The Coolidge examiner., 1944-09-08
Service Men
AskFor Near
10000 Ballots

men and women for absentee bal
lots to vote in the November z
general election numbered $40 up
to September /, according to Sec
retary of State Dan E. Garvey.
Additional applications are being
received in the office of the Sec
retary of State at the rate of sew
raj hundred weekly. and are being
forwarded daily to~county record
ers, who will check their registra-
tion records and mail ballots to all
applicants who are registered Ari-
zona voters.
The new military ballot law, Mr..
Garvey pointed out. provides that
Arizona men and women in the
armed services who are not regis
tered may be registered by proxy
by any relative or friend who is in
possession of sufficient informa-
ton about the applicant to fill out
registration application blank.
From checks made thus far by
county recorders" Mr.. Garvey
said, 1--WE know that a great many
of the service men and women who
have asked for absentee ballots are
not registered and therefore will
not be eligible to vote unless some
one registers for them. We are do
ing everything possible to see that
every Arizona man and woman in
the armed forces who wishes to do
so, and is eligible, is given the op-
portunity to cast ballot in the
November general election. With
the assistance of relatives and
friends at home, we hope that most
of them will be able to exercise
their franchise. We are therefore
urging all relatives of service men
and women to check with the coun-
ty recorders of their home counties
to see if their service men are
registered, and. if not, register for
them by proxy"
A great many service men and
women who mail applications for
absentee ballots, Secretary Garvey
continued, are not aware that they
must be registered in order to vote.
For that reason, he is sending a
postal card by air mail to each ap-
plicant for a ballot, which reads
as follows:
This will acknowledge receipt
of your application for a war ballot.
Your military address has been for
warded to the Recorder of your
home county, who, if you are duly
registered, will mail you a general
election ballot, in accordance with
the provisions of the Arizona cleo
ton laws. If not registered to vote,
you may do so either by writing 10
the Recorder of your home county
to send you regular absentee
voters registration application
blank or by having some relative
or friend in your home county reg
lister for you by proxy, provided
the registration is completed by
Oct. 2 which is the date for clos
ing registration books"
Another postal card is being ad-
dressed by Mr.. Garvey to the SER
vice man or woman at his or her
Arizona home address which reads
as follows:
The person to whom this card
is addressed has made application
for an absentee military ballot to
vote in the November 7 general
election. The Arizona law requires
that to vote by absentee ballot, the
applicant MUST be registered.
Arizona residents in the armed
services can be registered by proxy
by a relatiYe or friend in their
home county. Someone at the ad-
dress on the other side of this card
probably can register for the per-
son to whom the card is directed.
registration may be made at the
office of the County Recorder or at
the office of the nearest Justice
Oh the Peace. All voters must be
registered by October g."
County recorders likewise are
using every means at their dis
posal, Mr.. Garvey said, to help get
service men and women registered,
In order that each may receive a
general election ballot.