Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-25
REPUBLICANS CAN PURGE
 CAUCUS OF BULL MoosERs
Statute on Who Can Vote Is Very
 Explicit.

The incident of alleged bull moesers being active as voters In the republi- can town caucus at West Hartford last week has attracted attention all over the state. In many towns the, registrars are heinz pestered with in-' quiries whether 1t Is the intention of the republican registrars of voters to allow the adherents of the third party to participate in the selection of can didate on the town tickets of the re- publican party. The law in the matter has been looked up, and it's quoting is timely. Here it is:
 Chapter 265 of the Public Acts of 1sea. entitled An Act Concerning Political Primaries and Caucuses,' section 5. page 124S. reads as follows:
 Whenever the registrar of voters of any. political party, or any deputy registrar thereof in cases where 1t is provided by law that the deputy reg istrar shall act in the place and stead of the registrar. shall be of the opin- ion that any person on the enrolment list of the political party which said registrar or deputy registrar repre- sents is not affiliated with or in good faith member of that political party and does not intend to support its principles or candidates. said registrar or deputy registrar. as the case may be, shall cite such person to appear before himself and the chairman of the town committee of such political
 party. or before himself and the chair
 man of the same party committee of the ward or voting district, If in a town divided into wards or voting districts; or, where there is no such | chairman, or, in the absence or disa- bilfty of such chairman, before him. | self and any enrolled member of the same political party. chosen by such registrar or deputy registrar to show cause why his name should not be
 erased from said enrolment list Such
 citatien shall be in writing and shall state the time when and place where such person shall appear and shall l De served upon or left at the usual place of abode of such person at least | two days before the time fixed for l such hearing upon said citation, which l time shall not be less than one week
 before the next succeeding caucus or
 primary of such political party. The person leaving or serving such cita- tiOn shall make a record of the date and time of leaving or serving the same and shall make a return to the 1 registrar or deputy registrar within .36 hours of the date and time when 1 such citation was left or served. If at any such hearing 1t shall appear to such registrar and such chairman
 or party member or to such deputy
 registrar and such chairman or party
 member as the case may be, that ii is not the bona fide intention of said person to affiliate with, or that said person is not affiliated with such po- litical party, and does not intend t6 tsupport the principles or candidates
 of such party. his name may there- upon bs erased frem the enrolment
 list of such party. In ease any electer
 upon whom citation to appear, as
 herein provided. has been served shall fail to appear at the time and place fixed for such hearing, said registrar OF deputy registrar may take such action as to the erasure of the name
 of such electer as the facts shall war; rant"