Mohave County miner., 1916-08-19
MAY CHANGE
 PARTY AFFILIATIONS
 AFTER REGISTERING
(From Oatman Section Daily sIiner.)

NONCAo "AAO AAeAh AShGACA eAo AAACAAA bers of one political party and who wish to change their registration to that of members of another party may do so, provided they call at. registra- tion offices and request the change before the close of registration Sep tember l, which is the time for the closing of the books prior to the pri- maries. This applies to voters who have registered as nOn-partisans or to those of any party who wish to change from one to another. Those who have registered as non-partisan could not have vote in the primaries otherwise, hence the events leading to this change.
 The new interpretation of the state law comes in the form of an opinion rendered by the attorney general and is sent out by the county recorders fthe state. The question was raised in Cochise county and from there put up to the attorney general. The fol- lowing letter has been received by the 0atman registrar:
 "Hon. H. M. Caswell,
 Oatman, Arizona.
 Friend Caswell-Tne following tele- gram just received by MT. Herndon is self-explanatory:
 "Phoenix, Arizona,
 August 10, 1916 'HC. W. Herndon,
 County Attorney,
 Kingman, Arizona.
 "'Have just advised county attorney of Cochise county that persons reg istering as non-partisan or with some other party may re-register and change party before registration
 SMILEY E. JONES,
 Attorney General" "Under this ruling an elector can change his party utilization by cancel ing his former registration on blank 'B' and then re-registering on blank "A at any time before the register closes, September 1, 1916.
 Please explain this to the electors of your precinct.
 Yours very truly,
 "J. W. MORGAN. "P. S.-In re-registering an elector under the above ruling be sure and seal the blank 'B' as well as the dup Hcate blank "A and send to this office"
 Not many voters have registered in Oatman as non-partisan. MT. Cas- well states that there have been number at Yucca and a few scattered ones throughout the county.
 The registration in general in Oat- man precinct yesterday had reached TAB. For six days there have been ten a day. or 60 for the week. MT. Caswell does not believe at the out side there are more than 100 more entitled to register. He makes wig orous effort by personal appeal to get the voters in and it has had its effect. Candidates for office are work ing hard to the same end and bring them in frequently in twos and fours. ! Women are said to have registered as a rule as promptly as men. Iti is l a very large showing, taken in the lOINl Ol q pcICGhLeiSC Ol d IOldA nulll- | Der of votes of the precinct, but it is claimed that such is but a fair re- presentation of the amount of interest | being taken in the primary fight.
 When it is considered that not more than one in four or five persons in Oatman has been in the state long enough to vote the surprising strength numerically of the precinct may be better understood. Thus from now until the day of closing the books there may be quite as much work for the registrar in changing affiliations as in that of entering new names. That depends upon the number of non-partisan reg istratiOns, for no others are expected to make application for a change.
 Very few, indeed, not over three in fact, have had their registrations transferre dto other precincts and about an equal number have regis tered here as belonging to other pre- cincts, which is permissible under the law.