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Show Tikiss who have strugijled with the complexities of the registration li.-ils today can appreciate the benefits of a pe'sonal registration law. Under such a law the voter has to register in person, per-son, establishing his identity and giving his exact place of residence. It ia generally gen-erally provided that a man can be registered reg-istered upon the allidavit of two persons per-sons known to the registrars that the oaudidate for registration is a legal voter vo-ter in the precinct or ward. S'o old lists are copied and no name is put down excepting under the most careful regulations fully to establish tbe identity iden-tity and qualifications of the individual. individ-ual. Such lims can he verified very easily aud opportunities for fraud and personatiuu are reduced to a minimuin. The object of regis'rution isto afford pro tcetion against illegal voting, but when tho lifts are made up loose'y their purpose pur-pose is very largely defeated. |