The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1954-09-30
YOUR
ELECTION
LAWS
By TED w. BROWN
Secretary Of State Of Ohio


Registration is required in GER
tain areas of Ohio. The laws Of
Ohio require you to be register
ed in order to be eligible to vote
if you reside in a city having
over $4,000 population or if you
reside in an area where the
County Board of Elections has
adopted registration. In these
areas, September 22 is the last
day on which you can register
in order to be eligible to vote
in the November election.
Registration in Ohio is per-
manent and need not be renew
ed unless you have not voted at
least once in the past two cqIen-
dar years, or you have moved
since you registered, or if you
have changed your name since
you registered. A woman must
re-register if she has married
since she registered. However, if
she were married after Septem-
Der %, she may vote on Nov
ember 2, but not thereafter,
under her former name.
If you have not voted in the
past two years or if you have
changed your name, you must
appear in person in order to re-
register. If you have moved, you
may register your change Of ad-
dress by mail on a form furnish
ed by your County Board Of
Elections.
Ohio Election Laws do not re-
quire that members Of the armed
forces be registered in order to
vote while they are in service.
Upon discharge, the serviceman
must register if he resides in
registration territory. There is
one exception to this law. If the
serViceman is discharged after
September % he may vote by
Armed Service Absent Voter
Ballot at the office of the
County Board Of Elections if he
makes application by IL o'clock
noon of October 80.
If there is any doubt as to
whether you live in a registra-
ton area, contact your County
Board of Elections office.
The Election Laws of Ohio
make provision for qualified
voters who cannot travel to the
voting booth in their precinct
because Of illness or physical
disability and for qualified vot-
ers who will be unavoidablv
absent from their county and
more than 10 miles from their
voting precinct on Election Day
lot. The Absent voters Ballot
lot. The Absent oVter's Ballot
may be voted either in person
or by mail.
TO vote in person YOU should
60 to the office Of your County
Board of Elections between
October 3 and i o. m. on October
%. To vote by mail, you should
write your County Board of
Elections for either the absent
voters form or the disabled vot-
er's form on which to apply for
your ballots. Fill out this ap-
plication, sign it in the presence
OF a Notary Public or other per
son authorized to administer an
oath, and return it to the Board
OF Elections between September
) and / p. IN. Of October %. If
you are outside the continental
limits of the United States. YOU
may return your application be-
tween September 3 and 4 o. m.
of October %. The application
form for ballots of a voter who
is physically disabled contains
space in which the voters physi-
clan must certify that the voter
is physically disabled and the
reasons therefor.
When your ballots arrive.
mark them without permitting
anyone to see the markings: fold
them, place them in the identi-
tication envelope and sea! the
envelope You should then take
the envelope TO a Notary Public.
or other person authorized to
administer an oath, and fill in
the information requested on the
outside of the envelope. and
sign it IN the presence of such
person. The Identification en-
velope shall then be placed in
the return envelope and mailed
or delivered in person bv the
voter IN time to reach the Board
OF Elections by II o'clock noon
Of Friday, October 90. If it ar
rives later, the law requires that
the ballots shall not be counted.