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Show LIGHT VOTE EXPECTED ;i r X - ! ;f - . . . f 1 1 ... - " 4 ; , , 1 1 '"x . '? : ' ; -8 4, ..i.. .A....THHK.W. ti'W Wfm, itH LL signs seem to Indicate that the turnout at the (polls on November Novem-ber 2 will be the smallest in any presidential election of the past 100 years. New York is one of the few cities in the nation where a new registration registra-tion of voters is required every year. It invariably has provided an almost exact tip-off as to how heavy the i national vote is going to be. This year the New York registration is extremely low. Translated into national terms, the New York figures indicate that only 45 or 46 million Americans, about half of the 94 million who are entitled en-titled to vote, will go to the polls. Experts say that considering the large population increase, 58 or 60 million persons should be voting this year. In lfi:o, when r.DovcIt won his third term, the vcte was just short of 50 million. Negligent Voters ballots in the 1944 election. Foreign Record The voting record of almost every nation where the people still hav6 the free democratic vote is bettei than that of the United States. In the recent national elections in Sweden, 82 per cent of the eligible voters turned out. In the last national na-tional election in England the vote did back in the Roosevelt-Taft election elec-tion 36 years ago. When McKinley defeated Bryan, 75 per cent of the voters turned out compared with 55 per cent in 1944. The Middle-West has the best voting vot-ing record. Illinois led the nation when 75 per cent of the eligible voters vot-ers went to the polls in that state in the past presidential election. Indiana's In-diana's standing was 70 per cent; Wisconsin, 66 per cent; Michigan, 59 per cent; Nebraska, 70 per cent; and Iowa, 67 per cent. In several states only 10 or 15 per cent of the eligible voters cast their It is evident that the American citizen is growing careless of his voting vot-ing rights and responsibilities. A smaller percentage of the eligible voters cast their ballots now than was 76 per cent and in Canada it j was 74 per cent. In the French and Italian elections more than 80 per cent of the eligible voters cast theii ballots for democratic victories. |