The border vidette., 1918-05-18
REGISTRATION FOR PRIMARIES.
Qualified Electors Must Register Be-
 fore Voting This Year.

The Election Laws of Arizona provide for complete registra- tion of all electors in the state years. Ia compliance with the requirements of this law regis tration for the November cleo tion began at the office of the County Recorder and the office of Town Clerk Smith, deputy registering officer, on the first Monday of May, and will con- tinue until ten days before the County Primary Election, or un- til August 31st, at 5 o'clock D. m., at which time the books will be closed for seventeen days, and no registrations will be made until September 18th, when the books will again be open and registering continue until Octo- Der 18th, when the books will be closed until the first Monday in May, 1920.
 The qualifications of electors are as follows: Must be twenty one years of age or over; a citi- zen of the United States, either by birth or naturaliza tion; re sident of Arizona for one year prior to election, and of the County and Precinct for thirty days; must be able to read the Constitution of the United States in the English language and write his or her name, unless physically unable to do so.
 If elector is a naturalized citi. zen he must present his second or final papers to the registra- tion officer. else he cannot be registered. If, however, such papers are lost or destroyed, the elector will be permitted to re gister, upon executing and filing with the registering officer, an affidavit giving the time, place and court of issuance of such papers, and the fact of their loss or destruction and circumstances connected herewith.
 The above applies to women as we'll as to men, except that women of foreign birth become naturalized citizens upon their S ed States either by birth or na, turaliza tiou, or if already mar ried, the naturalization of the husband carries with it citizen ship of the wife. On the other hand when a woman who is a citizen of the United States, either by birth or naturalization, marrieS an alien, her citizenship ceases with such marriage. In short, the citizenship of the wife is that of the husband.
 Electors must register in the precinct in which they reside in order to enable them to vote at any primary or general election. The law by which a person, if not on the register, could regis ter at the polls, has been omit ted from the code now in force, and in order to vote at any pri- mary or general election, the electors name must appear on the register of the precinct wherein he or she resides. If, after registration, the elector moves to another precinct or county, he or she must cancel such first registration and then register again in the precinct or county where the elector re- sides. A person must not re- giSter more than once without first cancelling any prior regis tration. To fraudulently regis ter more than once, or to know ingly register in any precinct where the elector is not re- sident at the time of registering, is a criminal offenSe and subjects the offender to fine in a sum not to exceed two thousand dol lars, or Imprisonment not to ex- ceed three years, or both. Every body must register this year if they wish to vote at the primary election on September 10th, or at the general election on No vember 9th, or at any other cleo tion which may be held within the next two years. No regis tration of former years will suf- flee.
 An amendment to the regis tration laws made four years ago, provides that the elector when registering must give his party utilization, or say that he has none, if such is the case. According to the decision of the A ttOrneV General, any electOr