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NTEREST]SHOWN IN THEObCITY PRIMARYfnvu\vPARTY LEADERS EXPECTHEAVY VOTE TOHE ( AST.4(DCAN BOTH PARTIES VOTE?DIxsut* is Pndecided as Both Republicans and DemocratsMeNote in Primary.tVoting* today in the primary elections seemed quite active in this cityin order to name the Republican par-lie^tv candidates who will make the racefor municipal offices next fall. Aheavy vote was expected by partysajst acalofleaders, it is said. Fair weataer pre-leve vailed throughout the day.Voting- was active at each of the six voting place in the city. It is said that votes were cast by both Republicans and Democrats in the electionsfortheihere today, even though there was noDemocratic ticket.merthestat“]ofAccording to an opinion by a group of Republican lawyers in Indianapolis last night, voters may vote either |c*fa ballot, regardless of theirwhoheaMnotpreviousparty affiliations, without violating | ma-v any law. It is pointed out that a voter may he challenged, but that in the absence of a challenge no elector is violating any law in changing his sa*‘l party affiliations. This was decidedJbath by the supreme court of Indiana in the case of Kelso vs. Cook, 184 Ind.1HOIIn that case the court held thatthetiom“Eeach voter has a right to demand Idoes either ballot, without regard to pre-|tor-v-vious affiliation, and that if it were I •SU(^1Puotherwise, “That it was the absurd/ I *purpose of the law to prevent voters | ** a from changing party allegiance.Polls were opened at a. m. at allvoting places and will remain openHum admi to tlucomuntil 6 p. m.All Republican nominees expressed Ia ni1 themselves as confident of election in |P^actthe primary and the outcome is uncertain in each instance. Each nomi-Th,filedheave“Ifnee was busy trying to get out a largevote today.The three-cornered race for mayorlenou^ between Dr. C. A. Kuhn, Ira G. Stark|enou£go?Theand George H. Dunn seemed to occupy the major interest of the voters.Voters who do not cast a ballot to- tJiatday will be permitted to register for juristthe November election during a three-day- period ending Oct. 5. In cities of 10^ first and second class in the state,; voting in the primary today quali-1humaI lies the voter to vote in the fall elec- Greek“Itlievedancesttion without registering in October.Indianapolis Election Thirty-two men distributing Kururn*: Klux Klan slates of candidates werej0^ arrested by police at Indianapolis to-) e (1°ThePresidute inday when the polls opened.A dozen of the men . were heavily armed, according to police. Eleven It,on flt; baskets of klan slates were seized.Following the arrests, Sheriff Haw-j a(iJ°: kins obtained an injunction in superior court to restrain police from interfering with activities of the klans-P,lt or“Ma er. Itmen.sold, fcThe arrests were made under a city a niat( ordinance relative to the distribution * niathis extHowlt;of printed literature in the city limits.Earlier in the morning four men said by police to he members of a Ia-v ^ horsethief detective association, werer* *s nlt; arrested and charged with carrying to I)raJ concealed weapons. Police Chief Rik- i)ect nohoff issued an order banning members of the association from voting places.Thesinging God.yy
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Greensburg Daily News
Greensburg, Indiana, US
Tue, May 05, 1925
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