4
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Monday, April 1, 1968
Students vote absentee
(Editor's note: This article is the last of a series dealing with the 1968 presidential race and the election process.)
By Jill Brackbill Kansan Staff Reporter
Student voters who are out of their home county or state are misinformed if they think they can't cast their ballots in this critical election year for that reason.
Absentee voting laws have been set up by all 50 states and the territories of Guam, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. These laws declare who may cast an absentee ballot, and provide for registration procedures and deadlines for registration and voting.
These voting and registration procedures vary from state to state. For example, in Mississippi, a voter must register at least four months before a general election, but in Alaska, registration is a part of the voting procedures. A voter doesn't have to register at all in North Dakota.
In most states, voters must register in person, although several states permit registration through the mail. Registration forms can be obtained by writing to the Board of Registrars or the county clerk in a student's home county.
Students may mail in their registration if they are from any of the following states or territories:
Arizona, Arkansas, California,
Colorado, Hawaii, Texas, Idaho,
Indiana, Kansas, Michigan.
Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia.
Wisconsin, Wyoming, Guam, Virgin Islands and Cook County in Illinois.
In certain other states, a voter can register by mail if he meets the requirements of the state. For example, a New York resident may register by mail only if an illness or his occupation or business keeps him out of his home county.
This same ruling applies in
most of those states and territories which ordinarily don't provide for an absentee ballot—Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, South Carolina, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
In Louisiana and South Carolina, the only persons who may cast an absentee ballot are those students attending an out-of-state or out-of-county college or university.
Members of the armed forces from any state or territory may vote by absentee ballot if they are out of state or county at election time.
In most states and territories, a person may vote as well as register by mail. Residents can also cast their votes in person before the election in some states, if they know they are not going to be in the state or county at the time of the election.
The ballots are mailed to qualified applicants between 15 and 45 days before the election.
A request for an application for an absentee ballot can be made in person or by mail to the county recorder, clerk, election commissioner or other proper official.
Georgia is the only state with a stringent set of rules for marking the ballot. In this state, the ballot must be opened in the presence of the postmaster, his assistant, an American consul or his assistant, or any commissioned officer in the active armed services. This official must also mail the marked ballot.
Most states require that absentee ballots be returned to election officials by the time the polls close on the day of the election, or at a specified time ranging from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on that day.
There are some deviations from this rule. Hawaii, for example, requires absentee ballots to be received before noon on the sixth day after the election. Pennsylvania laws state that ballots must be received before 10 a.m. on the second Friday after election day.
Certain states require that absentee ballots be received before the election. Officials in Ohio must receive the ballots no later than noon, the fourth day before the election. Wyoming officials must receive the ballots before the polls open.
States and territories which rule that the ballots must be received one day before the election are: California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, New Mexico, Guam and Puerto Rico.
More information about the absentee ballot is in a Defense Department pamphlet, "Voting Information 1968," on file at the documents desk in Watson Library.
Campus cops carry pistols and authority
Contrary to popular belief, KU traffic and security officers, commonly labeled "campus cops," carry loaded pistols and have the authority to arrest KU employees, students and faculty members anywhere in Douglas county.
In 1957 the Kansas legislature passed a bill authorizing campus policemen with the "power and authority of peace and police officers with respect to the enforcement" of all laws "anywhere in the county where such institution is located."
"Our campus police are commissioned in accordance with state law and are commissioned as deputy officers of the Douglas County Sheriff's office and the Lawrence Police Department," said Keith Lawton, Vice Cancellor for operations and chairman of the Faculty Senate Parking and Traffic Board.
India, Venezuela are 1st in International Festival
The exhibit from India was selected as the first place booth by a panel of five judges Sunday night at the International Festival in the Kansas Union Ballroom. The Arab nations' booth was awarded second place and the Scandinavian booth was cited for a special commendation. The awards were presented by Richard Raney, mayor of Lawrence.
The Indian booth was built with an arch-shaped entrance, like the grand arch of a Hindu temple. Sari material with gold and silver threads were exhibited with ivory and Mysorian sandalwood articles.
The Venezuelan song and dance number, "El Carite," was awarded first place for the best and most original number representing the culture of their country. A folk song, "Athen," by Anthony Leovaris, Athens, Greece, graduate student, placed second.
The "El Carite," performed by 17 singers and dancers, is a folk dance done on the beach of the island of Margarita usually to celebrate catching fish, Julio Cesar Chavez, Caracas, Venezuela, junior and coordinator of the Venezuelan group, said.
Everold Hosein, Trinidad, West Indies, junior and master of ceremonies of the Festival, estimated the crowd at the Festival at more than 1500 people—approximately 500 more than last year.
SUA CURRENT EVENTS
"Recent Political Developments In Poland and Czechoslovakia"
The newly formed KU chapter of the World University Service (WUS), which was represented at the Festival with a Food and Gift Bazaar, made approximately $300 from the gifts and food donated by KU students and faculty members, according to Elizabeth Boyd, Mankato graduate student and chairman of the local WUS.
- 58 days—West. Europe plus Berlin, Poland, Russia, Czechoslovakia, Spain—$1085
presents
- 47 days—West. Europe plus
Scandinavia—$906
speaking on
SEE EUROPE FOR LESS!
PINE ROOM UNION
Dr. J. Piekalkiewicz
ALL-STUDENT TRIPS!
$397 to $1320
- 43 days—All of West. Europe—
$601
- See your local travel agent or TWA or write for free folder:
- 21 days -Western Europe plus
Spain-$397
Travel in a small, congenial group with other U.S. college students. Travel in Europe with the group by ship or via TWA jet. 21 to 62-day trips in Europe; prices include meals, hotels, car rentals. Travel in trans-Atlantic transportation is extra. Departures from June 5 to July 31. Sample trips:
APRIL 2, TUESDAY 3:30 P.M.
AMERICAN YOUTH ABROAD
1 University Station
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414
BASS SUNJUNS
Rugged man-tailored sandals in a sunburst of styles. From the makers of Bass Weejuns®