Bisbee daily review., 1916-04-28
REGISTRATION OF
 VOTERS BEGINS ON
 MONDAY, MAY 1ST
County Recorder Gives Out Information Regarding The Qualifications Of Voters And Other Data


 TOMBSTONE, April 27.-(SpeciaD
 County Recorder Owen F.. Murphy has been busy the past few days in mailing out to the various registra- tion officers that he has appointed, | the necessary supplies in order that i they may be able to register the ] voters beinging Monday next, May l. I There will be between fifty and sev- , enty five persons acting as reSistra- E tion officers besides the justices of ! the peace in the various precincts in I the county. It is expected that regis tration will be considerably larger 1 this year than it was two years ago and it is expected that it will go close 1 to 1000.
 l The registration for the general ! primary election opens May 1st. ] Registration for primary election { closes September 1st.
 Registration for general election re- | opens September 18th.
 Registration closes October 18th. Mir. Murphy has prepared a state , ment of the qualifications of voters and other regulations pertaining to ] registration and the election which will be found of general interest to all citizens and which should be studied by all who intend to vote at either the primary or the November election.
 1 It is as follows:
 The election laws of Arizona pro- wide for the complete registration of all electors in the state every two years on the even years. In compli ance with the. requirements of this l law registration for the November election will begin at the office of the i county recorder on the first day of May, and will continue until ten days Before the county primary election, or until September l. at , o'clock p. m., at which, time the books will be Eclosed for seventeen days, and no registrations will be made until Sept ember IS, at which time the books will be open and registration continue un- :, til October 15, when it will be closed until May 1. 1918.
 I The qualifications of electors are as ! follows: Must De twenty-one years of age or over; citizen of the United States, either by birth of naturaliza- N ton; resident of Arizona for one k year prior to election, and of the
 county and precinct for thirty days; II must be able to read the constitution iof the United States in the English
 language and write his or her name, unless physically unable to do so |l If elector is naturaliZed citizen he tmust present his second of final papers
 10 the registration officer, else he can
 not be registered It, however, such
 papers are lost or destroyed, the
 elector will be permitted to register
 upon executing and filing with the
 registering officer an affidavit giving
 the time, place and court of issuence |; of such papers, and the fact of their
 loss or destruction and circumstances
 connected herewith.
 The above applies to women as
 well as to men, except that women of
 foreign birth become naturalized citi-
 zens upon their marriage to citizens
 of the United States either by birth of naturalization. or if already mar
 ried, the naturalization of the hus-
 band carries with it citizenship of the
 
 woman who a citizen of the United
 States, either by birth of naturaliza-
 tion, marries an alien, her citizenship
 ceases with such marriage. In short.
 the citizenship of the wife is that of
 the husband.
 Electors must register in the pre-
 cinct where they reside. to enable
 them to vote at any primary or cleo ton. The law by which a person. if not on the register, could register at
 the polls. has been omitted from the
 code now in force, and in order to vote at any primary or election, the
 electors name MUST appear on the register of the precinct wherein he or she resides. If. after registering. the elector moves to another precinct or county. he or she must cancel such first registration and then re-register in the precinct or county where elect or then resides A person must not register more than once. without first canceling any prior registration. To fraudulently register more than once or to knowingly register in any pre- cinct where he is not a resident at the time of registration, Is a criminal offense and subjects the offender to a
 fine in sum not exceeding two thou sand dollars or imprisonment not eN- ceeding three years, or both. Every body must register this year if they
 wish to vote at the primary election
 on September II, or at the general election on November :. or at any oth-
 CT election that may be held within the next two years. No registration of former years will suffice. This office will make every reason
 able effort to properly register all
 legal voters before the primary cleo tion. The public can aid materially
 in our work by registering as soon
 after May first as possible.
 An amendment to the registration
 laws made by the last legislature
 provides that the elector when reg
 isterign shall give his party afiilia-
 ton, or say that he has none. if such