A regular feature looking back at what was being printed around 100 years ago in the Bristol Daily Courier. This week’s entry comes from the August 26, 1920 edition of the newspaper.
Commissioners Give Instructions To Women For Voting
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With the expectation that Secretary of State Colby today would issue a proclamation declaring the Nineteenth Amendment (Suffrage Amendment) law of the land, the Commissioners of Bucks County issued a formal set of instructions as to how the women voters may quality to vote.
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It is roughly estimated that in Bucks County there will be 20,000 women voters. This, according to the Commissioners, represents the total number of men voters in the county, and they are of the opinion that In the entire county the average number of women voting will total about the same.
If the Commissioners’ way of figuring runs true, there will be approximately 1,000 women voters in Bristol. Of course, all of these figure are more or less guesswork, as no one can tell just how many of the women will avail themselves of the privilege of casting the ballot.
This year the women will only have to pay a poll tax or one dollar, which must be paid on or before October 1. After they have registered with the district assessor on August 11 or September 1, then the registration lists will be certified to by the Commissioners and placed In the hands of the tax collectors of the respective districts of the county. Then every woman so registered will have to pay the said tax on or before October 1.
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This year, women voters will not have to pay any borough or school tax. But next year they will. Just how much this additional tax will increase the revenue of the borough and county cannot be stated accurately. Of course, this year it will be approximately $20 ,000 for the county.
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