The Coconino sun., 1920-04-30
REGISTRATION OPENS
Office of the County Recorder, Flagstaff, AriZ., May 3, 1920,

Office of the County Recorder,
 Flagstaff, Ariz., May 3, 1920.
 The election laws of Arizona provide for the complete registration of all electors in the state every two years on the even years. In compliance with the requirements of this law reg istration for the November election will begin at the office of the County Recorder on the first Monday of May, and will continue until ten days before the county primary election, or until August 27th, at 5 o'clock p. m., at which time the books will be closed for seventeen days, and no registra- tions will be made until September 14th, at which time the books will again be opened and registering con- tinue until October 18th, when it will be closed until the first Monday in May, 1922.
 The qualifications of electors are as follows: Must be twenty one years of age; citizen of the United States, either by birth or naturalization; a resident of Arizona for one year prior to election, and of the county and pre- cinct 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 physi- cally unable to do so.
 If electorIs naturalized citizen he must present his second or final pa- pers to the registration officer, else he cannot be registered. If however, such papers are lost or. destroyed, the elector will be permitted to register 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 for eign birth become naturalized citizens upon their marriage to citizens of the United States either by birth or by naturalization, or if already married, the naturalization of the husband car ries with it citizenship of the wife. On the other hand when woman who is a citizen of the United States, eith- CT by birth or naturalization, marries an alien, her citizenship ceases with such marriage. In short, the citizen ship of the wife is that of the hus- band.
 Electors must register in the pre- cinct where they reside, to enable them to vote at any primary or cleo tiOn, the law by which person, if not on the register, could register at the polls, has been omitted from the code now in force, and in order to vote at any primary or election, the electors name MUST appear on the register of the precinct wherein he or she re- sides. If, after registering, the elector moves to another precinct or county, he or she must cancel such first reg istration and then re-register in the precinct or county where elector then resides. A person must not register more than once without first cancell- ing any prior registration. To fraud ulently register more than once or to knowingly register in any precinct where he is not a resident at the time of registering, is criminal offense and subjects the offender to fine in the sum not exceeding two thousand dollars, or Imprisonment not exceed ing three years, or both.
 EVERYBODY MUST REGISTER THIS YEAR if they wish to vote at the primary election on September Eth or at the general election on Novem- Der 2nd, or at any other election that may be held within the next two years. No registration of former years will suffice.
 This office will make every effort to properly register all legal voters be- fore the primary election. The public can aid materially in our work by reg istering as soon after May 3rd as pos- sible.
 An amendment to the registration laws provides that the elector when registering shall give his party af- fiiiation, or say that he has none, if such is the case. Any elector refus- ing to give his party affiliation cannot register. If he has no party affilia- tion he may so state, and in order to register, this question in the regis tration blank must be answered. This question of registering without giving a party affiliation does not affect the elector at the general election, but is an important factor at the primary for selection of candidates for the general election, for unless party affiliation is given the elector will not be permitted to vote for any of the candidates on the regular printed pri- mary ballot
 IRENE BART, County Recorder. 4-3O-4t