Nogales international., 1928-08-31
DEMOCRATIC HEAD APPEALS
FOR FULL Vote this Year

States has led our legislative
bodies into taking action in order
to develop a greater vote. The
principal measures in this line
have been the various laws made
by the states for absentee vot-
ing" Forty-fve of the forty eight
states have made provisions so
that absentees from these states
may cast their ballots.
For every one hundred votes
cast for President in 1920, there
were ninety-six who could vote but
did not. This is no way to elect a
President Of the United States, who,
under our Constitution, is given
more power than any one human
being in the world.
Remember, this campaign will be
the most stirring in the history OF
American politics. There IS no
American who does not want tc
take part in it. In many instances
heretofore the race has been very
close. Under our Electoral Callege
system of selecting a president,
one state may decide the result.
In that state, few votes either
way may determine the entire elec
ton One mans vote is as good
as another mans vote. The quail
ity known as Americanism is dem
onstrated to a mathematical Ger
tainty at the polls. Your vote is
valuable. Do not throw it away.
If a debtor owed you money, and
you were away on the due date,
you would make arrangements for
him to transmit your money to you
wherever you might be. You car
make a similar arrangement in re
gard to the vote.
Absentee Voting Simple
Voting under the absentee vol
ing laws is made simple and re
quires but little effort. Let you.
government hear from you nc mat
ter where you are on Election Day
The candidates will struggle in
cessantly in making an appeal 10
your vote. They are at least ell
titled to expect you to exercise
your franchise. Strong men arc
running. Great issues fill the air
1t will be up to you to pass judG
ment and you cannot do it if you
fail to register. The American
vote has a background of bloody
sacrifice by the Great Americans
of all our Wars. If you choose to
be voteless, they have sacrificed, to
that extent, in vain.
After terrific struggle, the
franchise was granted to the wo
men of America. In the 1920 cleo.
ton it is estimated that the women
cast thirtyseven per cent Of the
total vote; and forty-three per cent
of the women qualified to vote ac.
tually voted. In only a few of the
states did the women cast fifty
per cent or more of their voting
strength.
The issues presented at the. com
ing election will be of intense in
terest to the women of the land
The cost of living, employment,
freedom of conscience, religious
liberty and equal opportunity
should attract a great majority of
the women to register and to vote
Casts Portion of Vote
Every man and woman who
votes and does rot encourage the
other members of their families
to do likewise only casts a portion
Of a vote.
Working women have a vast in
terest at stake in the election
Governor Smith stands as the
champion Of human rights and well
fare of the working women. OF
no other accomplishment is he
prouder than Of the success attend
ing his efforts in the State of New
York to better the conditions of
women in industry. AS President,
he would have a tremendous in
duence on national legislation to-
wards the same end. | trust the
women will appreciate his services
in this respect by their registra-
ton and vote.
REMEMBER, YOU CANNOT
VOTE IF YOU DO NOT REG
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