This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 Excerpt: ... and in case of an unsatisfactory decision from them, to carry the matter to the election commissioners or the courts. The citizen who is interested primarily in honest elections may not find it easy to obtain a watcher's certificate from one of the dominant parties, but the minority parties, certain good citizenship ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 Excerpt: ... and in case of an unsatisfactory decision from them, to carry the matter to the election commissioners or the courts. The citizen who is interested primarily in honest elections may not find it easy to obtain a watcher's certificate from one of the dominant parties, but the minority parties, certain good citizenship organizations and those who are interested in pending referenda welcome such assistance and are glad to grant certificates even though the citizen may not be directly allied with them. Importance of Election Watchers.--The party watcher has a task the importance of which cannot be too much stressed. There could never be a corrupt election if honest citizens went as watchers to every polling place and stayed there the entire day. If the polls open at six o'clock it is no good to arrive at a quarter after six. Enough ballots may be put into the box by that time to overturn the entire election. If there is no one to substitute for him, the watcher should not leave the polls for luncheon or dinner. In his absence enough ballots may be destroyed to determine the outcome. If the count proceeds all night, and the watcher leaves one minute before it is concluded, the figures entered in ink, the boxes sealed and given into the custody of the police guard, he might as well have stayed away entirely. Due partly to the violence which has attended elections in the past and the unpleasant character of many of the polling places, citizens of the socalled 'better class' have been reluctant to undertake the work of election officials and watchers. The last few years have witnessed an improvement both in the character of the polls and the or der which is maintained there; and the granting of suffrage to women has made necessary still further reforms. As a result...
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Brooklyn 1922 first edition. Stebbins. Hardcover. small octavo., 160p. Label at heel of spine, presentation bookplate on verso of title page. Fore-edge stamps. Good plus, slight paperclip stain on title page, no DJ.
