Show 1 Letters To The Editor I The following letter was sent to A. Ray office and it concerns out-of-state students in the coming Utah The letter was writ-lea by Utah Attorney General A. Pratt Dear President A number of inquiries have come to this office within recent weeks relative to the eligibility of students to vote in Utah in the coming I am directing this letter to you in hope that the information contained herein can be made available to your I believe it may help resolve some of the questions they may have in this important IN ORDER to register to a student or any other person must show that he will have resided continuously in Utah for one year and in a particular county continuously for four months and in his voting precinct for 60 days as of the day of the next ensuing The courts have never passed on the question of how a student obtains a within the meaning of the election title of the Utah The statutes make it that a person neither gains nor loses a residence by attendance at an educational institution in the State of The general rule is while attendance at school neither entitles nor prevents a student from if facts are present which indicate his intention to reside where he is presently he will have a right to vote at that if he is only living in a particular place for the sole purpose of attending a school there and intends to leave upon completion of his lie has no right to vote at the college WHERE A student attends college intending to return to his former home after he does not obtain a voting residence at the On the other where a student does not intend to return home but it is his purpose to remain in the college town an appreciable length of he may vote from his college residence if a student who is attending college has no intention of returning home but is not certain as to the place of his future he may also vote at the college In those cases where there is doubt as to a student's the registrar in each such case may find it desirable to question the student as to his residency and his intentions in connection My office is prepared to furnish additional information in this area should such be Very truly Attorney General A. PRATT KESLER |