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Registration First, has he or she a right to vote? Secondly, having that right, is the name on the register? There may be an incontestable right to the franchise, but if for any reason the name is not on the register, no vote can be recorded. Someone has been remiss, and the pro­ per steps have not been taken to secure the right.

Lists of voters will be hung up in the post offices, and in the office of registration officer, early in Febru­ary and August, and a notice will be added saying by what date claims and corrections must be sent in. The energetic worker will consult these lists carefully—particularly in a country dis­trict—and will make a point of urging those who support the party in which she is interested, whose names are not on, to make their claims. She may have to obtain forms of claim from the registration officer herself. Remember the claim must be signed by the man or woman in person. It is no use for 31