The White Ribbon. For God and Home and Humanity. WELLINGTON, MAY 18, 1925. REGISTER! ENROL! VOTE.

White Ribbon, Volume 31, Issue 357, 18 May 1925, Page 7

The White Ribbon. For God and Home and Humanity. WELLINGTON, MAY 18, 1925. REGISTER! ENROL! VOTE.

This is the year of opportunity! I mug drink is not the only evil in our r Dominion, l>nt it is the only evil e have the power to end by’ a direct ■ '<■ of the people. Is It. not then of ie utmost importance to concentrate < Ports upon this vote for the next w months? I/>t us make one great F . and sweep this traffic right out the land. I Register.— Our first duty is to regisr a.- a voter. Send in your claim for ■olment. This Is now compulsory, id is a fine for not enrolling.

The main roll has closed, but names can lx* placed upon the supplementary roll right up until the writs are issued for the next election, which is leas than a month before the poll is taken. Who am register? (1) You must be a British citizen either by birth or by naturalisation. (2) You must have resided twelve months in Now Zealand and three months in the electorate in which you desire to enrol. (3) You must be •twenty-one years of age. Don’t make the mistake of thinking that you must complete 21 years of age or throe months of residence before the main roll closed in April. So long as you complete these terms before the supplemilitary roll is closed you cun enrol. Send in your claim as soon as you have qualified -delays are dangerous. The election may bo earlier than Deceinl>er and it is well to be ready. As soon as you qualify send in your claim. IXm’t think it is too late now. There will be

plenty of notice given in the papers as to the final closing of the rolls. If you have a traveller’s job, and are not settled in one place, note that you can enrol in the electorate where your home is, even if you are never in it for three months at a time; that is, of course, if your home has been for three months in that electorate. If you have no home, you must be three months in an electorate before you can send in a claim. It. is worthy of note that holidays do not count, so that if you go away for a short holiday during your three months’ residence it does not invalidate your claim. Enrol.—When you have send in your claim, don’t leave it there. Be sure you get the card from the Registrar telling you that your claim lias been receive!. Don’t leave it even there. When the ro’l comes out go and look, and make sure your name appears uimn it. Many claims are rejected localise they are not properly witnessed. Your signature must bo witnessed by the Registrar, Deputy Registrar, the agent of the Registrar, a Justice, a postmaster, or an elector of the district, rt is in the last case that mistakes oncur. Unless your witness is qualified as one of the first five I have given, then lie quite sure he is on the Electoral Roll for your own electorate. If you are in any doubt, go and ask the Registrar, and be sure. VOTE.— It is compulsory to register. Tt is not compulsory to vote. That is,

there is no legal compulsion, but surely all mast feel the moral compulsion. We have a duty as citizens on polling day. We MU4ST vote to sweep away the great stumbling block of the drink traffic, which ti ips up so many of our children in the race of life. We must also vote to put in members who will stand for righteousness and law enforcement. Vote for a Dry Dominion, and vote for M.lWs who will ace that the will of the people is enforced. Here is something every worker can do to help the cause. See that all your neighbours, your friends, in fact everybnly you meet, places their name upon the roll, and keep a list of these names, hand them in <o the committee whose business it ts to bring voters to the poll. Enrol every woman you know who is elibible, then make sure she Is taken to the poll upon election day. Here is work for all women, and for nil the time.