The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-27
NEW YORK STATE VOTE
MADE UNCERTAIN
By the Fact That the Soldier Vote, Com
prising Nearly 0ne-Tenth of Voting
Poulation, Will Not Be Known
for Eight Weeks.

| Albany, n y, Oct. 27.-The votin.
preferences of nearly one-tenth of TIL
elect crate of New York state, as ex
pressed at the polls on November 8, next
will not be known until nearly eight
weeks later.
This unique condition arises from tbs
fact that approximately $4,000 of the
| 100000 voters are now enrolled in the
military and naval forces of the United
States, and, consequently, will be Obliged
to record their political choice under the
soldier vote provisions of the election
law The voters in federal service will
cast their ballots wherever they are sta
toned, whether in France Hawaii, Pana.
ma, along the Mexican border, in camps
and cantonments of the National Guard
and National Army or on board ships
of the navy.
In the event of close contests, either
on the woman suffrage referendum, the
race for the attorney generalship, or in
some local or municipal campaign, the
ultimate result possibly may not be
known until the soldier vote is can
vassed by Secretary of State Francis NJ.
Hugo, not later than December 90.
An interesting feature of last years
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 McAlIen,
Tex, with the Second New York field
hospital. The result in the city was a
tie, which was broken by the ballot of
the Cohoes guardsman on the Rio Grande.
The largest unit of New York state
troops is at Camp Wadsworth, Spartan
burg, S. c. Others are at Camp Upton,
Yaphank, L. l., Camp Dix, Wrightstown,
n. j., and at Camp Devens, Aver. Mass
In addition, there are about $4,000 citi-
zens of the state enrolled in the regular
arm, and $4,000 on the roster of the navy.
For obvious military reasons no state
ment can be made as to the number of
New York voters at present on service
in Europe, either with General Pershing's
troops or on the naval craft commanded
by Vice Admiral Sims. At the same
time, it is officially announced that the
number is sufficient to warrant their en-
rollment as voters on the other side of
the Atlantic. This registration will be
under the supervision of Cen
Pershing and Vice Admiral Sims along
The same lines as in election districts at
home. Each commanding officer will pre-
pare duplicate lists of the New York |
voters in his command, one copy to be |
retained by him and the other to be |
transmitted to the office of the secretary |
If state at Albany Three representa-
ives of Secretary Hugo's office already !
nave departed for France to aid in taking /
he soldier vote.
The election law provides that the bal |
OTIS of the soldiers and sailors shall be /
counted by the election boards in the /
districts where the men have their legal /
After each soldier or sailor
marks his ballot, he seals it in an enVel-
pc bearing his name, his home address,
md the military or naval unit to which
lie Is attached. The envelope is then de-
'osited in the ballot box in the field OF
n shipboard. After the polls are closed,
he ballots will be sent to Secretary /,
Iugo's office, where they will be assorted
nd sent to the election boards in the
espectiye home districts of the voters. :
IN a designated day the vote will be
ounted by the local boards. The results
re TO be reported to the secretary Of
tate bv Dec. %. No result received after
hat date will be considered, as the final I
utcome Of the voting must be deter
lined definitely before Jan. /, when vir-
lally all Of the successful candidates as
anne office.
Two hundred and seventy thousand
lllots. or twice a. many a. the number
vaiAr- in military sn5 naval service.