The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-06-08

pOlltlCSl parties to the SAID supervisors Of
Election at least ten days before the third
Saturday i'll June, 1907, and bi-annually
thereafter.
SECTION >. And be it enacted, That the
Supervisors of Election shall furnish 70 the
| Judges all the ballots to be used at said pri-
marics. and the blanks upon which their
turns are to be made. and to prevent voters
| belonging to or acting with one political
| party from inadvertently or Intentionally
casting their ballots for candidates for nomi-
| nation or election as delegates to any nomi-
| mating convention of any other party, the
| ballots of said party shall be printed upon
paper OF different COlOrS, the color of the tick
| cts tor the Democratic party shall be white,
and for the Republican party pink, and annu-
| ally after the next general registration every
person offering to vote shall be required to
| state to which party he belongs and the can
| didates of which party he intends to vote for
| at the State or county election, and he shall
| be supplied only with the official ballot pre-
pared for the candidates of such party.
SECTION6. And be it enacted, That the
| polls shall be opened at . O'Clock NJ. and
closed at O'Clock =. NJ. on the day fixed for
| said primary the books of registry shall be
| furnished to the Judges at each polling place
and shall be used at said primaries for the
purpose of determining the right OF the party
| applying to vote, and no one shall be entitled
| to vote at said primary election who is not
a registered voter in the precinct in which he
| applies to vote, except persons arriving at
! the age OF twcnty-one years after the closing
| of the next preceding registration and enti-
| tied to be registered qualified voters [ the
next ensuing election shall he entitled to vote
upon proving under oath to the satisfaction
| of the Judges of election their right to regis
| tratiou in the precinct at which they shall
| claim the right to vote; but the said judges
| of election are not to make any marks or en-
! tries on said registration books but are to
use the same for the purpose of determining
| the right of the applicants to vote.
SECTION =. And be it enacted, That it shall
| be the duty of said Board of Supervisors of
| Election to appoint the place of voting in
each precinct, and to furnish two ballot
boxes for each precinct, one to be used by
each political party.
SECTION :. And be it enacted. That before
entering upon the discharge of their duties
one of the clerks in each of the precincts in
Hartford County shall administer to the
Judges the following oath: You do make
oath in the presence of Almighty God that
you will well and faithfully perform the office
of---in--cleCtiOn precinct to the best of
your ability. and in ali things comply with
the provisions of the primary election law"
and one of said Judges shall in turn admins
ter the same oath to the clerks of election
said oath to be in writing and to be returned
to the Supervisors of Election on the Tues
day following said primary election by the
return Judges of said precinct.
SECTION 9. And be it enacted. That the
compensation of said judges and clerks shall
be two dollars for the day said primaries are
conducted. and the return judges shall have
an additional two dollars for the day upon
which they make their return to the Super
vSors of Election above stated.
SECTION 10. And be it enacted, That at
every general registration held in Hartford
County subsequent to the passage of this
Act there shall be provided for the reGistra-
ton books an additional column headed
"Affilation," and the Board of Registry shall
enter in this column the name of the political
party, IF any, to which the voter is inclined
and with which the voter desires to have
himself recorded as affiliated. 1t shall be the
duty of the Board of Registry to explain to
the voter that the statement o. said party
utilization does not bind him to vote for the
candidates OF said party at any given cleo
ton: also that he has the right to decline to
state any party utilization but that no one
who is not recorded by the registration
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party will be qualified to vote ut subsequent
primary elections of said political party.
Whenever a voter declines to state his
| party utilization the word Declined shall be
written opposite his name under said column
| so that it shall be written in each column op-
| postc the name of each registered voter
| either his party utilization or the word De
clined." And in all primary elections held
after the next general registration any per-
| son so registered Is affiliated With the given
| political party shall have the right to receive
| and vote the ballot of that party and of no
| other; and at any intermediate registration
| subsequent to the next general registration
such voter may appear before thc Board of
| Registry. and upon his identity being estab-
| shed to majority of the Board OF Registry.
| he shall have the right to require the said
Board of Registry to make: alter or strike
| out any entry in the column headed 'Attilia-
ton opposite his name on the registration
| book.
1t shall be the duty of the Board of Regis
| try to enter in the columns headed Re
| marks" the fact that such entry was made
| Il
SECTION IL. And be it enacted, That If at
| any primary held under the provisions of
| this Act any person shall falsely perSonate
| any voter other person and vote, or at
| tempt or offer to vote, in or upon the name
| of such voter or other person, or shall vote
| or attempt to vote in upon the name OF
| any other person. whether living or dead, or
| in upon any false, assumed or fictitious
name or in or upon any name not his own,
| or shall knowingly, wilfully, fraudulently
! vote more than once for any candidate tor
the same office, shall vote or attempt to
| offer to vote, in any election precinct without
| having legal right to vote therein or Shall
vote more than once or in any more than one
| election precinct or. having once voted shall
vote. or attempt or offer to vote again. or
| shall knowingly, wilfuly or sfraudently do
| any unlawful act to secure for himself or for
| any other person the right or opportunity to
vote. or shall by force, threat. meance, intiini-
| dation, bribery reward, or offer or prom
| Use thereof, or otherwise unlawfully, either
directly or directly, influence or attempt to
influence any voter in giving his vote, or
| prevent or hinder, or attempt to prevent or
| hinder, any qualified voter from freely exer-
| csing his right to vote at said primary cleo
| wise, compel or indGce, or attempt to compel
| or induce, any judge or clerk in any election
| precinct to receive the vote of any person not
| legally qualified entitled to vote at said
| election precinct, shall be deemed guilty of a
| miSdcmcanor. and every such person shall,
| upon conviction thereof. be punished by I'M
| prisonment in the county jail for not less
| than thirty days nor more than one year.
| SECTION l 2. And be it enacted, That any
| Judge of election who shall wifully exclude
| any vote duly rendered, knowing that the
person offering the same is lawfully entitled
| to vote at such primary election, or who
| shall wifully receive Il vote from ony person
| who has been duly challenged i'll relation to
| his right to vote at such primary election
| without cXacting from such person such
| proof of qualification may be required by
| law or shall wilfully omit to challenge
| any person whom he knows or suspects is
| not entitled to vote and who has not been
| challenged. or shall wilfully refuse to open or
show the ballot boxes empty PRIOR to the OPEN
| ing of the polls; and if any Judge OF said prs
| macy election who shall make, sign publish or
deliver any false tally OF return OF elecJlOn or
any false certificate or statement OF the OeSult
of such primary election, knowing the same TO
be false, or who shall wilfuly deface. destroy
| or conceal any statement tally or certltcate
entrusted to his care and custody shall upon
conviction thereof be adj Judged guilty of Il
misdemeanor. and shall be punished by impriS-
onment in the county Jail for not less than
thirty days nor more than one year.
| Section l3, and be 1t enacted that in the
appointment of Judges and clerks the member
or members of the Board of Supervisors OF
| Election shall have right to name the officials
| of his or their own political party In case any
Judge or clerk shall fail to be present ut hour of
opening the polls. the place Shall be filled by
| the Judges present. of the political party to
| which he belongs. In case no judges or the
| same political party are present. then the
judges of the opposite party SHAH til! the va
| canGy. The party appointed must take the
| oath required by law before he can proceed to
| aRt.
Ge0tinn II. And be it enacted, That tine gov
| enring bodies of each political party shall fur
nSh the forms of the ballot of their respective
| parties together with the manner in which the
| names are to be arranged on the tickets when
shall be done not later than ten days proceeding
the primary election. TO this form Of ballot
und list Of names shall be annexed the ac
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