Arizona republican., 1920-12-30
OPINION SHOWS WHO MAY VOTE
 ON BOND ISSUE
County Attorneys Ruling
 Proves Accuracy Of The Republicans Summary Of
 Qualifications Of Voters In Bond Election Friday

Tho accuracy Cf a summary of the qualifications of goters at the road bond election tomorrow, as printed hy | The Republican yesterday morning, has teen questioned, chiefly ly opponents of the bonds, their OUiect.ons arising from a confusion Of the statute re- Iating to road boui elections with that | relating to school bond elections
 Briefly, the summary stated that | the voter must be otherwise quail 1 fied"; that is, qualified by residence, | age and literary, to vote at other than bond elections.
 Next, that he must be a taxn ayer that is, it must be shown that he has ] paid taxes within the Ia year. 1 That q taxpayer is-one who is joint owner in community l.roDerty. tn ugh his name may not appear on the tax roll. Thus husband and wife, owna's Of community property, may both vote by reason of having ratr taxes on caTn- munity property.
 So. taxpayers on partnership prop erty may vote, though their names may not appear on the tax roll.
 A taxpayer on either real or per sonal property, whether e. not 1t l'e community property, may vote.
 Tine correctness of this summary is set out in the following opinion ren- i dered by County Attorney Laney prior tO the road bond election of May IT, i 1919:
 County Attorneys Opinion The statute provides that all prop erty taxpayers who are otherwise qualified electors of the county may
 vote at such election. To be other wise qualified within the meaning of f this provision, of course, person must - he a citizen of the United States, of e the age of at least 21 years; must be, :. and must have been for at least 30 days X prior to the election, a resident of r Maricopa county; and must be, ard r for at least one year prior to the date n Of the election, must have been 2 IT resident of the state of Arizona; and h also must, unless prevented by phy- U sical disability. be able to write his
 O. her name: and must be able to reao d the constitution of the United States e iil such manner to show that he ol 'r she is not reciting from memory. The -s pecessity of these qualifications is
 well known to the public, but the ques
 ton most needing interpretation is who are property taxpayers?
 Any person, male or female, who's ~ name appears upon the last assessmen ,r roL of Maricopa county, clearly is - property taxpayer whether the taxe
 are assessed upon real estate or per - sonal property, or both. The election s board of each precinct in the count .ii will be provided with an alphabetical to arranged list of all names appearin ix upon the assessment roll. If the nam r. of a person offering to vote is found i 1g this list and such person is otherwis
 qualified, then the election board wi
 have no difficulty in determining ths
 such person should be allowed to vot
 Such list of names appearing upo
 the assessment roll, however, will nc
 hc conclusive, in that some person
 will be entitled to vote whose name
 dc not appear upon the assessmel roll.
 Many Married Women May Vote
 "The largest number of this latt, O. class will be married women, othe on wise qualified, whose husbands pa all tcxes on community property own'
 Jointly by such husband and vii st, Community property is property a 'u- cuired by either husband or wife 1n' both during their marriage otherwi srn than by gift, devise or descent, exec to that property earned by the wife al lay her minor children while she was Ii
 frg separate and apart from her hu hand is the separate property of SUI
 wife. In other words. Communi e pIouerty is property earned during t
 marriage by either the husband or t wife while living with her husband
 b, both 1T a woman's name does T f larpear upon the assessment roll, y . Ifr she possesses the other qualificatio
 above mentioned. and her husband dc d nav taxes upon community proper
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