Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-10-29
VOTES
T0DELAY THE
NY. RESULTS
OUTCOME OF NOVEMBER ELECTIONS
TO DEPEND ON $4,000 VOTES
AMONG NEW YORK TROOPS
HERE AND OVER THE SEAS.

tBy Associated Frrss.t
preferences Of nearly onr-tcnth Of the cleo
%torate of New York State, a. expressed ut
the polls on November q, next. will not he
know until nearly eight weeks later.
This unique condition arises from the
fact that approximately l35 600 Of the
| 100 GOO 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 east their
ballots wherever they are stationed, whcth-
er in France. Hawaii. Panama. along the
Mexican border, in camps and cantonmcnt>
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 gencralship, or in some
local or municipal campaign. the ultimate
result possibly may not be known until the
soldier vote l. canva>.ed nv Secretary Of
cembcr %.
An interesting feature of last years sol
der vote on the Mexican border was the
election of an assessor in the city Of Cohocs
ny the vote of one resident of that city who
was serving ut McAllen. Texas, with the
Second New York Field Hospital. The re-
suit in the city was a tie. which was broken
by the Cohocs guarlSman on the Rio
IGrardc.
The largest unit of New York state
troops j. nj Camp Wad~worth. Spartan
burg. s.. {. Others are at Camp Upton.
Yaphank. l.. Camp Dix, Wrightstown. y.
j.. and ~ Camp ncvcn>. Aver Mass. In
addition there ere about - .oon citizens of
tho state enrolled IN the regular army, and
l5.naO on the roster of the navy.
For obvious military reasons no state
mcnt can he made n e. the number of New
York voter~ ut present on service in Flu
rope. either with General Pcr>hing's troops
ar on the naval craft commanded by Wee
Admiral Sims. At the same time. 1t Is of
ficicnt t. warrant their enrolment ~
voters on the other side Of the Atlantic.
This registration will he conducted under
the supervision Of General Per-hIng and
Vice Admiral Sims along the same lines
a in election districts at hcmc. Each com y
manding officer will prepare duplicate
lists Of the New York voters in his com
mand. one copy To be retained by him and
the other "a be transmitted to the office
of the secretary of state at Albany. Three
representatives Of Secretary Ilugo's office
ALREADY have departed for France ia aid in
taking the soldier vote.
The election law provides that the bal
lots Of the soldiers and sailors shall he
counted by the election boards in the dis
tricts where the men have their legal resi-
dencc. After each soldier or sailor marks
his ballot. he seals IL IN an envelope hear
ing hi name, his home address. and the
military or naval unit To- which he i at
tached. The envelope i then deposited in
the ballot box in the field or on ~hipbnard
After the polls are closed. the ballots will
lbc sent 10 Secretary %IIugo'S office. where
they viii he assorted and sent 10 the clcc-
ton board in the respective home districts
of the voter. On u designated day the
vote viii he counted nv the local boards.
The results are To- be reported To- The see
Rotary of state by December ~. M result
received after that date will he considered
n the final outcome If the voting must he
determined definitely before january I.
when virtually al If the successful can
ldidatt- assume office.
" Two hundred and seventy Thousand bal
lots, or twice ~ MANY a. the number oi
voter in military and nayay service, have