In re the Town of Ghent

The court feels compelled to deny the motion for the reason that the making of an order as requested by the petitioner would avail nothing.

The foundation of the motion made by the petitioner is that certain electors of the town who were and still are in the service of the nation, in the army and navy, were not permitted to vote upon the local option questions submitted to the voters of the town at the last election.

The residents of the town who were at the time absent in the service were under the Constitution entitled to vote. The provisions of the Constitution, however,, only become…