Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-06-25
LEAGUE OF WOMEN
VOTERS NEWS
PRACTICAL PATRIOTISM
About Registering to Vote

Ice OF the Montgomery County
League of Women Voters has dis
pensed through its Broadside
Chairman, Mrs. H. w. Hiemke, a
broadside giving facts for voters
of Maryland. The time for declar-
alton of intention to vote is past
and now soon will come the vot-
ing itself. If you have declared in
tention to make use of your right
and privilege as citizen you will
know that if
~ you have moved from one
district to another within the state
six months before the election you
may register in your new domicile
provided you obtain removal GER
tificate from the clerk of the court
or registration board of your form
er place of residence. A removal
certificate may be obtained by mail
If the application is made under
oath and sent to the Supervisor of
Elections at your former address
at least fifteen days before the first
day of registration preceding the
election.
(12) If you are to become twen-
ty-one before the election you
register according to law and you
may then vote in the primaries
even though they come before your
twenty-first birthday.
(3) If you have become natural
lied in the state of Maryland and
have lived in one legislative or
congressional district for six
months before an election, you may
register there for the election.
az If you have moved to Mary.
land from another state you must
have lived in the state one year
and have declared your intention to
become citizen of Maryland one
year before you may vote. You
then may register in the legislative
or congressional district in which
you wish to vote provided you have
lived there continuously for six
months before the election.
Briefly, you must have declared
intention to vote one year before
election, and, you must have re-
sided continuously for six months
in the legislative or congressional
district in which you wish to vote
before elections take place.
When and Where.-The last date
for registering for either Primaries
or General Election is August the
sixth. Because the law requires
thirty days between registration
and voting the day can be no later.
This time Primaries and the Cen
eral Election come so close to each
other that there is no period for
registration between the date of
the Primaries which is September
the eighth, and the General Elec-
ton which comes November the
third. The spacing of these two
dates also is set by law. You may
register at any time at your coun-
ty building but in two or three
weeks additional places of regis
tration will be set up to make it
easier for you.
Member of the Armed Forces.
If you have registered you may
vote by absentee ballot provided
the Governor makes formal procla-
nation invoking the absentee vot-
ing law. You must write the Sup
ervisor of Elections, give your mill
itary rank, address at which you
registered, and address to which
the ballot is to be sent. You must
do this so that your request will be
received not more than forty-five,
nor less than seven days before an
election.
Civil Service Employee. You
may vote in Maryland without
losing your quota status in the
state from which you entered Civil
Service according to the ruling of
the United States Civil Service
Commission