Bill Prevents Hauling Voters for Registration
A minor but telling Nebraska election-reform bill sought to outlaw hauling voters to registration sites, extending existing restrictions from election day itself.
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Omaha Daily Bee 187?-1922 · February 21, 1915 · Page 1
From a Staff Correspondent1 min readLINCOLN, Feb. 20.
Among the bills reported from standing committees today was H. R. 223, by the Douglas county delegation, to forbid hauling voters to places of registration. Its purpose is to apply the same restriction on registration days as is now provided for by law at elections. The bill was recommended by the privileges and elections committee for passage.
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