Weekly journal-miner., 1912-07-03
ONLY EDUCATED CAN CAST ' BALLOT
Long List of Things To
 Be Done Before Any . One Can Vote

There are some 30,0OO citizens O
 Inc state of Arizona who will de
 sire to cast their ballots at the eIce
 tion this fall and it is more tha,
 probable that. in view of the fearfu
 and wonderful laws enacted by in,
 Legislature at it's special session
 only small percentage of them ha
 more than the haziest sort of idle: las to what they will have to do (, { bc invested with that right Also
 there will be fair percentage o
 these 10000 who will desire to cas-
 their ballots at the primary clcctior
 and presumably they will also b,
 somewhat interested in the formali
 ties to be complied with in order io
 cntitlc them to vote then. For th,
 information of the public generally
 therefore, both the registration and
 primary laws have been investigated
 and quite an interesting series oi
 facts tabulated. says the Phoenix
 Republican. Here are some of these
 facts contained in the registration
 law.
 To be an elector of or in this
 sovereign state of Arizona. then. you
 must be a male citizen of the United
 States or, if a male citizen of Mex
 leo, you must have elected io become
 a citizen of the United States under
 the treaty of Qucretero and the
 Gadsden treaty. n Next you must be at least 2I Xyears of age, have resided in the fstate a year next preceding the elcc-
 tion, and in the county and precinct | 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. you can qualify as to all these
 things you are regarded as full fledged elector.
 But this doesn't entitle you to kvote. Not by any means. Here arc some of the other things you mus,
 do and which various other persons
 must do for you.
 Between May 1 and October IS and biennially thereafter the county recorders must register the electors ] in books and on blanks prepared for the purpose and must transmit the same to the secretary of state. The names of all persons registered shall | each week be sent in at the end of that particular week
 In most places registration Is a Comparatively simple matter, but 1t | is anything but simple here. The Registration books contain blank space for the following statements: :: The number of the elector. his age, | re si<lencc. name in full. when he last voted. his occupation, national |ity. declaration of naturalization If ] not native born, whether he reads English. his signature. the signature kof the recorder, and any remarks Ethat the recorder may care to make. kIt may be mentioned here that pro- |vision is made to swear the elector 1 to the facts set forth in the regis [tration book. Also. where the elector lis not registered by the recorder personally he takes different form | of oath and he must sign his name |three times. Then the registering |officer certifies that the elector Is able to read the constitution in Eng |lish. that he is so many feet and |inches tall, that he weighs so many pounds, and is of such and such nationality. Also. any other dis |tinguishing features that he may at Ftract the officers attention are duly |appended.
 Then there are other oaths and |other requirements for special cases 1 all of which will be duly learned |by any unfortunate individual that |these special cases may chance 10 lift.
 If you want to register without charge to the county you can do SO by appearing before the county recorder in person and have the job |done there. However. the recorder |is not allowed to register any person for period beginning 10 days be- fore and ending six days after the 'regular primary.
 The formalities regarding regis |fration that have already been men. tioned are to be complied with by the county recorder Also, if you happen to live in town and city don't be surprised if the recorder wants 10 know just where you live even to the number of your room, for that is the duty of the officer; and you can't vote if this informa- tion is not forthcoming.
 Aside from the minutiae already