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"Make a cross X mark, with a pencil having black lead, in the circle under the emblem of the party with which you wish to enroll, for the purpose of participating in its primary elections during the next year."

The circles underneath the emblem shall be three-quarters of an inch in diameter, and in them nothing shall be printed. The party emblems shall be the same as those which were on the ballots for each party respectively at the last preceding general election, and such emblems shall be so arranged on each blank that the emblem of the majority party at the last preceding general election of a governor shall be first, and the other emblems shall follow in order in accordance with the vote cast for such office at such election; over each emblem shall be printed, in type clearly legible, the name of the party represented by such emblem. The enrollment blanks shall have thereon only the emblems of those parties to which this article is applicable. [As amended by chap. 820, Laws of 1913, and chap. 537, Laws of 1916.]

§ 8. Delivery of enrollment blanks to voters on days of registration. When, in any political subdivision of the state, a voter shall, at any of the regular meetings for registration in any year, present himself personally to the board of election inspectors in any election district for registration, or if, where his registration was not required to be personal and he was registered without personal application, he shall present himself personally to such board for enrollment only, his name and residence address shall be entered at the proper place in the two original enrollment books for that district. After he shall have been registered, and not before, as a qualified voter of that election district for the next ensuing general election, the board of election inspectors, or a member thereof, shall forthwith and before such voter leaves the place of registration, enter his enrollment number, beginning with number one for the first voter enrolled on the first day, and so on in numerical order, opposite

his name, in the first column of the registration books and the enrollment books, and shall write the name of the voter on the blank having the enrollment number which shall be opposite his name on the registration and enrollment books, and shall fill in the other blank spaces on the enrollment blank, and shall deliver to such voter an enrollment blank having his name on it. No voter shall be given more than two enrollment blanks in any event, nor more than one blank unless he shall spoil, deface, improperly mark, or otherwise destroy the first blank given him. In case a second blank is given him, the member of the board of election inspectors in charge of the enrollment books shall draw a line. through such voter's enrollment number in the first column in said enrollment and registration books, and shall insert in such space in said columns the number which shall be upon the new blank to be given him, which number shall always be the lowest. number of the enrollment blanks then unused in such election district. [As amended by chap. 537, Laws of 1916.]

§ 9. Delivery of enrollment blanks to voters on election day where registration is not personal. When, in any town or village in which personal registration is not required, or in an election district a part of which comprises territory in which such personal registration is not required, a registered voter whose registration was not personal nor required to be personal, and who was not enrolled on a day of registration, shall present himself to the board of election inspectors in an election district at a general election for the purpose of receiving. an official ballot to be voted thereat, his name and residence address shall be entered at the proper place in the original enrollment books for that district. After he shall have voted, the board of election inspectors, or a member thereof, shall forthwith and before such voter leaves the polling place, write his name on the enrollment blank having the lowest number of the blanks then unused in such election district, shall fill in the other blank spaces on such enrollment blank, shall deliver to him an enrollment blank having his name on it and enter opposite his name in the first column of the registration and enrollment books the number on the blank delivered to him. No voter shall be given more than two blanks in any event, nor more than one blank unless he shall spoil, deface, improperly mark, or otherwise destroy the first blank given him. In case a second blank is given him, the member of the board of election inspectors in charge of the enrollment books shall draw a line through such voter's enrollment

number in the first column in said registration and enrollment books, and shall insert in such space in such column the number which shall be upon the new set to be given him, which number Ishall also be the lowest number on the enrollment blanks then unused in such election district. Enrollment blanks shall be numbered consecutively, beginning with the one succeeding the last number used on the last preceding day of registration. [As amended by chap. 537, Laws of 1916.]

§ 10. Enrollment by voters. Such voter desiring to enroll shall then enter a voting booth in said place of registration or polling place, and, after having closed the door thereof, may make a cross X mark with a pencil having black lead in the circle underneath the emblem of the party of his selection and thereupon fold said enrollment blank so as to conceal the face thereof, and, before leaving the place of registration or polling place, shall forthwith deposit the same, as so folded, in the enrollment box in said place of registration or polling place in the presence of the inspectors of election, without in any way indicating the party with which he has or has not enrolled, and the inspectors shall thereupon enter in the enrollment books in the fifth column thereof the word "yes." If a voter declines to enroll, he may return the blank to the inspector in charge of the enrollment box, and such inspector shall indorse the name of such voter thereon and deposit the same in the enrollment box; and a like entry shall be made opposite his name in the fifth column of the enrollment books. The entries in the enrollment and registration books required by this and the two preceding sections shall be made by a member of the board designated by the chairman.

