Tombstone epitaph., 1918-06-30
MUST HURRY TO
CATCH SOLDIERS VOTE

their names on the Official ballot to be
voted for under the new soldiers vet
! ing bill passed by the legislature, A.
l c. Karger, clerk OF the board of su-
pervisors. is urging aspirants for Of
fee to file their nomination papers
and petitions with the board of SUI
pervisors at an early date.
Clerk Karger urges this and points
out the necessity of quick action on
| the part of candidates in view of the
/ fact that the ballots must be printed
and sent out 40 days previous to the
primary election.
This is set forth in a written opin-
| ion of Attorney General Wiley Jones
who has made clear some points OF
the new law which have been ques-
toned by Loren Vaughn. OF Phoenix.
Mr.. Karger having resolved a copy
I of the letter. which follows:
Loren F. Vaughn.
Phoenix, Arizona.
Dear Sir:
am just in receipt of your letter
of this date asking my construction
OF Substitute House Bill No. known
as the Soldiers Voting BILL passed
al the recent session Of the state leg
1 isiature. so far as regards the fling
of nomination petitions by candidates
DESTROYS of receiving the soldiers
votes at the primary.
House Bill No. is really supple
mental bill complete in itself, for the
purposes of enabling the soldiers TO
vote. taking knowledge of the fact
that it adopts certain provisions of
the general and primary election law
to carry out its purposes.
Section ) of said Act Substitute
House Bill No. 81 contains the impor-
tant matter to which your inquiry di-
reefs me. and reads in part as fol-
lows:
THE clerk of the board of super
visors shall mail. by registered mail
taking receipt therefor. to every quail
flied voter whose name appears on
the military register in the clerks
Office at least forty (4o) days prior
to any statewide primary or general
OF the various political parties at any
primary that polled 10 per cent or
more. of the total vote cast at the
previous general election and two Of
fetal ballots for any general election.
II the army or navy department make
any rules or regulations relating TO
the right of franchise and TO the de-
livery of mail to persons in the mill
tary or naval service. of the United
States. the said clerk shall comply
with the regulations and be directed
by the rulings of said army or navy
department The clerk shall also en-
close with said ballots the blue en-
velope heretofore referred to. and a
second envelope, addressed to ''the
Clerk, Board of Supervisors
Arizona" also a letter of in
structions in substantially the follow
ing form:
In order to comply with the require
ments OF Section 20. the clerk OF the
! board of supervisors of Maricopa
county, informs me that nomination
petitions should be on file.in his Office
at least ten days before the forty days
specified in the said section begin to
run. as ii would require ten days time
to have the necessary printing of bal
lots, envelopes and instructions done
that must go forth forty days before
the primary in obedience to said law.
Therefore, can only suggest and
advise that all candidates who desire
their names to go upon the official
ballot to be voted for under said law
ly the soldiers at the approaching pri-
mary election, begin an early circula-
ton of their nomination petitions and
Place the same on file as soon as pos
sible after the sixty days before the
primary election begins to run. The
primary election being fixed by law
70: September 10th, sixty days prior
there TO would be July 18th. and Pc
titions should be filed as soon as pos