Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-05-26

(e) There shall be in no case more
than one voting place for each club. No
club shall have less than % members:
Provided, however, That any county
committee may permit the organization
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 be-
longs: Provided, That If he remove
| from a club district within 60 days
prior to the first primary he may vote
| lin the year in which he removed) in
| the club district in which he previous
ly resided: Provided, further, That he
! must have enrolled before the closing
of the club list.
10. State and county officers tempo
| rarily residing at or near the capital or
| the county seat may retain their men,
| bership and voting rights in their for
mer 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 enroll
ment and voting Of all members Of the
national guard qualified to vote under
| this constitution and rules.
IL. Books of enrolment for voting
| in primary elections shall be opened by
| the secretary of each club, or by the
enrolment committee as hereinafter
provided, on or before the second Tues
day in June in each election year. No
tice thereof shall be given by the coun-
| ty chairman showing the names Of the
clubs the boundaries Of the club dis
| trict, when the clubs are in cities or
Of the secretaries, the names Of the
| enrolment committee, such other in
| formation 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 election year.
Each applicant for enrolment shall in
person write upon the club roll his full
name and Immediately thereafter his
age, occupation and postoffice address,
and if in city or town shall write the
name of the street and the number Of
the house in which he resides If such
designation exist in said city or town
If the name be illegible the secretary
shall write the name beneath the sig
nature 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 fill in the other requirements
The county committee shall furnish to
| the secretaries suitable books for en-
rollment, which shall be uniform
throughout the state Except Charles
tom and form Of which shall be sane
toned by the state COMMITTEES: Pro-
vided, That nothing in this section OF
these rules shall be construed as in
consistent with any laws Of the state
regulating primary elections. And, pro-
vided, further, That the county COM
mittee shall on the first Monday in
June, 1914, or as soon thereafter as
possible, appoint for each club an en-
rollment committee of three which may
consist Of the secretary and county
committeeman from the said club and
a third member to be designated by the
county committee, by whom said en-
rollment shall be conducted. The en-
rollment book shall be kept in the GUS
| tody of the secretary or at such place
as shall be designated by the enroll
ment committee. The club roll shall be
open to inspection by any member OF
! the party.
II. On the last Tuesday in July in
each election year, which shall be the
last day Of enrolment, the club books
shall close, and within three days there
after, each secretary shall transmit the
original roll to the county chairman
who shall forthwith cause to be made
and shall certify copy thereof and file
the same with the clerk of the court
for public inspection at all times. Al
least ten days before the first primary
the county committee shall meet after
three days published notice in a news
paper of general circulation in the
county Of time and place Of meeting
and examine the rolls. Any person may
| complain of errors therein and the
county committee, after hearing COM
plants, shall in fair and impartial
manner correct and purge the rolls
| striking off the names Of all persons
not residing in the club district fol
which each roll was made up or other
wise improperly enrolled, and adding
any names improperly omitted: Pro-
vded No name shall be stricken from
any club roll without three days notice
by mail to the address appearing or
the club roll to the person whose name
is proposed to be dropped from the rol
to show cause why said name should
not be dropped. When the rolls have
been revised and corrected by the said
county committee they shall be certi-
| secretaries of each club and shall
thereupon become the official club rolls
and no names shall be added thereafter
except by order of a judge Of compe-
tent jurisdiction. Upon the completion
of said revision the county chairman
shall Immediately file in the office oi
the clerk Of court a list duly certified
by him of all names added or dropped
from said roll, with age, place Of resi-
dence and occupation, which list shall
be preserved by the clerk along with
the duplicate roll on file in his office
and any person may there inspect said
roll and list of corrections at all times
The original roll shall be returned tc
the secretary of each club and by him
delivered to the managers Of the pri
mary election before the hour Of open
ing the polls; and no person shall be
allowed to vote at said election whose
name does not appear on said original
roll as herein required. The managers
Of election shall return said rolls tC
the secretary Of the club Immediately
after the counting Of the votes and the
declaration Of the result, or as soor