Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1906-03-28
SOME INFORMATION ON ELEC.
TON LAWS.

ID. j. Shea. the Jerome business man.
on March q addressed the following
communication 10 the Los Angeles Ex
amincr:
"w. r. Hearst, editor Examiner:
Dear sir Kindly inform us through |
the columns of your paper IL foreign
err may vote for the President of the
United States after taking out his
first papers, or Is IL necessary to become
full citizcn'" to which that papei
in recent issue replied "ln Arizona
an alien who has declared his inten-
ton of becoming an American citizen
may vote after n residence in the ter
ritory of one year and in the county
and precinct of thirty days.
The advice Of the Examiner TO Mr..
/ Shea is in direct conflict with section
II Of chapter III Of the registration
and election laws of the territory,
under the heading Qualifications OF
electors as found in the revised sta
tutes of Arzona, 1901.
Section II reads 'Evcry male citizen
of the United States and every male
citizen of Mexico who shall have
elected 10 become a citizen of the Unit
ed States under the treaty of peace ex-
changed and ratifol nj Quintero, on
the 3Oth day of May, lsis, and the
Gadsdon treaty Of 1854, of the age OF
twcnty.ouc years, who shall have been
resident of the territory one year
next preceding the election, and OF th'
eouu,y and precinct in which he claims
his vote thirty days, and whose nam'
ia enrolled on the great register OF mcf
county. shall bc entitled 10 vote NJ nj
elections which are now or may he mere
!, after authorized by law, but idiots
, insane persons ana persons who haV'
becn convicted of n felony shall no
he entitled "a vote"
II can he easily seen from the FORE
going that a foreigner who mas III
!. taken ont naturalization papers, an
become full .hedgcd citizen, ~ ho
entitled 70 vote in the territory an
therefore cannot legally have his nam
,,,eed nm n great register Of count
n by n registering officer
In In addition 10 this, there - prov
% sion in the federal statutes which pr
10 v;des that none but qualified e'ec'o'
10 whose name. appear on the great req
N 20, are entitled 10 vote. Inc 81
is forcemcnt OF this provision prove"
.;,;zcps who have failed to have the
=, names enrolled on the great fepis'
:" -, voting on election day on AZ
=. dovit as was the custom IN inns ''''
>, tory some years ago
- Foreigners who have declared 'h'
~ intention to become e''1e"s W y
" r,i,.a STATES. and have renouh''
their allegiance 10 the government
their native country. are 'h'''"'
a,. in Missouri and som" o'n
=" s,o,cs bu, the Arizona law does u
~ rcrmi, any but citizens Of the 'n''
G,a,os and the territory to eSe'e'
e e., the right OF franchise
ne ncrson may make 'eelara''o"
fe' -, ;n,or,ion Of becoming citizen
'S, soou a. he arrives in this country, !,
led so'" INNS, reside in the United sta,
la' 90, eyc consecutive years before
req anoI roper., making him ''''l'"'
!. zee issued.
IN rne Examiner not only fa'ls
,sa answer the questions propou""ra
w., !, but /, Is In error In the '"'o'"a ,
' va , -, n does give. To the first Q.'s, ~,
,"s ,se answer is, No; to the '''0"' W
s5o, ton, Yes .n.u,,s 10 vote
j. .aa a, any election, who is no
'' %, su,, citizen, ard who in addition , a.,
ar; =, NOT been n resident Of Ar'tona 10.
s '',s no" '.osr laws himself liable to pros
who Zion and imprisonment under '"'
,o,,itorial statutes.