Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-01

ATN IGHT General Apathy at
the Polls" Is the slogan OF
the army OF women which
already has begun It's march
through, the country, enlist
ing recruits to fight the battle OF the
ballots on election day.
AS the army mobiles in precinct
after precinct Of the cities and towns
from coast to coast 1t is gathering
force, and has already shown its
strength in a score of preliminary
skirmishes at primaries. while hun
dreds OF local leagues of woman voters
in villages, towns and metropolitan
centers the country over are carrying
on their campaign for arousing an in
different electorate TO its duty. Their
ultimate goal Is better government
through representative elections; their
Immediate aim is an increase over the
voting percentage registered in the
1924 elections, when, despite the APP
peal OF a national campaign, only 81
per cent OF the qualified voters took
the time TO go to the polls.
The recruiting mediums OF the on
ward.marching army are irnumerable.
The press, the pulpit, the radio.
movies, travelling registration booths,
candidates meetings. citizenship
clinics. missionaries TO candidates
gayIy.colored posters, matchmaking
classes. register-and-vote stickers,
slogans, the use of deputy registration
clerks. vote reminders on telephone
bills, and house.so- house canvasses--
all are playing an important part In
the Nationwide campaign which was
initiated by the National League Of
Women Voters.
WOMAN voters in Atlanta, Ga,
w made a picturesque effort to in.
crease registration figures. A travel.
ing registration booth. fully equipped
and effectively established on a color
full truck, took its stand at pivotal
points in city wards during the last
week of the registration drive. A
registration deputy from the City Hall
was loaned" for the booth. In Rich
mond, Va, experts explained when,
where and how to register; also the
technique OF paving poll taxes and
the intricacies of casting a ballot at
an open house arranged by the league
the day before the primary.
II have voted tags. given out at
election booths. and the slogan, Go
TO the polls and take one voter with
YOU" stimulated voting in the recent
Texas primary.
Valuable Information contained in
Party Machinery" pamphlet ais
tributed by Connecticut woman voters
| for use in Fall elections impressed the
| CITY editor Of a Connecticut news
paper, and he ordered Is copies. so
each OF his reporters might have one
Czcchoslovakia leads the nations In
the voting percentage recorded In the
| last general election. Ninety:one per
cent of its citizens vote. This led the
| Kansas league to take for its
campaign slogan, Reach the record
| Of Czechoslovakia."
Attaching vote reminders TO the
telephone bills is one of Wichita .
appealing ways for a big vote. One
| hundred feet of filn1, entitled Citizens,
Attention: Your vote is power-use
| IT," is captivating the audiences OF
| large moving picture theaters In st.
Louis.
A citizenship clinic" has been
established by the Springfield, Mass,
| league in a congested downtown
| location. Energetic league members
| in New York State have laid the
groundwork for recruiting voters.
Porch parties and picnics to consider
candidates and issues, county fair
booths and several intriguing posters
l
are playing a part in the preparations
| for the September primary vote.
Register and Vote" stickers are
reaching thousands of California
| citizens from the many groups OF
| woman voters. Information booths
where voters may obtain non-partisan
election information and directions for
voting, will be placed at strategic
| centers in Cleveland one week before
| the August 10 primary. Question
naires to over 200 candidates were
the initial step taken by Nebraska
woman voters TO stir up interest in
voting.
| Hardly a league in the country is
without some sort of original gayly'
| colored poster or flyer. An attractive
| flyer used In Illinois says the league
rs on the job $50 days in the year"
| to give information about elections.
IF you don't vote, who will?' Is the
| query on another interesting flyer.
your Summer Job" because vaca-
| ton and caucuses are coming, Is
"Join a Party" according TO the re.
| hinder on Connecticut card.
Another state flyer carries the mott.
ficatton, stockholders Meeting Of
the u. 8. A., November ATTEND
and Vote" Still another slogan, from