The Winslow mail., 1922-10-20
CHATTER 1T.
(House Bill No. 74.)


(House Bill No 74.)
AN ACT PROVIDING A METHOD BY
WHICH REGISTERED ELECTORS
ABSENT FROM THEIR ELECTION
PRECINCTS ON ELECTION DAY
DAY MAY VOTE, AND PRESCRIB-
ING A PENALTY FOR VIOLA
TIONS THEREOF.
Be 1t Enacted by the Legislature of
the State Of Arizona:
Section /. ElectOr Absent from Coun-
ty May Vote.
Any qualified electOr of this State.
having complied with the laws in re-
gard to registration, who is absent
from the county of which he is an
elector on the day of holding any gen.
eral election, may vote at any such
election as hereinafter provided.
Section 2. 2.Application on Expected
Absence.
At any time within thirty days next
preceding such election, any voter ex-
pecting to be absent on the day Of
such election from the county in
which his voting precinct is situated
may make application in person to the
Justice of the Peace OF the precinct
in which said applicant is registered
or to the county recorder of such
county, for an official absent voter
ballot to be used as hereinafter pro-
vided.
Section g. Form. Color. Designa
ton. For all general elections there
shall be prepared and printed suf
ficient number of official ballots to
be known as absent voters ballots,
which ballots shall be prepared and
printed in the same form and shall be
of the same size and texture and shall
contain the same matter as the reg
ular official ballots, except that they
shall be printed upon tinted paper OF
different tint from that of the sam
pie and regular ballots.
Section 4. Blank. Form. Appli
cation for such ballot shall be made
upon a blank to be furnished by the
County Recorder of the county Of
which the applicant is an electOr, and
shall be in substantially the following
form:
/, duly
qualified elector, residing at ..............
County, Otdtc Ol filLOud,
and to my knowledge and belief en-
titled to vote at the next election, ex-
pecting to be absent from the said
county on the day for holding such
election, hereby make application for
an official voter ballot to be voted by
me at such election.
Date ..............................
(Signed) Observation-Disclosures.
This application was delivered by
me TO the
above applicant, this ..-....-.........-.... day
OF
(Slgneu)
Justice of the Peace, or
County Recorder.
Section 5. Delivery of Application.
The County Recorder shall furnish
each Justice of the Peace within the
County sufficient number of the
said application blanks.
Section g. Absent Voter Ballot -
Affidavit. Upon receipt of such ap-
plication properly filled out and duly
signed, or as soon thereafter as the
official absent voter ballot for the
precinct in which the applicant re-
sides has been printed, the said Coun-
ty Recorder shall send to such absent
voter by mail, postage prepaid, one Of
such official absent voter ballot and
shall enclose with such ballot an en-
velope, which envelope shall bear
upon the front thereof the name, Off
cial title and postoffice address Of
such County Recorder, and upon the
other side printed affidavit in sub
suantially the following form:
County of .......................
State Of ............................--Ss
L. ---..---.---------.-.---.----, 90 SOL
emnly swear that I am resident
electOr OF the Observation-Disclosures. VOt-
ing precinct of the County of ....-..-.,
State of Arizona, and entitled to vote
in such precinct at the next election;
that I expect to be absent from said
county of my residence on the day of
holding such election and that l will
have no opportunity to vote in person
on that day.
(Name of Voter.)
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this ........... day of .....................---,
ID, and / hereby certify that this
affiant exhibited the enclosed ballot
to me unmarked; that he then, in my
presence and in the presence of no
other person, and in such manner that
l could not see his vote, marked such
ballot, and enclosed and sealed the
same in this envelope. That the affi-
ant was not solicited or advised by me
to vote for or against any candidate
or measure.
--..--
Notary Public, Justice of the Peace,
or other officer authorized to ad
minister oathS.
Section 7. Subscribing Voter;
Folding and Mailing Ballot. Such alb
sent voter shall make and subscribe
the said affidavit before an officer