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Domestic News
July 5, 1877
The Democratic Press
Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio
What is this article about?
Opinion piece from Toledo Democrat criticizing a registry law passed by the last Legislature, designed to disenfranchise poor laborers by complicating proof of residence for frequent movers seeking work.
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The Registry Law Iniquity.
The registry law passed by the last Legislature is an act intended to keep poor laboring men from voting. It does not in the least inconvenience a wealthy man whose habitation is permanently fixed, but a laboring man, especially in these hard times, who is compelled frequently to change his place of abode, to be within convenient distance of work, when he can get any to do, will be greatly embarrassed by the iniquitous enactment, and many who will be unable to take the oath prescribed in the law will be disfranchised altogether. It will be very difficult for a single man who is a laborer and obliged to change his boarding house with change of employer to produce proof to the registers of residence, which will entitle him to a certificate as a voter. The law is a crude and ill digested bundle of stupidity, but it will do the work it was intended for - keep hundreds of poor laborers from voting. - [Toledo Democrat.
The registry law passed by the last Legislature is an act intended to keep poor laboring men from voting. It does not in the least inconvenience a wealthy man whose habitation is permanently fixed, but a laboring man, especially in these hard times, who is compelled frequently to change his place of abode, to be within convenient distance of work, when he can get any to do, will be greatly embarrassed by the iniquitous enactment, and many who will be unable to take the oath prescribed in the law will be disfranchised altogether. It will be very difficult for a single man who is a laborer and obliged to change his boarding house with change of employer to produce proof to the registers of residence, which will entitle him to a certificate as a voter. The law is a crude and ill digested bundle of stupidity, but it will do the work it was intended for - keep hundreds of poor laborers from voting. - [Toledo Democrat.
What sub-type of article is it?
Politics
What keywords are associated?
Registry Law
Voting Rights
Poor Laborers
Disenfranchisement
Legislature
Domestic News Details
Event Date
Passed By The Last Legislature
Outcome
disenfranchisement of hundreds of poor laborers
Event Details
The registry law requires proof of residence and an oath, which will embarrass and disqualify mobile laborers unable to provide such proof, while not affecting wealthy individuals with fixed homes.