| Show tile TSE lei iel rights lai AND OF VOTERS A D VIGES fr from orn the countie sor of za st ven vec and tooele thoele show tha thee the biec kc tion returns from certain taiya talyA precinct i had to be thrown consequence of in formalities in tooele thoele count the returns from ophir were ro fectea because persons were permitted to vote 1 in that precinct who hil not been registered according to toko br in beaver county the returns im foa dand three other to be rejected for a similar reason the casting out of the tile opha returns had no effect on the election in tooele thoele county because the ms ussr bority in favor of the peopled ticket wasso was so large as to be unaffected by th the e vo votes tes teb either elther eith e r way 0 of f thal that small precinct but in beang county it lur is some somewhat 6 di fr erent the rejecting of tb th returns in the precincts refer nefer referred redO tt has the effect of defeating the smi eral candidate for sherl sheriff fr the 4 office on the ticket not conceded f 0 the peoples party and consequently the whole peoples ticket 11 ariu triumphant mip MID h an L rii ril in all livelihoods liveli hoods this will raisa raise I 1 small smail tempest in liberal local ties and much sound and fury tury w be wasted on the desert desort air th TO 9 liberals never did like thereby therea la law arten after it was waa passed f 3 though they argued vociferously 12 2 favor of res reg registration as us a substituted substitute for the marked ballot system when there wag was no probability of its adoption the law guards the ballot box and that does not suit them the act providing for the leistra Be Regis istra tM tion of voters is very definite and ana aaa strict ko no judge ot of election permitted to receive and pw in the box a ballot from a person whose whore name does dohs not fiot appear ori orl on the rg registry astry list it does not master what oath the unregistered p person penson mil mii may ma jike make orbe orbo or be willing to make th thelah elaw w gives no ud power to the judges of election elect ion lon to ac accept pt his vote the tho registry list is present at the aleki election oil and the vord word voted has to be written by one bhe of the judges opposite the nardo name of the voter when wile n his tits ballot is placed in the tile box if therefore persons persona are permitted t to 0 vote whose names do not appear on the fhe regi registry str Y list the judges hav ing no more mone right foaad to add names to that list i than to make out a commission or sian sign a death warrant the election in that precinct is viti efti abed and it becomes the duty of the canvassing officers to cast outtie out the returns from that precinct that is 1 they arandt arbnot permitted by the law to accept them which amounts to the same thing and further on any discrepancies or irregularities appearing those officers are empowered to open the ballots and canvass the votes tand and determine the rights of the candidate canidate 4 whose office may be ann aff affected acted by iby the irregularity see section IS 18 i in da connection and comparison with section 25 Z 1 laws avs aws of utah 1878 1978 pp ap 34 P 36 but supposing the officer whose duty it is to register the quai qualified ifield voters either wilfully or through neglect fails to register certain voters erg er Q or omits their names from the registry list is there no remedy oh yes there is are aTu medy but it is mot not applied at the polls it can be had bad previous to the election any voter whose name manhave may have been omitted is allowed allodi d to appear before the assessor or his deputy at his office duning during the week commencing commer icino icing on the first monday in june and have haive his name added by taking 0 the oath required the law provides for securing the rights of voters but any wrong that may occur either intentionally or b by neglect must be rec roc rectified titled according do jaw and not by the unauthorized act of a judge of election or anyone one el else eise if those pe persons r ons whose names did not appear on the registry list were unlawfully excluded they had their remedy in the law but they could not cure one illegality by per another enother the penalty for wilfully failing or neglecting to perform the tiie duties of his office renders liable to a very severe the maximum of which is one thousand dollars nine fine and two years imprisonment while on this subject we remind our cur friends ot the tha peoples peopled party that the law provides for the era erasure scire siire of names that have havo been placed udon upon upon the registry list unlawfully this whis should be understood and where necessary acted upon we llave have heard of registrations carelessly made do or wilfully permitted when bhe tha parties were not gin Cin entitled titled to vote the senior justices of the peace of the precincts precinct a are authorized zed to hear bear objections object ions iona against any one whose name improperly appears on the registry list up to the sunset of the fifth lay day preceding the election and after kue due due notice is served by the objector upon the mhd party ob objected tear tean acted to the justice alceid is required to and aud determine the case and if it the objection is found to be valid within three days of the election notice must be served on the judge of election ejection and the objected name must be stricken striblen cLen from the khe registry list all that we want is a full fair and free election by the registe registered Td voters in accordance with law this all loverson lovers lover sor of liberty and friends of order should aid in securing not only should every qualified voter be permitted to register but every uni qualified voter should be prevented in in a legal legai way from exercising rights to which he is not entitled 7 in the conflict of parties citizens citizen sand and officials should be on tie the the alert and while according to political opponents every right under the law they should be prompt and dil gent in preventing proven ting or defeating the perpetration of any legal wrong |
