Citizenship: A Manual for Voters

by Emma Guy Cromwell

The platform adopted at the national convention of either party is an expression of the principles of the party.

Sometimes a plank is put in to catch voters. On some questions the plank may not be plain, but may straddle the issues.

The national platform gives the principles to which the party is committed and its attitude on important public questions.

CHAPTER VIII.

Registration.

I

In all cities where registration of the voters is required, men and women register on the same day in the ward or precinct in which they live.

For the purpose of registration the polls open from 6 o'clock a. m. to 9 o'clock p. m.

There are four election officers who have a book in which are registered the names of all the legal voters in their precinct. Two of these officers are called judges; one is a sheriff and the other is a clerk.