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

correspond in all respects, and if hey
do not correspond at the conclusion of
the work, Oh if any error in TRANSCRIPT
ing IT, alleged It'd exist, either Oh any
one of said clerks or any citizen or
voter in any one Of said counties may
fill petition in the Circuit Court with
iii ten days after said work IL finish
ed, naming said clerks and the Board
Of Supervisors of Elections as defend
ants, and the said Court shall have the
power tO make such order for the
correction of said books as may r.
proper The cost of such preparation
of proper registry books shall To- paid
by the County Commissioners of the
county in which such subdivision shall
b. made, upon proper acquisitions and
vouchers presented by The Boards of
Supervisors Of Elections. ANY pOlitl-
cal party that -pOlled more than one per
cent Of the votes cast at the last cleo
ton may, through it, political commit
tee, if 1T has one, on by citizens rep
resenting said party, III there be ITO
political committee, name watcher
and substitute watcher who shall b.
permitted to attend at the TRANSCRIPT
i'm of said names and have power tO
examine the said books during the sit
tings Of said clerks for the said work
and for period Of five days thereafter
in the presence Of said Board of ~
pervisors. TIN the books Of registry I'D
provided for It'd d. used in transcribing
said registered voters in each and
every county Of the State subsequent
tc thu passage of this Act, there shall
d. provided distinct column headed
Party Affiliations and thu Board of
Registers shall enter in this column
the name Of the political party, if any,
to which the voter j. inclined and
with which the voter desires to have
himself recorded a. affiliated. III shall
be the duty of the Board Of Registry
tO explain to each voter that the state
ment of such party affiliation does not
bind him to vote for the candidate of
such party ait any given election; also
that IT, has the right to decline tO
state any party Affiliations; but that
no one who IL not recorded upon the
registry al affiliated with a particular
political party will b. qualified To vote
at subsequent primary elections of
said political party Whenever vot-
XII declines to state hi party affilia-
tons, the word Declined" shall b.
written opposite hi name in such col
umn I'D lat there shall b. written in
such column opposite the name of
every registered voter, either hi par
ty affiliatiOn Oh the word Declined"
Each and every voter a. IT, appears ait
the first primary election ait which he
votes subsequent to the passage OF this
Act shall, before H. il permitted To
vote ait said primary, state To which
party H. il inclined and to which party
~, desires to have himself recorded a.
affiliated, and the Board Of Registers,
then sitting al 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 in said pri-
mary and all primary elections there
after held, any person I'd registered a.
affiliated with given political party
shall have the right To vote the Off
cial ballot of that party, and OF no
other.
There shall d. annually sitting Of
the registration officers i'm and through
out Baltimore City, and at the several
counties of the State On the day which
shall b. the fifth day before the day
Of the primary election Excluding the
Icy So GnS p11MlhIg G1GGLlOu lH Lie GDLl
putatiOn Of said fifth day prior thereto)
cn which day all of said registration
officers shall lit from eight o'clock a.
m- until eight o'clock ID. m. fri the
counties, and from ~ o'clock noon un-
til ten o'clock d. m.. in Baltimore City,
for the purpose of revising the regis
tratiOn lists by adding new voters,
making transfers, ETC., 10 that fair and
full opportunity may b. afforded To
all voters, duly qualified, to take part
in the primary elections
No person ~ voter after having
had hi afiliation registered shall be
permitted To make any change In his
party afiliation unless the same shall
rs made at least - months prior to
the day of the primary election.
Sec 2. And b. 1T further enacted,
That this Act shall take effect from
the date of it, passage.
Approved April 15, 1912.
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