Friday, March 10, 1972
University Daily Kansan
"Can you believe it? These silly things were our parents' favorite toys."
Eligible Students Fail to Register
By LINDA SCHILD
By LINCOLN CHRISTIE
Kanean Staff Writer
In Douglas County, where the KU student population alone is close to 18,000, only 1,246 of the 17,685 registered voters are between the ages of 18 and 24, an majority of the city clerk's office said Friday.
Why are so few students registered?
Bruce Molhott, assistant professor of microbiology, who helped with a voter registration drive during enrollment last fall, said he had been too occupied with KU registration to worry about voting. Transportation downto register and information on voted were offered, he said, but it was too early for students to be interested in interest most students
The problem now, according to Mark Bedrick. Emporia's graduate student Derek Vite Steering Committee, is that the majority of students find it difficult to visit the county clerk's office between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
REGISTRATION forms are
available in the First National Bank building or at the county clerk's office. All records and registration records are kept.
Any person who would be 18 years old by the election day in question may register. Elwil said he was secretary of state, said Friday.
"It makes no difference if you're 180 or 74," she said. "A regimented voter, regardless of age, may vote in a local state, or national election."
Students may choose to register in Lawrence or in their home school. Students may require for residence states that a person must have lived in Kansas for six months and within seven years to be eligible for registration.
"STUDENTS WHO spend the summer in another state may still register in Kansas," said Michael Davis, associate professor of law. "That's the classical bat-ness we've student vote that we've won."
Students who want to register in Lawrence but will change their place of residence by next fall must register twice or not registrally until they address 30 days past the address next fall, Shanah said.
Davis warned that students should be aware of their precinct's boundaries.
"Moving across the street may put you in an entirely different district." he said.
Another factor that would cause present registration to be voided, Davis said, was a change of name. A person who changes his name may be assigned temporary divorce or other legal procedures must register again.
SHANAHAN SAID that Kansas voters had until 20 days before an election to register.
A voter declares his party affiliations by his choice of ballots during a primary election, she said.
Davis pointed out that many KU students who wished to vote in the primary elections this fall have to vote by absence ballot.
The Kansas primaries this year would be held on Aug. 8, Shannaan said. Absentee voters should be registered and vote in elections officer early in August.
Kansas has no presidential primaries. Only state, county and local candidates are included on the ballot
There are a number of election bills now being considered by the Kansas Legislature, Shanahan wrote. "We are not when the legislature adjourns, these may change some of the present registration and election laws."
By JIM KENDALL
Kenan Staff Writer
Kansan Staff Write
Students Crank Convention Machinery
In 1972 millions of young voters are looking forward to their first opportunity to vote in a presidential election.
Some of these young voters at the polls already actively involved in selecting the Republican and Democratic nominees for
Voter participation in the nomination process begins at the convention to designate a procedue to the congressional district and state conventions. Finally the parties select their nominees at a national convention.
J. D. King, chairman of the county, said county Republicans would have their county convention the fourth week in
THE REPUBLICANS will elect 31 delegates and 31 alternates to the district and state conventions. The local convention will decide if the same delegate attends both conventions.
The number of delegates to the district and state conventions is set by the governor. Republican candidate for secretary of state received in
In the 1970 gubernatorial primary election, Republican candidates received 7,330 votes to the county clerk's office.
The primary election is the only occasion Kansas' voters must declare their affiliation with one party or the other.
THE DELEGATES from Douglas county will attend the third congressional district April 15 in Shawnee Mission.
The third district is situated in the extreme east central part of the state. It comprises Johnson, Lake City, and part of Wyandotte counties.
The delegates to the five Kansas district conventions will select two delegates and two alternates to the national convention and one presidential convention, at each district convention.
They need not select the delegates to the national convention from among the delegates to the district convention, because a national convention delegate.
AT THE STATE convention
AT the state congress
will select ten delegates
alternates at large for
the national convention as well as
the national congress.
Twenty delegates will represent Kansas at the Republican national convention August 21 in San Diego.
The presidential election will be held in April. The nominees carries the state, the seven presidential electors will vote for him for president.
