each county within which any of the electors may by law vote for candidates for such office the names and description of each person nominated for such office, as specified in the certificates of nomination filed with the Secretary of State.

SEC. 24. Whenever any person nominated for public office, as in this Act provided, shall at least thirty days before election, except in the case of municipal elections, in a writing signed by him, and certified to by the registrar of the precinct where the person nominated resides, notifying the officer with whom the certificate nominating him is by this Act required to be filed, that he declines such nomination, such nomination shall be void. In municipal elections such declination must be made at least ten days before the election.

SEC. 25. Should any person so nominated die before the printing of the tickets, or decline the nomination as in this Act provided, or should any certificate of nomination be or become insufficient or inoperative from any cause, the vacancy or vacancies thus occasioned may be filled in the manner required for original nominations. If the original nomination was made by a party convention which had delegated to a committee the power to fill vacancies, such committee may, upon the occurring of such vacancies, proceed to fill the same. The chairman and secretary of such committee shall thereupon make and file with the proper officer a certificate setting forth the cause of the vacancy, the name of the person nominated, the office for which he was nominated, the name of the person for whom the new nominee is to be substituted, the fact that the committee was authorized to fill vacancies, and such further information as is required to be given in an original certificate of nomination; the certificate so made shall be executed in the manner prescribed for the original certificate of nomination, and shall have the same force and effect as an original certificate of nomination. When such certificate shall be filed with the Secretary of State, he shall, in certifying the nominations to the various county auditors, insert the name of the person who has thus been nominated to fill a vacancy in place of that of the original nominee. And in the event that he has already sent forth his certificate, he shall forthwith certify to the auditors of the proper counties the name and description of the person so nominated to fill a vacancy, the office he is nominated for, the party or political principle he represents, and the name of the person for whom such nominee is substituted.

SEC. 26. When any vacancy occurs before election day and after the printing of the tickets, and any person is nominated according to the provisions of this Act to fill such vacancy, the officer whose duty it is to have the tickets printed and distributed, shall thereupon have printed a requisite number of stickers, and shall mail them by registered letter to the judges of elections in the various precincts interested in such elections; and the distributing clerk, whose duty it is made by the provisions of this Act to distribute the tickets, shall affix such stickers in the proper place on each ticket before it is given out to the elector.

SEC. 27.

Whenever a proposed Constitution or constitutional amendment, or other question, is to be submitted to the people of the State for popular vote, the Secretary of State shall duly, and not less than thirty days before election, certify the same to the auditor of each county in the State.

Questions to be submitted to the people of a county or municipality shall be advertised in some newspaper of general circulation in the county or town to be affected at least twice, and twenty days before election. Election Precincts.

SEC. 28. The board of commissioners of each county must establish a convenient number of election precincts therein.

SEC. 29. The board may, from time to time, change the boundaries. of, create new, or consolidate established precincts; but they must not alter or change any election precinct, or change the place of holding elections in any precinct, after their regular July meeting next preceding any election: Provided, That the precincts and wards established, and the places designated in which to hold elections at the time of the taking effect of this Act, shall so remain until changed.

SEC. 30. The board must, in its order appointing judges of election, designate the house or place within the precinct where the election must be held.

SEC. 31. The board of county commissioners of each county of this State must, at their regular meeting in July, 1892, and at their regular meeting in July next preceding each general election thereafter, appoint a registrar for each election precinct in the county, who must be a qualified elector, resident of such precinct, and otherwise a proper person and qualified to perform the duties of such office, and such registrar may hold his office until his successor is appointed and qualified. When any registrar fails to act, or the office becomes vacant, the said board must appoint another registrar; and should the board fail to appoint a registrar, or from any cause none should act, the electors may, on the second Saturday of August, at one o'clock p. m., next preceding any general election, to which this chapter is applicable, meet at the place in the precinct appointed by said board for the holding of such elections and elect a registrar.

SEC. 32. The said board must, prior to the first day of August next preceding any general election, cause notice to be given for not less than fifteen days, by publication in some newspaper published in the county, if there be one, otherwise by at least three notices, posted up in different parts of the county, one of which must be at the court house door, of the names and general description of election precincts, the name of the registrar for each, and the time during which registration may be made. The time during which registration is made is as follows:

"For every general election to which the provisions of this Act are applicable, during every Saturday from the first day of August to and including the last Saturday next preceding such election; at the time of, or before giving such notice, the board must furnish to "each registrar two books, one to be known as the 'Election Register,' for the registry of qualified electors, and the other for the registry of rejected applicants.

"Each of said books must be ruled and headed substantially as follows:

Description of residence.

"Said board must also furnish to the registrar the blank notices, certificates, oaths, and all other blanks, books and papers needed to perform the duties of his office.

SEC. 33. Before entering upon the duties of his office, each registrar must take and subscribe, before any officer authorized to administer oaths, the "official oath" required of all officers acting under the laws of the State of Idaho, which, when so taken and subscribed, must be by him. filed with the clerk of the board of county commissioners, and said registrar may thereupon register his own name in the elector's register.

SEC. 34. He must also, prior to the time of commencement of registration post notices at least in three public places in different parts of his precinct, as will be most likely to give notice to the inhabitants thereof, giving the time, days and hours during, and the place at which he will be ready to receive and hear applications for registration, and he must thereafter on the days named by him be at the place of registration designated, from the hours of 9 o'clock a. m. to 5 o'clock p. m., and from 7 o'clock p.m. to 9 o'clock p. m., and receive and register the names of all persons applying, who are, or will be, on the day of election for which registration is made, entitled to vote thereat. He must, also, on any other day of the week, except holidays, during said time of registration, register any such elector who may find and apply to him at his place of registration, and he may at any time or place during said time of registration, register any such elector of his precinct.

