The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1915-01-29
WOMEN MAY
REGISTER NOW
Fair Sex Now Factor in Politics
With Franchise.
NEED NOT GIVE AGE
Certain Requirements Necessary for
Women Who Register. Must be
21 Years of Age.

OPCICu anu VlIAo SAiAC CNSAy NAVAAOI
twenty-one years of age will be en-
titled to register and to vote at the
elections that may follow. Hereto
fore the law provided that every male
citizen twenty-one years of age could
register, but the suffrage amendment
to the constitution having carried and
a proclamation having been issued by
the governor to this effect, women,
as we'll as male citizens may now re-
gister to vote. The registration books
of the county were closed, as provided
by law, from January 1st to January
21st, to allow time for the lists to be
transferred and re-arranged.
The qualifications to become a re-
gistered voter under the amendment
are as follows:
/. Unmarried Women-As to the
registration of unmarried women, the
procedure is exactly the same as in
the registration of males. They must
be 21 years of age. Although a wom-
an is of age at 18, the constitution of
Montana as amended at the last elec-
ton, reads:
Every person of the age of 81 years
or over, possessing the following quail
ifications, shall be entitled to vote at
all general elections and for all officers
that now are( or hereafter may be,
elective by the people and upon all
questions which may be submitted
to the vote of the people: First, he
shall be citizen of the United States;
second, he shall have resided in this
state one year Immediately preceding
the election at which he offers to vote,
and in the town, county, or precinct
such time as may be prescribed by
law; provided, first, that no person
convicted of felony shall have the
right to vote unless he has been par
doned.
2. Citizenship by Reason of Mar
riage to a Citizen-An alien women
who marries citizen upon proof of
such fact. If she marries native
born citizen, she Immediately becomes
citizen and is entitled to register.
If she marries naturalized citizen,
she should furnish proof of her hus-
bands naturalization before being al
lowed to register.
No doubt number of women will
be disappointed when they attempt
to register because of the fact that any
American woman who marries for
eigner shall take the nationality OF
her husband. At the termination OF
the martial relation, she may resume
her citizenship, if residing in the
United States, by continuing to reside
therein.
! Under this statute, if a female citi-
zen of the United States marries an
alien, she becomes herself an alien and
is not entitled to register while the
martial relation continues, unless her
husband becomes citizen. If the
martial relation is dissolved by death
of her husband or by divorce, she may
resume her citizenship by continuing
to reside in the United States, and is
then entitled to register.
Women who register, do not neec
to give their exact age, according tt
an opinion which was given out las,
week. All they need to say is that
they are of illegal age" or over "twen.
ty-one". The same also applies te
men.
The registry books at the court
house are now open and the womef
should lose no time in registering. Il
is possible that petitions for commits
sion form of government will be pre-
sented again in short time, and un
less the women are registered they
cannot vote on this proposition. 81
girls, get busy.
WORKING FOR GOOD LAWS
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