The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-03-03

law TO administer unthA. such blunkH
shall be so prepared as readily 10 en-
able the applicant To state that he u
"A native-born citizen OF the United
states or a naturalized citizen, giving
the date when and the court where
naturallzed. or stating that he II n
citizen by virtue OF his fathers nat
uralizatiOn. giving the date when and
the court where his father was natur-
allied, and also 10 as To show a suf-
ficient residence in the state. county
and precinct to qualify him to vote
al the next general election. and the
name of the political party with
which he was affiliated az the last
general election and, II he desires to
change his political affiliations. the
name Of the party with which he de-
sires TO affiliate at the general cleo
tion for which nominations are To be
made at the approaching primary
election; ana u shall be the duty Of
the boards of registration to require
from each applicant such statement
| properly sworn. before his name can
be registered. all of such statements
To be returned by the boards OF reg
istration To the county clerk, To be
preserved In his office after the first
I
Il shall not be necessary for suisse
quent boards of registration to re-
quire the making OF such statements
by voters already registered. hut only
/ nom all new applicants who have not
/ previously been registered In the vot-
! ing precinct such registration shall
also serve as the registration for the
next gen ,ra' eiection. but the same
+ boards OF registration shall again as
semble two weeks before the day Of
such general election and shall re-
main in session not less than three
I days for the purpose of revising, cor
rccting and adding names 10 or strik-
/ ing names from the registration list.
Each board of registration shall AS
sembic at time and place within
each voting precinct 10 be designated
7 by the board Of county commission
ers. not more than six days after
their appointment. and shall remain
IN session at such time not less than
i've days for the purpose Of register
INK nll qualified voters. and shall he
m session not less than six hours each
day. ana ghail also assemble there
after on each Saturday up To- one
week before the day Of primary elcc-
tlous, ana shall then close the regis
tration books. The registration books
shall Dee made In duplicate. OF which
one lupy shall be returned 10 the
cuuSiy clerk and une copy shall by
The board of registration ui each Vut-
ing precinct hr delivered To the
Judges uf election iu such voting pre-
ulnct ON or before ,he morning uf the
/ day ~ the primary election before
the opening uf the election.
Section 3. When any applicant for
registration shall bee absent or pre-
vented iu any way from appearing In
person before the board oi reglstra-
tiun, any uthcr qualified voter of the
precinct who has q sufficient knowl-
edge of the qualifications OF the
would-be voter to make the state
ments under oath hercinbefure pro-
vided for may make and swear to an
application for the absent voter in
the same manner as the applicant
himself might II personally present;
ana any false statements made by
any applicant for registration. or by
the person applying In his place for
. his registration, shall be deemed per
jury and punishable accordingly
Section To- when the board ot
registration shall assemble Tor the
purpose of performing their duties
they shall take ana subscribe an oath
that they and each of them will faith
fully ana impartiany discharge ac-
cording to law their duties az mem
hers of such hoard of registration to
the best ut their ability. the form of
which oath shall he printed at the
head of the registration hooks lo he
furnished 10 the boards OF registra-
tion by the county clerk.
section II. only those persons whose
names shall be- registered ns voters
by the board a. registration. ~ shown
by the registration books furnished
To the Judges of election and To- the
county clerk. shall have the right to
vote In the election for which such
registration IL made: and no person
shall be permitted 10 vote for the
nomination OF any candidates Of any
political party with which he was not
AFFILIATED al the last general election
unless he shall have declared his de-
sire u change his political affiliations
ana designated the party with which
he desired to affiliate az the ap-
preaching general election a. the
time 81 registration as herciuhcfure
] A'' 'NhN ~ f'''iN'll NAAiNNNi'if'l TO-
Section ~. should any board of
registration wiifully and knowingly
refuse To register the name uf any
legal voter. or should any such board
register the name Of any person as a
legal voter knowing him not To he
such, the members Of the board shall
be- liable upon conviction to fine 81
not less than $50 nor more than S2O0,
or to Imprisonment TOT not less than
80 days nor more than one year or
to both such fine and imprisonment
in the discretion Ut the court: pro-
,idcd, however, that any member uf
such board may enter or cause to he
entered upon the registration books
his dissent from the at,ion of the
board In any such case. and II ho
shall do so hc cannot then bc prose
Gated Tor participation In the action
of the board
Section 49, I'm each voting precinct
whore the number of votes cast az
the last preceding general elrcnon
did not exceed 100, each member OF
the board of registration shall re-
ccive the sum of 81 per day Tor the
time actually and necessarily given a.