Strict Construction of the Law a Large Largo Percentage of the Voters of f the State Will Be Pre Eve Prevented Prevented vented From Event Casting Their Bal Ballots Ballots Ballots lots at nt Special Election j I The question that still bothers hun bun hundreds hundreds of ot people all aU over this state is as asto asto asto to whether a legal lesal voter Oter will be per permitted to cast casl his ballot if he has changed from one district to another since the last registration was wan made A strict construction of the election eJection law lawwill will wiil bar him from f om voting Justice on I the other hand says that since he Is i given n no opportunity to register re er for tor this thin i special election he should be permit permitted ted to vote where he be is n vi isted that I he lie should not be disfranchised through no fault tault of his own The beat bt t attorneys S who have ex ax expressed I pressed themselves on the subject still maintain that a citizen gets geb his right i to 10 vote from the constitution of Utah not Bot from a registration list ILat and an l that if the matter is taken into court this con contention contention will be upheld There Is jg much confusion contusion in Ia the mindi of f the people on the subject and it Is felt on all aU sides that the respective campaign committees should have the matter settled In im one way or another for tor the satisfaction of those whose right ight Ji ht to vote vo e is In question