The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-23
Two Enrolment Days But VOt-
ers May Enroll by Affidavit
up to June n.

The time has arrived for all electors
I'm the state To enroll If they want to
be eligible to vote on primary day next
| August. on the August primary day.
which will be the eth OF that month.
candidates will be nominated for all
city and county officers, candi-
dates for congress ana the legislature
and candidates for governor and
lieutenant governor. and United States
senator.
Every elector I'm the state must re-
enroll. IL makes no difference If YOU
were enrolled and voted at the 1910
primaries. The legislative session last
year amended the law so as To re-
quire an entire new enrolment this
year. Next Saturday Is one Of he
two days when all voting places are
to be open so electors can enroll and
re-enroll. The other will be the first
Monday in April.
However. there Is a provision in
the amended law which says that you
can enroll or re-enroll any day from
now on up TO two months before the
primary. That is up to June 81. You
can DO IL by delivering to the city
clerk or the township clerk IL you
live in a township, or other officer in
charge of the enrolment book. a
written request TO be enrolled. accom-
panied by an affidavit that you are
qualified voter and that IL is bona
fide your intention to affiliate with
the political party i'm which you seek
TO enroll.
Attorney General Kuhn is receiving
a great many requests for interprc-
tation and construction of one pro-
vision or another OF the law as
amended with particular reference TO
the enrolment and re-enrollment fea
ture. As answer To all the attorney
general issues this statement:
We are receiving many inquiries
relative to the enrolment feature Of
the primary election law, which leads
me to believe that II is not generally
understood. therefore take this
means ofexplaining the requirements
ititAlNt W party tHIOllIltDls
First-Section of act 279 of the
public acts of 1911 requires every
voter To enroll. The fact that per-
son may have been enrolled under
any former act does not constitute
him an enrolled voter under the
present law. The above section OK
pressly provides that no elector shall
he deemed a qualified enrolled elect
or who has been enrolled prior to Aug.
I, 1911. This is mandatory and every
voter who desires to participate in
primary election Is required to en-
roll.
Second-The enrolment board i'm
each case is the board of election in
spectors, the latter board being pro-
vided fer I'm the general election law.
CSee section five of act PSI of the pub
lie acts OF 1909) Any enrolment board
or the members thereof failing TO hold
an enrolment To afford the voters an
opportunity to become enrolled shall
upon conviction thereof he deemed
guilty of a msdemcanor and are sub
ject TO the penalties prescribed i'm the
general primary ELECTION act. Sec sec
ton 6 of act 279 OF the public acts
Of 1919
Third-There are two enrolment
days provided for during the present
year. namely. the last Saturday In
January and the first Monday in April.
It is the duty OF every enrolment
board In this state TO be i'm session
on each OF these day 10 afford voters
an opportunity to enroll. Personal APP
plication must be made 10 the enroll
ment board for enrolment on each Of
these days.
Fourth-A voter may also become
enrolled by delivering TO the city or
township clerk or the officer I'm
charge of the enrolment book. al any
time. written request for such en-
rollment accompanied by affidavit set
ting forth that he is a qualified elector
and that II is his bona fide intention