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Voting Qualifications
The State fV'V'st.itutioo
provision at 19 and 20-year-oM
f "»»v *rot“ to tha
An exist 28 rvrirmrv election at
'which the statehood referendum
Will he decided.
There have been reoorts circu
fnted that 19 and 20-vear-old citi
zens may not vote until after the
primary election. This is not true.
According to the Alaska State
Constitution, Article 5, Section 1:
“Every citizen of the United
states who Is at least 19 years
of 3‘v who meets registration
requirements which may be
-prescribed by law, and who is
qualified to vote under this arti
cle, may vote in any state or lo
cal election;....*'
The Executive Order issued by
Gov. Mike Stepovich authorizing
the August 26 primary election
and the November 25 general elec
tion states:
/‘Every person who is entitled to
vote at the general election
•shall tie entitled to participate
in the primary election.”
Gov Stcpovich’s fexecutive Or
der further sets out the qualifica
tions for voting in the first state
election:
“All citizens of the United
States,, nineteen years of age
and over, who are actual and
bona fide residents of Alaska,
and who have been such resi
dents continuously during the
entire year immediately pre
ceding the election, and who
’ have been residents continuous
ly for thirty days next preceding
the election in the precinct and
District in which they vote, and
-who are able to read and write
lire English language.. .ar.d
who arc not barred from voting
by any other provisions of law,
shall be qualified to vole.”
Geqerqi voting qualifications
for all Alaska State elections, in
cluding the August 26 primary
and November 25 general elec
tions, are:
1. If a person is unable to read
and write the English language,
shall still be qualified to vote
if:
fal He legally voted in the
"enoral election of November 4,
1924..
(b) He is unable to read and
w^Mo because of physical dis
ability.
2. No person convicted of a
felony involving moral turpitude
may vote, unless his voting right
has been restored.
3. Pre-election registration in
order to vote is NOT required.
ABSENTEE VOTING
The Executive Order for the
August 26 and November 25 elec
tions provides for absentee vot
ing. Excerpts from the Executive
Order say:
1. Any elector of the territory
who believes that he will be
unavoidably absent from his home
on election day, whether within
the territory or not, and more than
two miles from the voting place
at which he is qualified to vote,
may vote at the primary and gen
eral election by absentee ballot:
2. A voter may secure an absen
tee ballot from the U. S. Commis
sioner of the recording district
covering the voting place at which
he is qualified to vote.
3. If the voter is more than
five jniles from the office of the
Commissioner, he may secure an
absenteen ba’lot from the post
master in thai locality.
4 Absentee ballots may be ap
plied for in person not more than
40 days before the election and
not less than one day prior to the
election.
5 Applications by mail for al>
sntee ballots must be postmarked
not more than 90 days and not
less than four days prior to the
election.
6. Any qualified voter who is
unable to go to the polls because
of physical disability may apply
for an absentee ballot providing
his application is accompanied by
a statement of disability from a
licensed physician.
Here There Everywhere
Did you ever win on an Irish
Sweepstake ticket? The majority
of those who read this will prob
ably have to answer in the nega
tive.
Fabulous sums such as $135,000.
and lesser amounts, have been
won by the fortunate in the great,
government controlled lottery,
flayed by people from Cairo,
Fgypt, -England. Canada and Alas
ka. Lives have been affected by
this wheel of fortune that has
dumped huge sums of money into
the laps of average people. Since
ihe star* of the lotteries in 1930.
and up to March, 1954, lucky win
ners have received, $197,000,000.
This represents 57% of the re
ceipts.
During that time, $81,000,000
had gone into the hands of the
hospitals and the Red Cross,
which represents a gold mine in
a country of few resources and
considerable poverty. The net re
sult, of course, has been improved
hospital facilities for the sick
poor, and improved nurses train
ing and housing.
Three times a year the spotlight
falls on Sweepstake Hall, in Ball
bridge, Dublin, three days prior
to the race which will determine
the big winners. In the Hall tic
kets from all over the world are
placed in the famous Irish Sweep
stake Drum, with its 43 portholes
through which six nurses draw
the tickets on the horses in the
10 or more “prize units,” each
represetsting $324,000. Ten count
erfoils are drawn for each horse.
