The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-08-02
REGISTRATION, PRIMARY AND
GENERAL ELECTION LAWS
Some Changes in the Election Laws
Makes it Necessary for the
Voter to Post Himself

The following boiled down facts
as they relate to registration, the
holding of primary and general
elections, and the duty of the voter,
was prepared by Mr.. w. F. Whitney
of Wenatchee, and sumitted to the
Echo for publication. They will be
found useful to the voter and to
election officers who want to keep
within the law:
Primary Election.-Held second
Tuesday in September-September
10th, 1918.
General Election.-First Tuesday
after the first Monday in November
November 5th, 1918.
Residence.-A person, to be en-
titled to vote must have resided one
year in the state, ninety days in the
county and thirty days in the pre-
cinct, prior to the date of the cleo
ton at which he intends to vote.
The primaries are held September
1UIn, anu W NOle HI Ilic SoiiihS pa
mary election, the time would be de-
termined prior to September 10,
1918. If a person resides in a city
or town and has registered in some
precinct therein and changes his
residence from the said precinct to
another precinct in the same city or
town, he may have the removal
noted on the registration books by
making application to the city clerk.
This may be done at any time prior
to the day of election. In all other
cases of removal from one precinct
to another the voter must register
in the precinct to which he has re-
moved and this new registration will
be considered an original registra-
ton.
Registration.-In January, 1916,
the registration books in the several
precincts in the state were opened
for all voters. Every four years
thereafter a general registration is
required. Next general registration
will begin in January, 1920. Reg
istration books are open twenty
days Immediately preceding this gen
eral election and the ten days imme-
aiately preceding the primary cleo
ton. The registration books in any
city or town in Chelan county are
kept with the city or town clerk; in
the country precincts they are kept
with the registration officer of each
precinct.
Registration Officers to File
Names.-All registration officers of
each precinct are required to hle
with the Secretary of State, Hon. |.
NJ. Howell, Olympia, Washington,
tvpewritten lists of all registered
voters, with their postoffice ad-
dresses in their respective precincts.
These typewriter Inns must be filed
with Mr.. Howell not earlier than
four days nor later than three weeks
prior to the date of the general cleo
ton: the date of the general cleo
ton this year being November 9th.
(This list of names and addresses
is used by Mr.. Howell as a mailing
list for the purpose of forwarding
copies of pamphlets containing ini-
tiative and referendum petitions
with printed arguments for and
against.)
Names Struck from Registra-
ton Books.-If any voter, who has
already registered, has failed to
vote at any town, city, county or
municipal election since January,
1916, his previous registration i'm
mediately becomes void upon his
failure to vote, and the registration
officer of his precinct must strike
his name from the registration
books by drawing two red ink lines
through the name. Before such voter
is allowed to vote again, he must
re-register in his proper precinct.
For example, there were only a few
dozen votes cast at the city election
in Wenatchee December, 1916, out of
hundreds that were registered and
entitled to vote Those who were
registered and did not vote in the
January election will have to regis
ter again before September 1st of
this year, if they wish to vote in the
primary election held September
10th. The same principle applies to
all voters in all country precincts
in the county-if you were a regis
tered voter and did not vote in the
least county election, you must reg
ister before September 1st to vote in
the primaries on September 10th.
New Precincts.-The voting pre-
cincts of this county are determined
according to the votes cast-the
object being to keep the voting
strength of each precinct as near
ohO as possible. If at any election