Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-22
Hints to Ne,U Voters
REGISTRATION.

The citizenship Of a married wom-
| an Is determined by the citizenship
of her husband. If an American
woman marries On alien husband the
| marriage removes her righs OF citi-
zcnship. If foreign born woman
marries an American citizen she is
naturaiized by the marriage.
A foreign born citizen should bring
to the registration place his final
| naturalization papers. so as to as
sure the registrar that he is entitled
to vote
In reply to query regarding citi-
zenship. County Attorney A. b,
Hoover, has submitted the following,
! which is Of interest to all voters:
Replying to your verbal inquiry
as to qualifications OF voters and
matters of registration beg to ad-
wise you that the qualification CT a
voter is fixed by the state constttu-
ton under article 2, section 1, which
provides as follows:
Every male citizen Of the United
States of the age Of 81 years. who
shall have been a resident OF this
state six months preceding tho cleo
ton, and Of the county in which he
claims his vote, sixty days. shall lie
entitled to vote at all elections which
are now or hereafter may be author
ICED by law
"This section, Of course. has been
amended so as now to include every
citizen OF the United States OF the
age Of 81, but there has been no
change as to the time and place OF
residence. No particular time OF resi-
Idence is required in.the precinct.
"As TO the matter Of registration
the law among other things pro-
vides:
"'Any person claiming to be vot-
err, or that he will be on election day.
may appear before them (the board
of registrars) in the election precinct
where he claims he is or will he en-
titled to vote and make and sub
scribe under oath, etc.
eYou willy notice that the term Is
fused where he claims he Is or will
be entitled to vote II voter ex-
poets to move from one precinct to
another before election he should
ragister in the precinct in which he
would be a resident on the day OF
election. He could not vote in the
precinct in. which he has registered
| if before. election day he has moved
his residence to another precinct. It
he was in the act Of moving and had
not yet abandoned the old precinct
in which he had registered he would
still be a resident Of that precinct
until his new home had been estab-
lished and could therefore vote In the
ipld precinct.
'"The safest advice to give voters in
The matter Of registration would be
70 tell them to register in the pre-
cinct in which they will be living on
o!ection day, and to contemplate far
enough ahead that they will he ,eas-
onably certain Of what precinct they
will be living in at the time. Tho law
makes no provision for the voter who
I'registers in one precinct and then
before election day moves to another
precinct and in my opinion he would
not in such event be entitled to vote
in either place."
Reference to the claim Of being en-
entitled to vote con or before cleo
ton day" has to do with the voter
who becomes Of age between regis
tration time and election day. The
coming voter who does not reach his
majority : until after registration
closes and who will be Of age prior to
election day may register as a voter
election day.