Show are you A slacker slacked many voters indall in i all parts of tl 0 e country are facing the fact that they will bt bb way from home on ejection day and are appealing to state chairman and national com cittee men for iti formation regarding absent voting laws of their respective states john hamlin director of the college bureau of the republican national committee at eastern headquarters says these political leaders are receiving substantial aid from college republican three hundred and twenty five universities throughout through out the united states in distributing the absent voting laws lawa compiled iu from for the purpose of helping students commercial travelers state and federal officials army and navy men theatrical players pl ayera and all absentees temporarily pora rily away from home on business assor or pleasure in availing themselves of the privilege of voting aher ever they may be nearly one half haf the voters in the united states fail to perform their duty its as electors the total stay at home vote aggregates 25 large percentage being chargeable to absentees absentee twenty four states now permit qualified voters temporarily absent from the state on election day to vote vole by mail at both primaries and general elections these include alabama idaho illinois indiana iowa main michigan minnesota mississippi nebraska N e vad an or th carolina north dakota oh i 0 oregon south dakota tennessee vermont farginia Var ginia washington west virginia wisconsin aab wyoming sevin seven states permit voting by mail at general electon election only oly these fire re arizona delaware massachusetts new jersey new york texas and utah in nine additional states slates qualified fled voters who are absent from their homes precincts but ate are not out ot 0 the state are permit eq to vote by mail these states are arkansas california colorado Colo rodo florida kansas Lous sinna missouri new mexico and oaklahoma in maryland and rhode island absentee voting is restricted to voters in state and federal military and naval service the absentee voting laws in kentucky and pennsylvania have been declared unconstitutional the law in geoegia expired ten months after the world war and Connetti connecticut cut and south carlina have had no absentee absen tue i voting laws the usual method for voting by mail is for the absentee to write writ during the thirty days before election to the county clerk or county audion of his home district and ad apply for an official ballot giving at the same time his legal res resident ident aud polling precinct if it is ia found that the applicant is entitled to vote an blank and an official ballot will be for worded to him the voter must then go before a public postmaster or other official authorized to administer baths sign the affidavit and mark his ballot in the pres enece of the official and forward it dy mail in time for the election mr hamilin says summary of arentt e voting laws prepared and by the colledge col ledge bureau j has proved of value 0 to o j I 1 j students of whom ahrea hr ea I 1 j ampro amale acy esix hu dred I 1 housand him sand in degree granting ranting pr diielsi u ies io in ne invited staffa stafean a large percent ne e 1 eing quai fj 6 voters 1 |