The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-11-08
HOW TO VOTE BY MAIL
With Special Reference to the Gen.
eral Election Nov. 5, 1918.
WHO ARE ENTITLED TO VOTE
BY MAIL

The term absent voter" shall be
taken to mean any qualified elector,
who is absent from the townchip or
ward in which he resides, on the day
of any election or official primary cleo
ton, and who is
~. A person in the actual SER
vice of the United States, or Of this
State, or
(2). A student, while in attend
ance at any institution of learning, or
(3). A regularly enrolled member
of any citizens military or naval
training camp, held under the govern
ment of the United States or the State
of Michigan, or
az. A member of the Legislature
while in attendance at any session of
the Legislature, or
(5). A commercial traveller, or
co.. A person employed upon or
in the operation of railway trains in
this State, or
Gu. A sailor engaged or employed
on the great lakes or in coastwise
trade.
The term Commercial traveller"
shall be taken to mean a person en-
gagged in soliciting the sale of goods,
by the exhibition of samples, or by
catalogue or other devise, for the pur-
pose of effecting such sales and TAX
ing orders for goods to be subse-
quently shipped by his employer.
How Voter Should Proceed
A voter coming within the provis-
ions given above, expecting to be alb
sent from his Ward on the 9Th day of
November 1918, and desiring to vote
by mail at said election, must make
application either in person or by mail
to the undersigned City Clerk for a
blank form to be filled out by said
voter so as to constitute an applica-
ton in proper form, for ballots to be
voted at said Election. If this re-
quest be made by mail, it may be in
the following form:
To the Clerk of the City of Owosso:
Please mail to my address given
below, a suitable blank form for use
in making application for ballots to be
voted by myself in the ward
precinct No. ........), City Of.
..., State of Michigan, November
9Th, 1918, under the provisions of
Chapter XII, Act. No. 203, Public
Acts of 1917.
My name.-..--..--.--..------- AddreSS.-.----.--..
When to Make Application to City
Clerk for Ballots
Application for ballots on the form
provided by the City Clerk can be
made at any time within thirty days
prior to the date of election, provided
it reaches said Clerk not later than the
second day preceding the election.
Upon receipt of the blank applica-
ton form, the voter must fill it out
fully and completely and mail same to
the City Clerk at the address given
below, or deliver in person to said
clerk.
City Clerk to Mail initiated Ballots to
Applicant
AS soon as the ballots are printed
the Clerk will mail Immediately to
said applicant, the ballot or ballots to
be voted by said applicant at said cleo
ton, or deliver the same in person,
provided the applicant is duly regis
tered.
How Voter Should Prepare Ballot
Upon receipt of such ballot or bal
lots, the absent voter shall mark it or
them in accordance with the printed
instructions and shall fold and enclose
it or them in the envelope provided
therefor and after sealing the envel-
ope, he shall fill out, sign and swear
to the affidavit printed on the back
thereof before a notary public, or 9TH
err person authorized to administer
oaths. The absent voter shall then
place on the envelope the necessary
postage and deposit it in the postoffice
or in some government receptacle pro-
vided for the deposit of mail matter.
This must be done sufficiently early to
that the ballot will reach the Clerk
in time to be delivered by him to the
Board of Election Inspectors before
the close of the polls on election day.
When Absent Voter, Returning, can
Vote in Person
No absent voter returning to his
place of residence, will be prohibited
from voting in person within his pre-
cinct, Notwithstanding that he may
have made application for an absent
voters ballot or Ballots and the same
may have been mailed by the said
clerk: Provided, that such voter has
not availed himself of the privilege OF
an absent voter, as provided by this
act, and voted the ballot or ballots
mailed him by the said clerk, and pro-
vided he return such ballot, or bal
lots, if received, to the board by whom
same shall be marked cancelled"
and placed in the regular ballot boxes
with other ballots.
ANY voter voting at any election
both IN PERSON and by means OF
an absent voters ballot, or who shall
attempt so to vote, shall, on conviction
be deemed guilty of felony.
Note-The old law required absence
from the County. Now absence from
ward is sufficient.
H. HAWCROFT,
Clerk of the said City of Owosso.
My Office is located at City Hall.
Dated Oct. 1, 1918.
AutO Radiator.