Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-04-14

said precinct registrar to reinstate
his name on the precinct registra-
tion book, and the precinct registrar
shall Immediately so reinstate his
name on the precinct registration
book.
Sec. 12. The precinct election
board when any elector shall offer to
vote may demand his registration
certificate, and If the elector shall
present such certificate to the board
they shall examine the duplicate reg
istration certificates delivered to the
inspector by the secretary of the
county election board and the pre-
cinct register delivered to the inspee-
tor by the registrar, and If such du-
plicate and such original registra-
tion in all things correspond, and if
the precinct register shows the reg
istration of such elector, and that the
same is not cancelled, and if the
elector shall satisfy the board of the
election that he is the person de-
scribed in such election certificate
and is at the time he offers to vote,
la qualified elector in such election
precinct. then such elector shall be
entitled to vote, but If the board
shall not be satisfied that such cleo
tor is the person described In the
registration certificate or If the or
iginal registration certificate and the
duplicate do not correspond, or if the
precinct register does not show such
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in such precinct or that such person
at the time he offers to vote is not a
qualified elector in the precinct, they
shall refuse to permit such person
to vote and shall endorse upon the
original registration certificate the
word Refused" with the date upon
which the election is held and shall
make the same endorsement upon
the duplicate registration certificate
and upon the precinct registration
book.
Sec. 13. No elector shall, at any
primary election held in this State,
vote the ballot of any political party
of which he is not a member, or with
which he does not affiliate, and at
any such primary election any cleo
tor may be challenged on that
ground, and when so challenged no
such elector shall be permitted TO
vote at any such primary election un-
less and until he shall first subscribe
to an oath that he is a member Of,
and does affiliate with, the political
party in whose primary election he
seeks to vote. All such affidavits
shall be returned by the precinct cleo
tion officers to the county election
board along with the election re-
turns.
Sec. IA. If the certificate of reg
istration Of any elector shall be lost,
destroyed or become mutilated, such
elector shall apply to the registrar
for the precinct in which his Certifi-
cate of registration is issued and up
on satisfying the registrar that he
had in his possession an original GER
tificate of registration, and that the
same has been lost, destroyed or mu-
tilated, and that at the time such
original certificate of registration
was issued to him, he was qualified
elector in the precinct where regis
tered and at the time he makes ap-
plication to the registrar he is q
qualified elector in the election pre-
cinct where the original registration
certificate was issued the registrar
shall be authorized to register such
elector as hereinbefore provided in
this Act and shall cancel the former
registration of such elector as here
inbefore provided.
Sec. Is. During the period of reg
listration beginning more than TWEEN
ty and ending not less than ten days
before the date of holding any cleo
tion as hereinbefore provided in this
Act, any person who shall between
such time of closing such registra-
tion and the date of holding such
lelection, become a qualified electol
in any election precinct, may be reg.
istered by the registrar of such elec-
tion precinct, upon compliance with
all the provisions of this Act and sat.
lisfying such registrar that he will
become such qualified elector in such
precinct before the date of holding
such election, but the registrar shall
endorse upon the back Of the Origina
and duplicate registration certificate
ISSUED TO any such person the fact!
stated by such person under oath al
will enable him to vite at such elec
tion whether by reason of age Of
length of time or residence in thu