Arizona republican., 1917-10-27
NEW YORk V0TE NAY NUT BE IN
 lNE|GHT WEEKS
reepubilcan A. ?. -ea.ec w,rel

ALBANY, N. Y, Oct. 2G.-The vot
 .ng preferences of nearly tenth Of the electorate of New York state, Is expressed at the polls on November 5, next, will not be known until near ly eight weeks later.
 This unique condition arises from the fact that approximately 135,00' of the 100000 voters are now en-
 rolled in the military and naval forces of the United States, and consequent ly, will be obliged to record the:
 political choice under the soldier vote provisions of the election law. Tls
 voters in federal service will cas tGelr ballots wherever they are sta
 toned, whether in France, Hawaii.
 Panama, along the Mexican border, Il. camps and cantonments of the na-
 tional guard and national army, or on board ships of the navy.
 In the event of close contests either
 on the woman suffrage referendum, the lace for tle attoIne generalship
 or in some local or municipal cam paign, the ultimate result possibly
 may net be known until the soldier vote is canvassed by Secretary oI
 State Francis H. Hugo, not later than
 December 2S.
 An interesting feature of last year $ soldier vote on the Mexican border was the election Of an assessor in the
 city of Cohoes by the vote of one
 resident Of that city who was serving
 at McAllen, Tex, with the Second New
 York Field Hospital The result i..
 the city was 3 tie, which was broken 1 by the ballot of the Cohoes guards man on the Rio Grande
 ! The largest unit of New Yolk state
 troops is at Camp Wadsworth, Spar
 lanburg, $. C. Others are at Camp
 Upton, Yaphank, L. l., Camp Dix WlightstoWn, N. J., and at Camp Devens, Ayers, Mass. In addition tEere are about 25,000 citizens of the state enrolled in the regular army, ara 15,G00 on the roster of the navy. For obvious military reasons no statement can be made as to the i number of New York voters at pres ent on service in Elrope, either with General Pershing's troops or on the naval craft commanded by Vice Ad
 niral Sims. At the same time, it is
 officially announced that the number
 is sufficient to warrant their enroll 1 ment as voters on the other side of the Atlantic. This registration will be conducted under the supervision ot General Pershing and and Vice Ad
 miral Sims along the same lines as ir election districts at home. Each con-
 manding officer will prepare duplicate {! lists of the New York voters in his 1 command, one copy to be retained ny ] him and the other to be transmitted i to the office of the secretary of state at Albany. Three representatives ol Secretary Hugo's office already have i departed for France to aid in takine ! the soldier vote.
 1 The election law provides that the 1 ballots of the soldiers and sailors shal 1 be counted by the election boards il i the districts where the men have theil legal residence. After each soldier ol i sailor marks his ballot, he seals it il ! an envelope bearing his name, hi. l home address, and tte military ol naval unit to which he is attached i The envelope is then deposited in tn. ballot box in the field or on shipboard After the polls are closed, the bal
 lots will be sent to Secretary Hugo, office, where they will be assortet and sert to the election boards in tn ] respective home districts of the vot