THE REGISTRATION OF VOTERS.

Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 1, Issue 2, 14 January 1867, Page 3

THE REGISTRATION OF VOTERS.

A Correspondent, whose letter we give in another column, directs our attention to the fact that, the month of January, one of the three daring which only claims to appear on the list of voters can be made or received, is already considerably advanced, and that as yet no notice has appeared in. the local papers respecting this highly important matter. We are not able to say who is to blame for this apparent neglect, butweimagine, that asin other cases, the public are supposed to know what is the law concerning the matter. We presume that Captain Curling is still Registration officer for the two general electoral districts into which the Province is divided, Napier and Clive, and that, as usual, he is ready to receive, all claims that may Le forwarded to him during this and the two succeding months of February and March. It must be understood, however, that we have no authority for making this statement, and we acknowlege that an official intimation of the fact is. due to the public at large. This is u matter of considerable importance, for it is quite probable that if attention were not specially directed to it# many persons possessing: the necessary qualification might permit the three registration montha to slip away without giving a thought to the subject until too late, and in consequence remain off the roll for another twelvemonths. • ' ' : ■ f

' Closely connected with the above is the publication by the government, of the revised list of voters for the, current year, 1866-7 which, we believe, has not yet been done, although the year is now pretty well advanced. The importance of this neglect will be apparent when we consider that ' the general elections for the Provincial Cbuncil must very shortly come off. -