21st January.
Tux, polling for the International Municipal Council, which began yesterday, closes to-day at the Municipal Board Room at 3pm, Under the present circumstances, when a very vigorous effort is being made to elect one single candidate, who is engaged in legal proceedings against the Counci, by those who care more for his success than for the general welfare of the Settlements, it is most important that every ratepayer who has a vote should record it, The ratepayer who does not take the trouble to vote has no right afterwards to complain that municipal matters are not managed to his satisfaction.
There appears to be some misunderstanding as to the method of voting. It takes place by the simple registration of his vote by the voter in person at the Board Room, and no voting tickets are issued. The voter when he arrives is presented with a ticket bearing the names of the eleven candidates. From this list he erases at least two names, or as many more as he likes, and the nine candidates who receive the largest number of votes are elected.
sidering how many ratepayers there must be who find it very difficult to leave their employment in the daytime, it would be well if the poll could' be kept open the second day until 6 p.m.
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