Ultimate Winners are determin
ed by the races in England, and a
ticket on the winning horse is
worth $135,000; second place $54,
000; third, $27,000. Drawers of
other horses as specified in the
scheme divide $6l,000, and there
are 70 cash prizes of $270 each,
and 150 consolation prizes of $54
for each “prize unit.”
*****
It has been mentioned as a
means of making Alaska self-su
staining government-wise, a simi
lar lottery be started her. This is
a mild form of gambling compared
to that advocated by others—that
the new state be made into a “big
ger and better Nevada.”
It might be pointed out that a
lottery of this sort would have to
be on a large scale to do the new
state any good. The biggest share,
of course, goes to the winners. In
the Irish Sweepstakes, the hospi
tals receive about 19% of tbe dol
lar. and about 20% goes into pro
moters fees and expense.
Criticism against the Sweep
stakes is that they redistribute
wealth, but don’t produce wealth.
The only answer to that by the
Irish is that $17,600,000 from three
draws reached the hospitals in
1955.
Griffin Memorial
Hospital Notes
—ADMISSIONS—
Those admittpd *o Griffin Me
morial Hospital the nast week
were Tania Malutin, Karluk; Sig
Digree, Lonnie Scroggins and
Cynthia Ann Herman.
mcnif * nfI7d
m Jim xrm. ■
Those' discharged included Mrs.
Patricia Truehart and infant; Don
ald Gibford; Lynn Nelson; Mrs.
Edith Swan; Clara Borenin;
George Trudnich; Mary Ann Reft;
John Waller; Larry Kelsey and
Lonnie Scroggins.
—BIRTHS—
Scott Baker, weighing 8 lbs. 13
ozs., was born on August 7 to
Ruthe and Clarence Fry.
AESC Balance
Above Year Ago
The Unemployment Compensa
tion Fund balance as of July 31,
1958 was $3,430,000, according to
Merrill E. Weir, Director of the
Employment Security Commis
sion. This increased balance, as
compared to the balance of $140,
000 on June 30, 1958, is due to con
tributions received during the
month and to an additional loan
of $3,000,000 which was secured
from the Federal Government dur
ing the month. The total amount
owed to the Federal Government
due to borrowing under the Reed
Bill now stands at $8,265,000.
During the month of July, 1958,
$245,000 was paid out in benefits
as compared to $398,000 in June
of this year and $147,000 in July
1957. This continues the recent
trend which has shown a seasonal
decline in unemployment benefit
payments but also shows unem
ployment much higher than for
the same month in previous
years.
In addition to benefits paid un
der the Alaska Employment Se
curity Act as listed above, the
Commission also paid benefits
under two other unemployment in
surance programs. During the
month of July $55,000 in unem
ployment insurance benefits was
paid to persons formerly employ
ed by the Federal Government,
and $5,000 was paid to unemploy
ed veterans. The total cost of pay
ing benefits under these programs
is paid by the Federal Govern
mnt and such payments do not af
fect the Alaska fund.
NOTICE
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To whom it may; concern: rv^i *
The partnership of Donnelly
and Acheson has been dissolved if
favor of three Corporations: Don
nelley and Acheson Mercantili
Company, Inc., Donnelley anc
Acheson Building Company, Inc.
Donnelley and Acheson Motors
Company, Inc. • ' • V
(Signed)
r Harry Donnelley
t R. S. Acheson
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THREE STEPS TO STATEHOOD
It’s Important to Vote “Yes”
on All Three
The people of Alaska most vote affirmatively in the primary
election on three propositions set out in the statehood hill:
(1) Shall Alaska immediately be ad
mitted to the Union as a state?
(2) Are the boundaries as set out
in the bill approved?
(3) Are the provisions of the bill au
thorizing defense withdrawals
in northwest Alaska approved?
VOTING “YES” ON ALL THREE OF THESE PROPOSITIONS
ASSURES ALASKA OF IMMEDIATE STATEHOOD
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