The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-05-28
DEMOCRATIC CLUB ROLLS
ARE ALL CLEARED VOID
State Convention Provides for Entirely New Reg
istration Under Special Rules-Appli-
cants Must Apply in Person.

habitants, one or more clubs shall be
| organized in each of the wards. Each
ward shall be club district
(b) In cities or towns of less than
10000 inhabitants the county COM
| mittee may authorize the consolida-
tion of two or more wards to form a
club district, and where townships are
embraced in whole or in part in such
cities or towns, the county committee
may permit the voters residing in
such townships to belong to a club
| located in such town or city and to
vote in such city or town in the club
nearest to their respective residences
calculated by the nearest practicable
route: Provided, No perso'- shall be
enrolled or vote out of the county in
which he resides. In cities or towns
which are not divided into wards
the county committee may designate
the extent of the club district. Each
territory so designated for club
shall be its club district.
(c) In all other cases the voter
must enroll in the club nearest his
place of residence, calculated by the
nearest practicable route, and can
vote only at the voting place of such
club and the territory included by
this test shall be considered the club
district Of such club.
Cd No person shall be enrolled in
any club or take part in any club
meeting or vote in any primary or be
elected a delegate to the county con-
vention, except in the club district
in which he resides.
(e) There shall be in no case more
than one voting place for each club.
No club shall have less than 25 men,
bers: Provided, however, that any
county committee may permit the or
ganization of a club of less than 25
members at inaccessible points where
there are less than 25 voters.
9. No person shall vote except at
the voting place authorized by the
county committee for the club to
which he belongs: Provided, that If
he remove from a club district within
sixty days prior to the first primary
he may vote in the year in which he
moved in the club district in which
he previously resided, provided fur
ther that he must have enrolled be-
fore the closing of the club list.
10. State and county officers tenn
porarily residing at or near the CAPT.
tai or near the county seat may re-
tain their membership and voting
rights in their former home clubs, If
they so desire.
In case of the mobilization of the
National Guard of this State, the
State committee shall provide for the
enrolment and voting of all members
of the National Guard qualified to
vote under this constitution and
rules.
II. Books of enrolment for voting
in primary elections shall be open
ed by the secretary of each club, or
by the enrolment committee as here
matter provided, on or before the Sec
ond Tuesday in June in each election
year. Notice thereof shall be given
by the county chairman showing the
names of the clubs, the boundaries OF
the club district when the clubs are
adjacent thereto, the names of the en-
rolment committee, such other lnfor-
nation as the county chairman may
desire to give and where the books
are to be opened. Thereafter no new
clubs shall be organized in that elec-
ton year. Each applicant for enrol
ment shall in person write upon the
club roll his full name and lmme-
diately thereafter his age, occupa-
ton and postoffice address, and If in
a city or town shall write the name
of the street and the number of the
house in which he resides if such
destinations exist in said city or
town. If the name be illegible the
secretary shall write the name be-
meath the signature of the applicant.
In the event of the inability of the
applicant to write he may make his
mark upon the roll, which shall be
witnessed by the secretary or other
person then having the custody
thereof, and the secretary shall I'LL
in the other requirements. The
county committee shall furnish to
the secretaries suitable books for en-
rolment. Provided that nothing in
this section or these rules shall be
construed as inconsistent with any
laws of the State regulating primary
elections. And provided, further,