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Issued Every Two ^Veeks Bv
and For the Employees
WHISTLE
MARSHALL FIELD & COMPANY, INC.
Manufacturing Division, Spray, North Carolina
Volume One
Monday, October 12; 1942
Number 3even
Absentee Voting
IN XHE SCRAP.—That Marshall Field & Co. is doing its part in the Scrap Drive is
shown in above pictures, which show only a portion of the huge amount collected
around the mills. The community as a whole is going “all-out”; piles of scrap can
be seen at dozens of places all around the Tri-City. . '•
During the war, with several million
citizens in the army and other millions
absent from their homes because of
being engaged in war industries, ab
sentee voting is of extreme importance.
Because of this we are publishing in
structions on absentee voting from a
pamphlet put out by the Office of War
Information. These instructions, “State
Absentee Voting and Registration Laws”
are for the State of North Carolina only.
CIVILIANS: Any qualified voter ab
sent from his county on the day of any
general election may vote from within
or without the State but within the
United States for all Federal, State,
and local offices. Civilians may not
vote absentee in primaries.
SERVICEMEN: Have additional priv
ilege of voting in all primaries if ab
sent from home county on the day of
the contest (but must vote from within
the United States).
Obtaining Ballots. ^
CIVILIANS: Application may be made
for an official ballot in person, by mail,
or by a member of the applicant’s fam- ■
ily not more than 30 days nor less than
2 days prior to the date of an election
to the chairman of the County Board
of Elections on an official blank which
he supplies. The chairman delivers or
mails the ballot with affidavit to the
voter.
SERVICEMEN: Follow the same pro
cedure as civilians in obtaining ballots
for general election. For a primary,
the serviceman makes application in
writing at any time before the primary.
This must be signed by him or in his
name by a member of his immediate
family, and must indicate his registra
tion precinct, the armed unit of which
he is a member, and his party affilia
tion. It must be delivered or mailed
by the voter himself or by a member
of his immediate family. A form may
be obtained from the county election
chairman, but an informal letter giv
ing the necessary information fulfills
the requirements.
Returning Ballots.
CIVILIANS: Must execute the affi
davit before an officer authorized by
law to administer oaths and having an
official seal, mark the ballot in his
presence, and have it mailed or de-
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