JARVIS BRINK, chairman of the Democratic party in the county, executes district will select a total of 21 delegates and select a total of 21 delegates and
There will be three local Dougston County courts, Douglas County April 4. The party will hold one in each of the county commissioners' offices.
The Democratic party has a similar nomination process with some variations.
21 alternates, seven delegates and seven alternates in each county district, to the county district and state PPOSHOUSORS.
In the 1970 gubernatorial primary election 1,679 votes were cast for Democratic candidates. In the office of the county clerk.
At each Democratic distric-
convention May 13 delegates will
select six delegates and six
and six to attend the national
convention.
At the state convention June 10 in Topeka Democrat will select five delegates at large to the nine Republican caucuses and the seven presidential electors.
THIRTY-FIVE delegates will represent Kansas at the Democratic national convention July 9 in Miami Beach, Fla.
There is still time for students to get involved in the local conventions. Some students are already participating.
On the Republican side Larry Cook, Meriden freshman, was selected Feb. 26 as a delegate to district Republican convention.
He will represent Jefferson county. He is a precinct commissioner for Commerce Chris Baker, Valley Falls freshman, was selected as an alternate from Jefferson County at the same county Republican office.
THE SECOND DISTRICT has its convention March 11 in Topeka. It is composed of deserts the northeast section of the state.
Cook said that in Jefferson county four men and four women were elected delegates. One delegate, Cook, is in the 18 to 21 st
Five women and three men were elected alternates. Baker was elected in the 18 to 21 age group.
Cook said, "They weren't even trying to get a cross section, but they did. People are very different. They're young people, he介入了."
Baker said, "They'd like to have the young people at the convention. They want to draw the young vote."
POINTING TO THE fact that more and more Republican women are getting into office, they are also party treats women well too.
This is the first time Republicans have had open local conventions, according to Cook. He attributed the low turnout at the convention, about 35 people, to unfamiliarity with the new system.
Baker explained that alternates take over the position of any delegate who can't attend a convention for some reason.
The Democratic party won't have its local convention until April 8. So not many students will attend the definite plans to run as delegates.
ONE ORGANIZATION actively working for a Democratic presidential candidate in Douglas county is the chairwoman is Lynne Knox, State Lt. Mo. Louis. Morhous.
Knox said the McGovern organization will select its candidates for convention delegates in at least the first and third county districts during the March. In a mock convention,
She said that in the second district, candidates may be picked differently because no
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DAN CONYERS, Lawrence senior, is running as an uncommitted delegate, though he said he leans toward Chisolm. McCarthy, Mr. McGovern or Mr. McGovern rather than Muskle or Humphrey.
students and few faculty members live in the district, though the group does have some support there.
Conyers is the chairman of the Young Democrats in the third congressional district. He has sponsored a bill for about two and a half years.
Conyers said he is running because he wants youth to be represented in the Democratic party.
"I'd like to see someone from KU go to the national convention. I'm well known in the district, I feel safe and confident than most students," he said.
He explained that older students reluctant to choose someone as a national delegate had only been associated with the party in the 1960s.
CONVERYS SAID that he worked in former Sen. Eugene McCarthy's campaign for the president; heckled the creek campaign for his campaign. In representative in 1870, Mike Glover's campaign for Kansas
representative in 1970 and Tom Moore's campaign for Kansas representative in 1970.
Both parties have pledged to have open conventions without discrimination on any basis.
This year the important
document has been issued in
fairest and most open ever
conducted in our state," William
Paladin, Republican, state
governor.
"As far as the young people
being involved, we're 100 per cent for that and they're welcome." King said.
THE CONVENTION rules state participation "shall in no way be abridged for reasons of security, sex, color, or national origin."
On the Democratic side June McMillan, vice chairwoman of the Democratic National Council, said, "I think we'd be very able to elect some of the 18-year-olds."
olds."
The Democratic rules state, "It shall be the duty of the state to ensure that all party officers or every level encourage young people, women, and minority groups to seek representation to delegates to party conventions.
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"There shall be, insofar as possible, equal representation of sexes among the delegates selected to any convention."
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