Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-29

O. / am registered voter of Sarasota
County. Fla. detained here by Illness
incident to a major operation last Sum-
mer. Can I vote by mail, and If so,
how?-B. S. T.
A. The Florida law provides that one
expecting to be absent from the county
of his residence on election day may go
before the county judge or the city or
town clerk procure the offlcial pallot
and then and there mark It ana leave
It in the custody of that official. The
only way possible to determine whether
or not either of these officials will honor
your request to mail the ballot is to
write one of them.
O. I am a Government employee of IL
years standing My legal residence is In
., New Jersey city. I have been refused
registration on the ground that l have
no place of residence in the precinct
where ! Offered to register. What are
my rignts?-L
A. In an opir on of Attorney General
McCran, rendered october "a, 1922, this
question seems to have been definitely
settled when he said New Jersey en-
ployes in Government service do not
lose residence by reason of absence from
the State unless the voter has, himself.
given up New Jersey as his residence"
@. I was born in Charlottesville, Va.
and lived there for few years, then
moved to Lynchburg. Va, and from
there to this city, where I have been
living for Is or 16 years. I wrote the
attorney general of the State and he
informs me that I am not eligible to
register and vote in the coming cleo
ton. Please advise me if this is true
and what is the best method to establish
a residence in the State so as to vote in
the future?-D. x. NJ.
A. The only way for you to estab-
lish.a residence in the State of Virginia
is to return and actually live there one
year.
@. I am a resident of Iowa. Have
been employed in Government service
for the past % years, during which time
I was living in Washington. On Feb
ruary /, 1928, I was transferred to New
York Am 1 still entitled to vote by mail
as an absent voter?-W. B. S.
A. There is not question about your
eligibility to vote in Iowa. as Govern
ment employees are not subject to loss
of residence on account Of absence from
tbe State while SO engaged, no matter
wnefe they may be in continental
United States. You will proceed as you
tlavs. always done; make application for
ballot to the county auditor.
O. What is the latest date prior to
election date that person can qualify
as a voter in the State of Vermont?
Just what is meant by being on the
"check list? Could former resident
of Vermont, for many years In Govern
ment service in District of Columbia,
and who left Vermont before women
had the vote in that State, qualify as a
voter in the present election?-G. M NJ
A. You will have up to the Saturday
before election to qualify as a voter
The name being placed on the check
list by the Selectmen is equivalent to
registration. You should present your
self at once at either the Republican
headquarters, 823 Fifteenth street north
west, or the Democratic headquarters
16 Jackson place northwest, and there
subscribe to the freeman'S oath and for
ward same TO your city or town clerk
together with a request for the absent
voters ballot. which should be made or
form furnished by him. Government
employees do not lose residence in the
State of Vermont on account of alb
sence while SO engaged, and no specific
domicile is required
@. Kindly inform me as to whether
! can vote by mail. I'm resident o.
New Britain, Conn, and voter at that
place. H. S.
A. There is no provision in the Con.
hecticut law for voting by mail,