The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-02-07
WOMEN TO VOTE
MUST REGISTER
Women Who May Have Registered -
Vote Upon q Bonding or School
Matter Must Register Again.

To the Women Of Michigan:
The next general slection-your
frst opportunity to vote-wiu be held
April Z, 1919.
2-On that day important constitu-
tional amendments will be voted ON by
the voters Of Michigan.
8EAll 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.
lERegistration Is q 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 is the official be-
fore whom you must register. In or
der to he sure you can vote on April
z. 1919. you should go to his Office
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 81 years old or upwards.
You must give your residence and
street and number. IL 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-
dcient. nor would the death of her
alien husband restore her to American
citizenship. A subsequent marriage to
a United States citizen would, how
ever, make her a citizen
Tin order to vote In Michigan .
woman must be:
(a) 81 years of age or up
wards on election day.
(b) A resident of Michigan for
months prior to election day.
(c) A resident of the town.
ship, village or 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
(d) A citizen of the United
States, the wife of citizen of
the United States, or the wife Of
an inhabitant 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.
S-REGISTER RIGHT AWAY. A
tremendous amount of work will fall
upon City and Township Clerks be.
tween the present time and the next
general election by reason of the ex-
tension of the vote to women
9-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. 10 1T
NOW.
10-Any former registration of a
woman to enable her to vote on a
bonding proposition or at school
meetings, is not sufficient now. Every
woman must register with the Town
ship or City Clerk now to entitle her
to vote at elections.
lou April 7, 1919, the voters of
Michigan will vote, not only for the
election of many officers, including To-
cal officers. Justices of the Supreme
Court, Superintendent of Public In
struction, Members Of the State Board
Of Agriculture. Members of the State
Board of Education and Regents of
the University. but they will vote up
on several important amendments to
Michigan's Constitution, including an
amendment relating to the liquor
traffic and an amendment providing
for good roads. More than half 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
II was beaten in 1912 at the polls. II
was again beaten Mt the polls in 1919
II carried in 1918, and is now an es-
tablished fact. Unless the women of
Michigan register and vote generally.
little good will result from giving them
the vote, and they cannot vote II tbev
do not register. The Republican marty
OF Michigan calls upon every woman
In Michigan who will be 21 years old
or over on April 7th next to 20 To her