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Tales From The Bottom Of The Ticket: Registrar Or Register Of Deeds?

by: Andrew Sylvia

Sun Aug 31, 2008 at 00:50:44 AM EDT
Here in Hillsborough County, we have eight candidates running for Register of Deeds. However, considering that just about nobody knows what a Register of Deeds does, the big campaign issue has been whether it's spelled "Register" or "Registrar". Some candidates spell it "Register", some candidates spell it "Registrar".

RSA 478 says they're registers, not registars. However, Webster's says that a Register is an object or a verb, wheras a Registrar is a person.

With pressing issues like these determining our choice of Register or Registrar of Deeds, why the hell this position is elected and not appointed, I do not know.
Andrew Sylvia :: Tales From The Bottom Of The Ticket: Registrar Or Register Of Deeds?
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Tales From The Bottom Of The Ticket: Registrar Or Register Of Deeds? | 2 comments
My Register spells it "Register" (4.00 / 1)
Here in Cheshire County we have three people running for Register of Probate.  The incumbent Democrat is challenged by two Republicans, both of whom work in the office. I cannot imagine that it makes for good office relations!

From all the I have heard, the incumbent, Anna Tilton, has done a great job in cleaning up after the previous register.  She should be re-elected.

Yet, the Republicans are up in arms against Ms. Tilton because she dislodged the incumbent who had been there for a number of years and who happened to be a favorite of the local attorneys.

Thank you Andy for writing these Tales from the Bottom of the Ballot diaries. We definitely need to bring attention to the bottom of the ticket. I have this fear that everyone will come into the poll, just vote for President and then leave.

Thanks! (4.00 / 1)
I have that fear that people will only vote for President too, and it keeps me up at night, although I do eventually fall asleep out of exhaustion from all the canvassing.

Hopefully one day all these damn pundit talking heads will stop talking about such a constitutionally limited position as President and start talking about everybody else running for office like us little guys.  


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