Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-19
WOMEN HAVE TWO
DAYS TO REGISTER :
FOR NOV. ELECTION
No Additional Polling Places Will
be Needed. Secretary
Foulk Says.
REDISTRICTING OF CITY
WILL NOT BE NECESSARY
HOW WOMEN MAY VOTE.

Must qualify by registering at the
polling place in their ward on one of the
two, remaining regiMtration days. Sc
tember is and October Is.
In registering women must answer
these questions:
Are you of legal voting age7"
What is your full name7'
"Were you born in this country
How long have you lived in the State,
county. city, ward and district
IF not born in this country have you
been naturalized?"
Lambert ]. Foulk. secretary of the Will
mington Department of Elections. SAYS
the female voters IN this city will be given
ample opportunity TO register on Satur-
urdav, September is. and Saturday
October l6 for the general election to be
held on Tuesday. November 2.
Mr.. Foulk believes the present force
of registrars will be sufficient and states
no additional registration or voting
places will be necessary. The city will
probably not be redistricted for the next
election, as redistrictinr would require a
special session of the Legislature
When registering. female voters will tell
whether they are of voting age. where
born, how long they have lived in the
State, county, city, ward and district,
and if not native born, whether naturaliz-
cd.
Deputy Acknowledgement p Warren
Green holds there is no legal obstacle
In the State Constitution to women regis
tering and voting
1t is absolutely clear in my opinion,
he says, that if three-quarters of the
States have ratified the Nineteenth Amend
ment, the word male is escised or erased
by the Nineteenth Amendment from the
Constitution of the CoState of Delaware
rs TO be construed as if such word had never
been there, which IN effect means that the
women will have the same right TO vote
as males for all Federal and State Offices,
provided they comply with the same re-
qulrements as are now required for the
qualification of male voters"
MIR. Green bases his opinion on the
decision rendered by the United States
Court in the case of Neal VS. Delaware.
l03 L. s., $40, which arose concerning
the effect of the Fifteenth Amendment
of the United States Constitution, which
provided ''the rights OF citizens of the
United States TO vote shall not be denied
or abridged by the United States or any
State on account OF race, color or previous
vi stTsfiuuts
Before the adoption Of the Fifteenth
Amendment, Mr.. Green explains, the
Constitution of Delaware extended the
vote only to free white male citizens"
Justice Harlan ruled that beyond ques-
ton the adoption of the Fifteen Amend
ent has the effect In law OF removing from
the State Constitution or render inopera-
tive that provision which restricted the
right Of suffrage to the white race
Following the decision of United States
Supreme Court and of the judges of our
State, Mr.. Green says Il am of the
opinion that the word male no longer has
any effect and that the language Of the
Supreme Court and the judges of our State
can be applied verbatim by merely changing
the word white, In their opinion, and
substituting the word male In brief, |
have no question that women will have an
equal right with men to vote at the COM
ing election, provided they are duly regis
tered, not only for Presidential electors
and Congressman, but also for all State
offices, including governor, lieutenant
governor, attorney-gen State treasur-
er, State auditor and insurance commits
sioner.
Attorney-General David ]. Reinhardt
indorses MIR. Green's statement.