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Santa Cruz County,
California Voter Registrations & Great Registers
In 1866, California established the Great
Registry Act. All eligible voters were required to register. The
Registry Act instructed county clerks to prepare Great Registers
that would include names of all legal voters. Prior to 1866,
voter records consisted of county poll lists. In 1872 another
law required that counties publish an index or alphabetical
listing of all registered voters every two years. This usually
happened on the even numbered years. Women were able to register
in 1911 but do not begin to appear in the registries until 1912.
This is an invaluable tool that can be used in between census
years to track an ancestor. |
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