The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-02-06
women TO VOTE
MUST REGISTER
Women Who May Have Registered 70
Vote Upon a Bonding or School
Matter Must Register Again


flrst opportunity to vote-will be held
April T. 1919
2-On that day important constitu-
tional amendments win be voted on by
the voters OF Michigan.
8-All women American citizens by
birth, naturalization or marriage, who
are 81 years OF age, or who will be
81 years of age on election day, are
voters for all purposes. But no voter
man or woman, can vote whose name
Is not upon the proper registration
book.
4-Registration Is . listing, for use
on election day by election inspectors,
of all qualified voters. This Is done TO
prevent illegal voting. The City Clerk
or Township Clerk Ia the official be-
fore whom you must register. In or
der to be sure you can vote on April
7, 1919, you should go to his ONCE
and register at once. You do not
have to write out any statement. The
Clerk will write the proper matter In
his book.
5-You must register in your own
given name. You do not have to give
your age. All you need to do in that
regard is to state that on election day
you will be Il years old or upwards.
You must give your residence and
street and number, II any.
GA woman born In the United
States is an American citizen whether
her parents were citizens or not, but
woman citizen of the United States
who marries an alien loses her citizen
ship by reason of said marriage and
she cannot vote thereafter unless she
becomes naturalized through court
proceedings. The naturalization OF
her husband alone would not be suf-
fcient, nor would the death Of her
alien husband restore her to American
citizenship. A subsequent marriage to
O United States citizen would, how
ever, make her a citizen.
7-sIn order to vote in Michigan e
woman must be:
(a) 81 years of age OF up
wards on election day.
(b) A resident Of Michigan for
months prior to election day.
(c) A resident Of the town
ship, village OF ward for 20 days
before election day Except in
case Of change Of residence from
one precinct to another in the
same ward or township
I'D A citizen of the United
Ia -
the United States, or the wife of
an inhahitant Of foreign birth
who, having resided in the state
two years and six months prior
to November 8, 1894, declared his
intention to become a citizen Of
the United States at least two
years and six months prior to said
| date.
8-REGISTER RIGHT AWAY. A
tremendous amount of work .wtn fall
upon City and Township Clerks be-
tween the present time and the next
general election by reason OF tho ex.
tension of the vote TO women.
BY reason Of charter provisions,
certain cities may have special times
for registration Of voters other than
or In addition TO the times above
mentioned. But under the 1917 regis
tration law, every voter has the right
to register with the City or Township
| Clerk as explained herein. DO NOT
WAIT FOR ANY REGISTRATION
MEETINGS. Go and register with
your Township or City Clerk DO IT
NOW.
10-Any former registration Of q
woman to enable her TO vote on q
bonding proposition or at school
meetings, is not sufficient now. Every
woman must register with the Town
ship OF City Clerk now to entitle her
10 vote at elections.
lion April z, 1919, the voters OF
Michigan VIII vote, not only for the
election of many officers, including 10
cal officers, Justices of the Supreme
Court, Superintendent of Pubic In.
struotion, Members Of the State Board
OF Agriculture, Members OF the State
Board OF Education and Regents OF
the University, but they will vote ND
on several important amendments to
Michigan's Constitution, including an
amendment relating to the liquor
traffic and an amendment p,ovidinE
for good roads. More than hah a mil
lion women should register in Michi
gan between the present time and
April z, 1919. The Republican party
In Michigan has advocated Woman
Suffrage. The State Central Commit
tee Of the Republican party adopted
resolutions favoring Woman Suffrage
many time. Many Republican State
Conventions declared in favor Of Wo
man Suffrage before It was adopted
Within the last six years Republican
legislatures in Michigan have submit
ted the question Of Woman Suffrage
to the voters of the state three times
1t was beaten in 1919 at the polls. II
was again beaten at the polls in 1913
II carried in 1913. and is now an es
tablished fact. Unless the women O,
| MfChf0an roOfofar ard vo&. --t.