NUMBER OF ASSESSED POLLS, REGISTERED VOTERS 

 AND PERSONS WHO VOTED AT ELECTIONS. 



Tables of percentages and comparisons are printed on 

 pages 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13. 



Apparent incongruities in the report may be accounted 

 for, in part, as folio svs : — 



First, In all the cities and in many of the towns the 

 number of assessed male polls includes aliens and other 

 persons who are not qualified to become registered voters. 



Second. The number of registered male voters includes 

 many persons w^ho are exempt from taxation and therefore 

 are not included in the number of assessed male polls. 



Third. The number of registered female voters includes 

 many women not assessed for poll tax, who were registered 

 upon payment of property tax, and therefore are not included 

 in the number of assessed female polls, hence comparisons, 

 in this instance, have not been made. 



Elections and PollinCx Places, 1891. 



Town elections, (February, March or April,) 1 polling 

 place in each of the 323 towns. 



State election, (November 3,) 883 polling places, viz. : — 

 205 in Boston, 296 in 28 cities, 94 in 35 towns, which are 

 divided into voting precincts, and 1 in each of the 288 towns 

 not divided into precincts. 



City elections, (December,) 501 polling places in the 28 

 cities. 



Town Ballot Act. 



Chapter 386, acts of 1890, entitled An Act to authorize 

 the Printing and Distributing of Ballots for Town Elections 

 at the Public Expense, has been accepted by 122 towns. 



