The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-05-17
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS, 1912.

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40 not correspond at the conclusion Oh
the work, or if any error In TRANSCRIPT
ing be alleged to exist, either or any
one of said clerks Or any citizen or
voter in any one Of said counties may
file petition i'm the Circuit Court with
i'm ten days after said work il finish
ed, naming said clerks and the Board
of Supervisors OF Elections Old defend
ants, and the said Court shall have the
power to make such order for the
correction OF said books as may Dc
proper. The cost OF such preparation
OF proper registry books shall Dc paid
by the County Commissioners or the
county i'm which such subdivision shall
be made, upon proper acquisitions and
vouchers presented by the Boards OF
Supervisors of Elections. ANY pOl1tl-
cal party that polled more than one per
cent of the votes cast at the last cleo
ton may, through it, political commit
tee, III 1T has one, or by citizens rep
resenting said party, II there DC no
political committee, name watcher
and substitute watcher who shall b.
permitted to attend at the TRANSCRIPT
inc of said names and have power to
examine the said books during the sit
tings of said clerks for the said work
and for a period of five days thereafter
i'm the presence OF said Board or Su-
pervisOrs. I'm the books of registry so
provided for to be used i'm TRANSFERRING
said registered voters lin each and
every county of the State subsequent
to the passage of this Act, there shall
be provided distinct column headed
"Party Affiliations and the Board OF
Registers shall enter i'm this column
the name of the political party, III any,
to which the voter IL inclined and
with which the voter desires to have
himself recorded as affiliated. III shall
be the duty of the Board of Registry
to explain to each voter that the state.
ment of such party afflllatiOn does not
bind him to vote for the candidate OF
such party at any given election; also
that he has the right to decline to
state any party Affiliations; but that
no one who il not recorded upon the
registry al affiliated with particular
political party will be qualified to vote
at subsequent primary elections of
said political party. Whenever vot-
er declines to state his party affilia-
tons, the word Declined" shall be
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umn 20 lat there shall be written i'm
such column opposite the name of
every registered voter, either his par
ty affiliation or the word Declined"
Each and every voter as he appears at
the first primary election at which ne
votes subsequent to the passage OF this
Act shall, before he il permitted to
vote at said primary, state to which
party he il inclined and to which party
he desires to have himself recorded as
affiliated and the Board of Registers,
then sitting as judges of election, shall
thereupOn and at once enter in the col
umn provided for party affiliations the
name Of the political party to which
the voter il inclined and with which
he desires to affiliate, and i'm said pri-
mary and all primary elections there
after held, any person 30 registered as
affiliated with given political party
shall have the right to vote the Off
cial ballot of that party, and of no
other.
There shall be annually a sitting of
the registration officers i'm and through
out Baltimore City, and all the several
counties OF the State on the day which
shall be the fifth day before the day
of the primary election Excluding the
day of the primary election i'm the com.
putatiOn of said fifth day prior thereto)
on which day all of said registration
officers shall sit from eight o'clock a.
m. until eight o'clock D. I'M. i'm the
counties, and from - o'clock noon un-
I'll ten o'clock ID. m. i'm Baltimore City,
for the purpose of revising the regis
tration lists by adding new voters,
making transfers, etc., 90 that fair and
full opportunity may be afforded to
all voters, duly qualified, to take part
in the primary elections
No person or voter after having
had his afiliation registered shall be
permitted to make any change in his
party aff1liation unless the same shall
be made at least six months prior to
the day of the primary election.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted.
That this Act shall take effect from
the date of its passage
Approved April Is, 1912.