Citizenship: A Manual for Voters

A citizen is one who has the rights and privileges of the inhabitants of the community, state and nation, and as a duty should equip himself so as to render the best citizenship...

The Federal or National government, as in state government, is divided into three parts. The legislative which makes the laws. The judicial which interprets or explains the laws...

A state Constitution cannot interfere with the Federal Constitution, neither can the Federal Constitution interfere with the regulation of the state. As has been said the Kentuc...

The state courts derive their powers and jurisdiction from the Constitution and laws of the state. The courts in different states go by different names, yet the jurisdiction is...

It is really the product of a government by public opinion. Without political organizations it would be almost impossible to govern the policy and character of the country and c...

The chairman of this committee of each party calls a meeting of his committee in the spring before the presidential election and decides when and where they will hold the nation...

Resolutions concerning contested seats are presented to the convention and referred without debate to the committee on credentials. (Every state is allowed double as many delega...

There are four election officers who have a book in which are registered the names of all the legal voters in their precinct. Two of these officers are called judges; one is a s...

The national government is supported by taxation in various ways, and it requires a great amount of money to carry on the business of our country even in times of peace--over $2...

To vote is an expression of choice for this man or woman for an office. The ballot is the only efficient way to express public opinion and should be regarded as a sacred trust.

It is important that every woman who possesses the constitutional and statutory qualifications should exercise her right to vote; because it is only in this way that there can b...