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Head.quarters
of
Executive
Committee
Demoora.tic
and
Conservative
Party,
Mobile
County.
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MOBILE,
November 8th,
1875.
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SYNOPSIS
or
ELECTION
LAWS.
For
use
~
Election
for
Batifioa.tion or
Rejection
of
Constitution.
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QUALIFICATION
'
OF
VOTERS.
1.
Every
male person of sound mind,
born
in the
United 
I
States,
or
who
has
been
naturalized or
declared
his
intention
to
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.
4
I
come a citizen
of
the United
States, tW'3nty·one
years
old, who 
has
resided
in
Alabama
six
months
and
in
Mobile
connty
three
months
next
before
th
eelection,
and
who
has
been
registered
and
is
not
disqualified
by any
provision of
the
law
or the
Constitution,
is
authorized to
vote
at
the
Election for ratification
or
rejection
Qf
the
Constitution in November, A. D.
1875.-[Art.
7,
Secs. 3
and
4,
of
State
Oonstitution;and
Sec. 1,
El
ection
Lawof
1875;
and
Secs.
1
and
16
of
Act
of
Marctt
19th,
1875, providing for
this
election.
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2.
The
State
Constitntion provides
that
persons who
may
have
been convicted
of
embezzlement
of
public fnuds, malfeasance
in
office,
any
crime pnnishable by Jaw with imprisonment
in the
penitentiary,
or
bribery, shall
not
be
permitted
to
vote;nor
shallidiots
or insane persons.-fArli.
7,
Sec.
3,
of
State
Constitution.j
3.
Qualified electors
can
only
votein
the
preci
nct or ward of
their
actual
residence
and
registration
at
the
time
of
the
election.
-[See
Sec.
4,
p.
68
and
Sec.
1,
p.
77
and
Soo. 1,
p.
109,
of.
Acta
of
1874.5.] ,
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REGISTRATION.
1. The law contemplates
the
registration
of
electors
as
beingmainly
attended
to in
the
different
wardsand
precincts
previous to
the
electIon day,
and
as
being completed
and
ended
at
len.st fift.een
,
'~-
days
before
the
day of theelection.-[See
Sec.7,p.71,
of
Acts
of
1874-5.J 
But
it
also provides
that
the
Assistant
Registrar
foreach
ward
a.nd
precinct shall bepresent
at
hisvoting
place on election day: to
register
such voters
as
may
have pre\7iously failcu
to
register;
and
to
persons registered
on
election
day, he
is
to give a certificate
as
follows:
"I, ,
Assistant
Registrar,
do hereby certi(y,
that--
has this
day registered
before me
as an
elector.
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,egist.rar.'Mobile County, November
16, 1875.
Which
certificate will
be
evidence
that
such person is registered.
If
Assistant
Registrar cannot attend,
or
the
office is
vaeant,
the
Oounty
Registrar
(Sheriff,) appoiuts some competent person
to
act;
and
if
no
appointment
is
made
by
ten
(10)
o'clock A.
"M.
that
day,
the
inspectors
appoint
some one who may
qualify,
anti
act
for
the
•
day.-[See
Sec.
6,
pp
..
69, 70,
Act.'!
of
1874-5.12.
Assistant
Registrars
qualify themsolves to
act
by
takillg
the
oath
prescribed in
Art.
15,
Sec.
1,
of
State
Oonstitlltioll.-[See
Sec.
2,
p.
68,
Acts
of
1874-5.
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3.
At
the
time
of
registration
the
following oMh
must
be
taken
and
subscribfld
by the
applicant,
viz:
State
of Alabama,
Oounty
of
Mobile,
Precinct or
Ward---,
we
the
undersigned, regiRteredelectors,
each
for himself, do solemnly
swear
(or affirm)
that
I
will
support
andmaintainthe
CODRtitution aoft Tlaws
of
tbe
United
Statesand
the
Constitution
and
Laws
of
the
St~Lte
of
Alabama;
that
I
am not
excluded from regil:ltering by
any of the clauses in
Section 3,
Article
7,
ofthe
Constitution of
the StateofAlabama;
that
I will never countenance
or
a.id
in the secBssion
of
this
State
from
the
United
States;
that
I accept
the
ci viI
and
politicalequality
of all men,
and agree not
to
attempt
to deprive
any
perRonor persons, on account
of
race, color,
or
previous condition,
ofany
I
political
or
civil
right,
privilege,
or
immullity enjoyed
by
all},
other
I
class
of men;
and, furthermore,
that
I will
not
in
any
way injure,
or
.I
\
countenanee
in
others
anyattempt
.
t<>
injure,
any
person
or
persons
I
on oocQuut
of
pa~t
or presentsupportof
the
Government
of
the
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United
States,
the Laws
of
the United States,
or
the
principle
of
the
civil
and
political
equality
of
all men,
or
for affiliation
with
any
political
party;
and
t,
hat
I
am
a qualifiedelect.or 
under the
Constitution
and
Laws
of
the
State
of
Alabama.-(See
p. 72,
Acts
1874-5.}
GENERAL
PROVISIONS.
1.
The
Probate
Judge,
Sheriff
and
Clerk
of
the
Circuit
Court,
must
provide twoballotboxes
at
each
place
of
voting; and
whenpecessary
more
than
two,
but
not
more
than
three.-(Sec.
19, p. 80,
Acts of
1874-5.)
NOTE.-In
this
election,
onlyonebox
wlll,
at
any
of
the
votingplaces
need
be
\l.Ied
for
the
reception
of
ballots.
2.
TheInspectors
and
I{.eturning Officers
must
meet
at
their
respective
polling places by 8 o'clock
A.
M.,
and
open
the
pollsbefore 9
o'clo~k
A.
M.,
of the
election
day.-(Sec.
22, p. 81,
Acts of
1874-5.)3.
If
any
Inspector
or Returning
Officers fails
t.o
attend
at
i
8 o'clock
A.
IVL,
such
of
them
as are
then present may
complete
the
I
number.
If
none
of
theInspectors are
present,
theReturning
I
Officer,
if
present" sha.ll
app'lintthe three
Inspectors
for
the
Ward
!
or
Precinct.
If
no
Inspector
or
Returning'
Officer
is
present
by
I
J
8 o'clock, a.ny
three
qualified electors
may
open
the
polling
place
I
: 
a.nd serve
as
Inspectors during
the
elflction.-:;(Sec. 23, p. 81,
Acts
1874-5.)
4.
If
the
Returning
Officer should
not
be
present
at
the hour
abo,e
designated
for'
them to meet,
then
the
{ospectors,
or
those
acting as
such,
must
appoint
a
Returning
Officer.-(Sec.
24, p. 81,
Acts
1874-5.)5. Before
opening
the
polls
theactingInspectors
mu.st
select
two persons to
act
asOlerks.-(Sec.
25, p. 82,
Acts
1874:-5.)
6.
Before opening
the
polls the
{nspectors
and
Clerks
musttake
an
oath
to
perfol'm
their duties
at
the
election
according
t.o
law
to
thebest of
theirjudgment;and
theInspectors must
also
swear
that
they
will
not
themselves,
nor
knowingly allow
any
other
person,
to
compare
the number
of
ballots with
thenumber
of
votes enrolled;which
oath
may
be
administered
by
the Inspectors
to
each
other,
or
by
.the
Returning
Officer,
or
a
Justice
of
the
Peace.-fSec.
26,
p.
82,
Acts
1874-5.]
7.
The
polls
must
be
kept
open
without
intermission until
5o'clock
P.
M.,
and
no
longer.-[Sec.
27,
p.
82,
Acts
1874-5.J
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