The Washington times., 1920-09-29
DC. |SFACT0R
IN ELECTIONS
Thousands Of Women Workers
Here will Vote In Neigh
boring States.

That the District OF Columbia 10 q
political ceater which will have TO
be rsekoned with both by the Repub-
licsn and Democratic parties was
evidenced yesterday when thousands
of women employed in this city, but
who have a legal residence In Mary.
land. nocked to the polls to register
to vote on November e
Throughout the entire day, trolley
cars, trains and automobiles carried
large crowds Of women who had taken
! a day of from Washineton to nearby
points In Marylsnd. The waAhing-
ton contingent OF registrants was
said to be particularly large In Prince
Georges and Montgornsry counties
SOME TURNED AWAY.
Several women who have not iive4
4 In Maryland within twelve months
preceding tho date of election we're
turned away from the pools when
, they attempted to register. They sx-
/ planned they were under the tmprss-
| sion that they could qualify to vstt
BY being a reIdent Of the state since
the suffrage amendment was pro-
claimed on August 20.
According to advice given the beard
of election supervisors by Assistant
State Attorney General Lindsay c.
spencer women who have come into
Maryland within twelve months pre-
| ceding the date of the coming cleo
tion, and those who have arrived
since August 26. will be barred from
[ participating in the Presidential cleo
tions this year
SAME STATUS As MALES.
These two classes OF women. 1t was
! stated. take the same status a. that
/ OF the male voters who arc required
Z by the State laws to be q cftisen Of
the State for one year before they
can vote.
In reference to women who have
: come into the State since last Novem-
{ ber. Attorney General Spencer takes
Illegal voters after August 7s. they
had, nevertheless. not been citixens OF
. the State for the required year. A.
to women who have come into the
State since August 70. hs takes the
view that although they received
their emancipation prior to their en-
trance into the state. they ara re-
quired to hle notice with the board
of election supervisors. Just - m4A
voter. one year prior 20 tnsif con-
templated participation in an elec-
tion.
WILL BAR THOUsANDs.
This ruling is expected to prevent
I thousands of women Of the State from
voting. This point was apparently
, overlooked in the recent special ses-
| sion Of the legislature which was held
for the purpose Of facilitating the
ballot for the women.
The State board Of supervisors of
, elections has also ruled that the
! women must tell their exact age. The
' board has taken this stand on advice
T, OF counsel, in pursuance of the plain
terms of the election law. II was said.
Some women who registered yes
! terday gave their age as More than
! twenty-one." The elections supervis-
( ors say that such answers will not be
accepted on future registration days
G. O. p. CLAIMS MAJORITY.
Republicans claim to have regis
{ istered 500 more women than Demo
Gratis in Washington county. In Gar
/ rett county ii Is also estimated that
there were more Republicans than
Democrats.
In MONTGOMERY county returns from
four precincts show 343 Democrats.
'231 Republicans and 1S women who
declined to affiliate. A large number
! of Montgomery county women yester-
, day held a citizenship school, to
learn something about the procedure
Of registration. voting and party AZ
ffliation. The meeting WAS held under
the auspices of the Women's Equal
Suffrage League OF Montgomery Couh-
ty and was directed by Miss Lavinia
Engle. Of Forest Glenn, who gave an
Instructive talk.
A heavy Republican registration is
said to have taken place in Annapolis.
While there was a large registration
of colored women in some of the
counties as a whole, II 10 reported,
they were inactive.