Arizona republican., 1912-06-29
The Many Things the New Law Requires the Unfor- tunate Voter to Be and Do to Register His Will at Polls
ONLY THE EDUCATED
 CAN PULL THROUGH
The Process Itself Seems to ,Obviate the Necessity of Vigorously Applying the Constitution Reading Test for Qualification

for Qualification
 There are some 30,000 citizens of the state of Arizona who will desire to cast their ballots at the election this fall and it is more than probable that, in view of the fearful and wonderful laws enacted by the legislature at it's spe- cial session, only a small percentage of them has more than the haZiest sort of idea as to what they will have to do to be invested with that right. Also, there will be a fair percentage of these 30,000 who will desire to cast their ballots az the primary election and pre- sumably they will also be somewhat interested in the formalities to be com piled with in order to entitle them to vote then For the information of the public generally, therefore, both the registration and primary laws have been investigated and quite an inter- esting series of facts tabulated. Here are some of thse facts contained in the registration law:
 To be an electOr of or in this SoV- ereign state of Arizona, then. you must be a male citizen of the United States or, if d male citizen of Mexico, you must have elected to become citizen of the United States under the treaty of Queretero and the Gadsden treaty.
 Next you must be at least 21 years of age. kaye resided in the state year next preceding the election, and in the county and prcinct 30 days.
 Also unless prevented by physical disability you must be able to read the constitution of the United States in English and to write your name. Ii you can qualify as to all these things you are regarded as full fledged cleo tor.
 But this doesn't entitle you to vote. Not by any means. Here are some of the other things you must do and which various other persons must do for you.
 Between May 1 and October 15 and biennially thereafter the county re- corders must register the electors in books ana on blanks prepared for the purpose and must transmit the same to the secretary of state. The names ol all persons registered shall each week be sent in at the end of that particular week.
 In most places registration is com paratively simple matter but It IS any | thing bur simple here The registra' l tion hooks contain blank space for the 1 following statements: The number o | the electOr, his age, residence, name | in full when he last voted, his occu- patton. nationality. declaration of nat l uraIization if not native born, Wheth' ar he reads English. his signature, thu signature of the recorder, and any re 1 marks that the recorder may care t' make. r. may be mentioned here tha provision is made to swear the electo l to th facts set forth in the reglstratol l book Also where the elector Is no | registered by the recorder perSonail. ! he takes a different form Of oath an' | he must sign his name three times ] Then the registering officer certlfle ! that the eiector is able to read the con stitution in English, that he is so man! feet and inches tall. that he weighs s many pounds, and is of such anu sucl nationality Also, any other dlStnSu ishing features that he may attract tn officers attention are duty appended. Then there are other baths and othe requirements for special cases all O which will be duly learned by any un
 fortunate individual that these specld cases may chance to fit
 If you want to register Wlthou charge 10 the county you can do so D appearing before the county recorde in person and have the job done therN | However. the recorder is not alloWe to register any person for perlod De ginning 10 days before and ending sl days after the regular primary.
 The fomalities regarding reglstratlo that have already been mentioned ar to he complied with by the county re
 corder. Also, if you happen to live III town and city don't be surprised II tn
 recorder wants to know just where Eo live even to the number of your roor for that is the duty of the officer; an
 you can'- vote if this information IS no | forthcoming.
 Aside from the minutiae already re
 cited much of the information regard
 ing registration is given in the follow
 ing section of the registration law:
 'Every elector may be registered b
 personally appearing at the recorder
 office ana complying with the provls
 ions of this act, but if said eiector
 unable for any reason conveniently |
 register as aforesaid he may register
 without charge, before notary publ
 or a justice of the peace or deputy re
 corder in the county in which he re
 sides by using one of the blanks desig
 mated as blank A, signing it three time
 and meeting a similar test given him b
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