One mark crossing any other mark at any angle within the circle shall be deemed a cross mark within the meaning of this article. [As amended by chap. 537, Laws of 1916.]

§ 11. Examination, sealing and custody of enrollment boxes. Before the entry of any enrollment number or the delivery of an enrollment blank to any voter, in any year, the said enrollment box shall be examined by the board of election inspectors and when empty shall be locked and sealed by them in such a manner that should it be opened such seal would be broken; and the same shall remain so locked and sealed until the same shall be opened by the custodian of primary records as hereinafter provided. Said boxes shall be in the charge and keeping of the

custodian of primary records at all times except during hours of enrollment. [As amended by chap. 537, Laws of 1916.]

§ 12. Certification and secrecy of enrollment occurring on a day of registration. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision two hereof, at the close of the last meeting for registration in each year the board of election inspectors shall severally subscribe and verify duplicate declarations, one of which shall be printed in or attached to each of the original enrollment books. Such declarations shall be to the effect that the persons shown by such enrollment books are the only persons who registered personally as voters in that district on any of said days of registration or who, having been registered on any of said days without personal application, thereafter applied for and received enrollment blanks, and such declarations shall set forth the number of the last enrollment blank used on such last day of registration. Immediately upon the close of each day of registration, and before leaving the meeting place, the board of election inspectors shall publicly inclose the said enrollment books, together with all records pertaining thereto, in a sealed envelope, upon which shall be written or printed in distinct. characters the number of the election district. Such envelope shall remain in the custody of the chairman of the board until the meeting on the next day of registration, when it shall be publicly opened. The envelope sealed at the close of the last day of registration shall, within twenty-four hours thereafter, be delivered to the custodian of primary records. Such envelope shall remain sealed until the next Tuesday following the next ensuing day of general election, except that in any election district in which personal registration is not required or comprising territory in a portion of which personal registration is not required. such envelope shall be returned to the board of inspectors before the opening of the polls on the day of general election, to be by them opened and used and again delivered to the custodian of primary records as prescribed in section thirteen. No member of the board of election inspectors shall make, or allow to be made, a copy of, or a transcript or statement from, the enrollment books.

2. In a city of over one million inhabitants, at the close of the last meeting for registration in each year the board of election inspectors shall severally subscribe and verify four declarations, one of which shall be printed in or attached to each of the original registers. Such declarations shall be to the effect that the

persons shown by such registers are the only persons who registered personally as voters in that district on any of said days of registration and shall set forth the number of the last enrollment blank used on such last day of registration. [As amended by chap. 678, Laws of 1915, and 537, Laws of 1916.]

§ 13. Certification and secrecy of enrollment occurring on the day of general election. At the close of the day of general election or on the following day in each year, in an election district in which the enrollment of any voters is permitted under this article on the day of such election, the board of election inspectors shall severally subscribe and verify duplicate declarations one of which shall be printed on and attached to each of the original enrollment books. Such declarations shall be to the effect that the persons shown by such enrollment books whose enrollment number is higher than the last number used on the last preceding day of registration, constitute all of the persons voting in that district at such general election whose registration was not personal and who had not, after such registration, applied for enrollment on a day of registration. They shall inclose such enrollment books, together with all records pertaining thereto, in a sealed envelope, upon which shall be written or printed in distinct characters the number of the election district, and shall within forty-eight hours after the close of such general election deliver the same to the custodian of primary records. Such envelope shall remain sealed until the following Tuesday. No member of the board of election inspectors shall make, or allow to be made, a copy of or a transcript or statement from the enrollment books. [As amended by chap. 537, Laws of 1916.]

§ 14. Opening of enrollment box and completion of enrollment. It shall be the duty of the board of inspectors, or one of them, at the close of the registration, and again at the close of a day of general election where voters are enrolled on that day, to deliver the enrollment box to the custodian of primary records. All enrollment blanks contained therein shall remain in such box, and the said box shall not be opened nor shall any of the blanks be removed therefrom until the Tuesday following the day of general election in that year. Such box shall then be opened by the custodian of primary records, and the blanks contained therein shall be removed thereupon by said custodian, and the name of the party designated by each voter under such

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