The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-05
FALL REGISTRATION
BEGINS TOMORROW
Importance of Coming Elec-
tons Makes Full Response
Of Vital Interest.
ENROLMENT NEEDED TOO
Only Those Who Participate
Will Have a Voice in Presi-
Dental Primaries.

Registration for the November election
and enrolment for the Presidential pri-
marles next spring and the regular
primaries on the following September
will begin in New York city tomorrow.
On every day through the week. except
Saturday the booths will be open from,
p. NJ. until 10 80 p. NJ. On Saturday
they will be open from z A. M. until
10 80 p. NJ. Qualified voters may regis
ter and enroll in the places in which thew
will vote In November, lists of which
appear in the local newspapers.
No person who does not register NAV
vote in November. No person who does
not enroll may vote in his party primary.
No person may enroll until after he has
registered. AS soon as the person Is
properly registered an enrolment blank
Is given him. upon which he Cor she)
may indicate the party In which enroll
ment is desired. This Is deposited with
the election inspectors. There will be
no supplementary enrolment this year.
In rural communities and towns and
villages of less than 5000 population
where personal registration is not re-
quired voters may enroll In their various
parties at the time they vote in Novem-
Der.
Those who May Register.
Qualified voters, who alone may regis
ter and enroll, are described by the
election law as follows:
"A qualified voter is citizen who is
or will be on the day of election twenty
one years of age and who has been an
inhabitant of the State for one year
next preceding the election, and for the
last four months resident OF the county
and for the last thirty days a resident of
the election district in which he or she
offers his or her vote.
IF a naturalized citizen, such person
must in addition to the foregoing pro-
visions, have been naturalized at least
ninety days prior to the day of election
IAN unnaturalized woman married to
a native born citizen or to a naturalized
citizen can register. enroll and vote, pro-
vided, however. that she shall have been
an inhabitant Of the United States for
i've years prior to the general election
"A woman of foreign birth, married to
a native born or naturalized citizen of
the United States, retains such citizen
ship on the termination OF such marriage
relation by death or divorce, II she con-
tinues to reside in the United States.
"A woman born OF American parents
who is married to n foreigner loses her
citizenship in the United States during
the existence of such marriage"
Every woman claiming citizenship by
marriage must be prepared to furnish
affidavits at the time she registers. giving
the facts in regard to such marriage.
Important Omces Expiring.
Registration to qualify for voting Is
important because of the fact that two
members of the Board of Estimate are to
be elected in November in addition to
Judges. county officials and members Of
the Assembly and of the Board Of Alder
men.
1t is important to enroll this week be-
cause of the fact that 1t gives party
members the opportunity to vote for del
egates to their national conventions,
which will choose candidates for Presi-
dent of the United States. These dele
gates are chosen at primaries next
spring. Each enrolled voter will have
opportunity of voting for four delegates
at large and four alternates at large and
for two district delegates to represent
the particular Congressional district.
In addition to this the enrolled voter
will have the opportunity In the spring
primary of voting for members
OF the party State committees, COM
posed of one member from each AS
sembly district, and for members Of the
local county committees. The new State
committees elected at that time will
choose the Presidential electors and al
ternates
Any persons falling to qualify them
selves by enrolment now to vote In the
spring primaries may regret 1t bitterly
in case any contests should develop over
the question as for whom the delegates
from New York State should vote for
candidate for President in the national
convention of their party.
Furthermore the enrolment next
week is the only chance voters will have
to qualify themselves to vote In the
autumn primary of their party at which
time candidates for Governor. for United
States Senator and other State offices
and for local Offices will be chosen.
Later Registration Upstate.
Outside OF New York city in all places
where personal registration is required,
that Is in cities and villages of 5000 or
more, the registration and enrolment
days are October 10, IL, IT and Is, the
booths being open from 7 A NJ. to 10
F. NJ of each day.
Political leaders of all parties have
taken steps to see that the voters do not