Arizona republican., 1920-09-02
RULING TELLS WHO MAY VO1E
 IN PRIMARIES

In response to numerous 1nqulrles made at the office of the board of supervisors by those who have regist- cred without giving any party affilia- tions. as to whether they can vote at the coming primary elections, L. M. Laney, county attorney, stated yester- day that they could not vote either party ticket. Those registering non partisan" MT. Laney said, may vote, but must use the blank ballot put out by the board of supervisors. Mir. Laney issued the following statement covering the question:
 Section 3016 of the civil code pro- vides that: Any political organization which, at the last preceding general election shall have cast five per cent of the total vote in the state for its candidates Cor in a subdivision there of in which a candidate seeks nomina ton of such political organization for a local or county office) shall be en- titled to representation on the official ballot as a political party
 T am informed that only the Demo- cratic and republican parties have qualified as political organizations en- titled to representation on the official primary ballots.
 subdivision of section 301S of the civil code, as amended by Chapter 4S of the Session Laws of 1915, regular session, provides among other things that: At all primaries there shall be provided a separate ticket for each party entitled to participate in the pri- mary, and also a blank ticket on which shall be printed only the titles of the officers to be voted for by the electors at the polling place for which the ticket is printed Each party ticket shall be designated by the name of the party
 Accordingly the only tickets or bal lots at the primary election will be the Democratic ticket. the Republican n ticket and the blank ticket. In order TOT an elector to vote either of the two party tickets, it will be necessary to have registered as being affiliated with that particular party.
 If the elector in registering has failed to designate that he is affiliated 1 With either of the two parties, having a party ticket, then upon presentine himself to vote at the primary cleo ton, he will be entitled only to the | blank ballot mentioned in the statute l aboVe quoted. The ballot will not contain the names of any candidates I and to vote for any person, the voter using such blank ballot, will have te write in such persons name and place a cross in the square after the name so written. f the name written in is that Of candidate appearing on eithe, of the two party tickets, then the vote snail not be counted for that person The wording of the statute in this re. gard is as follows:
 IT any elector writes upon hi; tlcket the name of any person who i. a candidate for any office upon som, other ticket than that upon which hi name IS so written, such eIector shal thereby invalidate vote on that par tlcular office. but the vote on the bal dnce or the ticket shall be counted
 Accordingly, in order to effectiveI, vote Tor any candidate whose name ap. pears on any ticket, the voter mus nave registered as affiliated with tn, party upon whose ticket such candi dates name appears, and the persor having failed to register as affiliated 1 with one or the other of the two par. ties entitled to tickets can only yot, on a blank ballot and for the candi dates other than those appearing upol either or the two party tickets
 The foregoing rules apply only t the prfrsiary election. which, of course IS only for the purpose of nominatin, candidates to be voted for in the fina election