The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-27
NEW RULING IS MADE REGARDING
 PRIMARY LISTS
Registrars Decree That Appli- cants for Enrolment Must Ap- pear in Person
Written Applications, Even in Persons Own Signature, Will Not Be Accepted


 Rooney and William Lounsbury have ruled that all applications for enroll ment on the primary list of any po- litical party must be made to them in person. No written applications will be accepted. Transfers, how ever, may be made in writing The registrars base their contention on that part of Article 265, Sec. 4, of the Acts of 1909, which reads as fol- lows:
 "In towns, cities, or boroughs divid- ed into voting districts or wards, and for which deputy registrars are pro- vided, application for enrolment shall be made to the deputy registrar in the voting district or ward in which such elector is legally entitled to vote at the time of making said applica- tion.'
 The swording of the section is not brought out as definitely as it might be, but the registrars see in it the making of an oral application. As there are no deputy registrars in this city, the registrars are the ones re- ferred to.
 Previous to the change of the law by the 1909 Assembly, district chair men and party workers were wont to send in lists of names for party reg
 
 an electors name appeared in the list sent in by both Democratic and Re- publican parties. The registrars were then powerless to act unless the cleo tor was notified and made oral appli- cation. In a number of instances there were no notification to the elec- tors, their names not going on either list. There have been many instances also when an electors name got on list, the opposite to the one to which he expressed his belief. To bring about change in these adverse con ditions, the General Assembly chang ed the law. Evidently they overlook ed or negected to insert "oraP' when the amendment was made out.
 However, with the ruling of the reg istrars, there will be many who will send in written applications. The registrars have nothing to go by to show that the application is the hand writing of the elector, or his sigma ture. It may be that some party worker has seized the opportunity of the electors delinquency in causing to enroll himself, to send in the appli- cation and fraudulently sign the cleo tors name. It is for this reason that the registrars will absolutely refuse to accept written applications.
 The section relative to the making of application reads as follows:
  herein provided for, any elector may make application to the registrar of the political party with the caucuses or primaries of which he desires to affiliate, and his name shall, except as otherwise provided, be entered by said registrar upon the list of electors of that political party. In all cases where application is made for enroll ,ment, the applicant, in addition to stating the name of the political par ty on the caucus or primary list of which he desires to be enrolled, shall state that he is not a member of, or connected with, any political party other than that in which enrolment is then being sought by him."
 If the registrar is in the least skep- tical as to the faith of the elector, he has the following rule. also part of Sec to follow:
 eff any registrar to whom any such application is made shall have reason to believe that the elector making such application is not in good faith affiliated with the political party with which he seeks enrolment, and does not intend to support it's principles or candidates, such registrar shall not enter the name of such applicant up- on such 1ist.''
 The elector is then given notice of the decision of the registrars and a hearing is held, when the applicant is given opportunity to show why his name should go on the list he desires. If the electors name is still withheld from the, list he desires, he may make application to judge of either the Superior or Common Pleas court for hearing.
 In the matter of transferring the electors name from the list of one political party to another, Sec. Il of A ri
 '@Sec. H. Upon the oral Or written application of any elector enrolled as at any session of said reg l istrars, said registrars shall erase the name of the elector making such ap- plication from the list on which said ] same from said list to any other party | list kept by said registrars, as such l elector may direct.'' But in making such application for | a transfer from the list of one polit- | ical party to another, or from the list l of one district to another, the elector must state to the registrars that it | is his intention to support the prin ciples and candidates of the party to which he is making application for transfer. In this particular the law is more stringent than when first be- coming enrolled on any party list.
 Starting this year, as has been stat So, lIlo SOCldliSI party Will HdNc ct registrar, having cast more than 10 per cent of the vote in the last elec- ton. They are provided for under he following:
 'Sec. 15. In case any party or po- iticaI organization shall cast more han ten per centum of any such vote, and there shall be no registrar repre- 'enting such party or organization, application for enrolment upon that caucus or primary list of such party ,r organization may be made to the own clerk, such officer, for the pur- pose of making such list, shall have III the powers and be subject to all he duties conferred by this act upon 'egistrars and deputy registrars
 Therefore all mem berS of the Social st party who desire to be enrolled must make application to Town Clerk William Thomas. By the ruling of he registrars they will have to make ral application, the same as any oth- 1T new applicant
 The period of registration starts on Friday, Aug 4, and closes Saturday, Aug. F. The registrars will receive pplicants for enrolment from 12 'clock noon until g in the evening Unless otherwise requested to do so, he registrars will retain the names of II electors on the primary list on which they last appeared.
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