FIRST. He may, at any time, examine under oath any applicant as to his qualifications, and he must likewise examine, also permit any qualified elector of his county to examine, any applicant for registration, either when such applicant is not known to the registrar to be a qualified elector, or when any such qualified elector challenges such applicant and distinctly states his cause of challenge.

SECOND. When any applicant claims to be a naturalized citizen the production by him of his certificate of naturalization is prima facie evidence of citizenship. If he cannot produce such certificate, he must state, under oath, positively, the time when, and place and court where, he was naturalized; also he must, by his own, or other testimony, make it satisfactorily appear to such registrar that he has been duly naturalized, but that his certificate thereof has been lost, destroyed or beyond his control, and there

upon he must be deemed a citizen, and entitled to registration, if otherwise qualified. All examinations before such registrar must be reduced to writing, when desired by such applicant, challenging elector or registrar, but such examination for any one applicant shall not exceed one-half hour, without the consent of the registrar. If any applicant refuses to answer all questions, give all information under his control, take all other oaths, and do all other acts and things required of him by law, his application must be rejected by the registrar.

The registrar, must before he registers any applicant, require him to take and subscribe the oath to be known as the "Elector's Oath," which is as follows:

Elector's Oath.

I do swear (or affirm) that I am a male citizen of the United States, of the age of twenty-one years, or will be the day of... A. D. 189. ., (naming date of next succeeding election) that I have (or will have) actually resided in this state for six months and in the county for thirty days next preceding the next ensuing election, (in case of any election requiring a different time of residence so make it), that I have never been convicted of treason, felony, embezzlement of public funds, bartering or selling or offering to barter or sell my vote, or purchasing or offering to purchase the vote of another, or other infamous crime, without thereafter being restored to the rights of citizenship; that I will not commit any act in violation of the provisions in this oath contained; that I am not now registered, or entitled to vote, at any other place in this state; that I do regard the constitution of the United States and the laws thereof, and the constitution of this State and the laws thereof, as interpreted by the courts, as the supreme law of the land; (when made before a judge of election add: "And I have not previously voted at this election;") so help me God. Subscribed and sworn to before me this....day of.

A. D. 189..

THIRD. When the registrar admits any one to registration he must enter in the proper column of the "Elector's Register" the number, the name in full, (except any middle name which may be by initial) date of registry, age, place of nativity and residence of the elector so admitted. The residence must be so described by giving the house, street, ward, or part of the precinct he resides in, that it may be easily found; also it shall be stated, if a naturalized citizen, whether or not he produced his certificate, and the istrar may, in the column of remarks, add any pertinent notes.

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He must also enter the names, with statements similar to the above, of all persons who are refused registration, in the book kept for that purpose, and therein state the reasons of such refusal.

FOURTH. During the time between the last day of registration and the day of election, each registrar must prepare from his "elector's register" two "check lists" of all the names registered by him, arranged alphabetically according to the surname, placing on the left of a name the same number it bear in the "elector's register," and on the right of the column of names a blank column in which to indicate by the word "voted" when the elector votes; said "check lists" must have a heading, showing for and at what election it was prepared and used; they must be carefully prepared without interlineations, in legible writing, certified and sworn to by the registrar, and not later than the next day preceding the election he must

deliver to one of the judges of election of his precinct his "elector's register," and the register containing the names of those refused registration, and to the other two judges, who are not of the same political party, a copy of each of said "check lists," and such judges must, as the electors vote, write the word "voted" opposite their names in said "check lists" while the clerks of election keep the record of electors voting, as elsewhere provided in the election law."

SEC. 35. All persons offering to vote at any election are subject to challenge, as provided by the election laws, but registration of any elector's name is prima facie evidence of his right to vote, and no person shall vote unless he is first registered.

Each registrar, after so preparing his "check lists," must arrange the "Elector's Oaths" taken before him in the order the names of the electors who took them appear upon the "check lists," and attach them together, putting the names under each letter in a separate package; and all such oaths, certificates and written testimony taken by the registrar, and the register books of electors and persons rejected, delivered to said judges, must all be transmitted, and other election returns, to the clerk of the board of county commissioners, who must preserve the same for at last one year. SEC. 36. Each registrar must, twenty-five days previous to the day of election, notify the clerk of the board of county commissioners of their respective counties of the probable number of tickets required for the precinct in which he is registrar, basing his estimate upon the number of registered electors, allowing a sufficient number for contingencies.

SEC. 37. When a registered elector desires to remove from a precinct where he is registered, he may, at any time before the registrar has closed his registration books, apply to such registrar to have his name stricken from the register, and registrar must then strike the name of such elector from the register, and shall deliver to said elector a transfer certificate substantially in the following form, to-wit:

Transfer Certificate.

"This certifies that.... was on the....day of. registered in ..... Precinct, in the County of...

18...duly

State of Idaho; and

that at his own request his name has been this day erased from the official register of said precinct.

"Witness my hand this. . . . day of. . . . . . 18....

"Registrar of.... Precinct,

County, Idaho.

"Such transfer certificate shall entitle the elector named therein to be registered in any other precinct in the same county, if it be filed with the registrar of such other precinct at any time before the close of the last day. of registration.

"Any elector who has taken out a transfer certificate as in this section provided, may personally file the same with the registrar of the precinct in which he desires to register and vote, or he may send his transfer certificate to such registrar by registered mail. If the elector file his transfer certificate personally, he shall be treated as any other applicant for registration; if the elector send his transfer certificate by mail to the registrar, his name shall be entered in the official register and check lists; and on the check lists, opposite the name of each elector who has filed a transfer certificate personally, the registrar shall enter the words, 'registered by certificate,' and opposite the name of each elector who has sent his transfer certificate by mail the registrar