declaration shall be by said custodian entered against the name of such voter in the appropriate column of three registers, in a city having more than one million inhabitants, and of the enrollment books elsewhere for the election district in which such voter resides. Such enrollment shall be completed before the succeeding fifteenth day of February in each year. If cross marks are found in more than one of the circles, or if no cross marks are found in any of the circles of any enrollment blank, the voter who used the enrollment blank thus deficient shall not be deemed to be enrolled, and words indicating the reason why such enrollment is not transcribed shall be entered against the name of such voter in the register columns reserved for the entry of party enrollments, in any city of over one million inhabitants, and elsewhere in the sixth column of the enrollment books. When all of the enrollment shall be transcribed from the blanks to the enrollment books or registers, the custodian of primary records shall subscribe and verify identical declarations, one of which shall be printed in or attached to each of the said original enrollment books or registers, which declaration shall be to the effect that he has correctly and properly transcribed the enrollment indicated on the blank of each voter to the said enrollment books. or registers, as herein provided. [As amended by chap. 678, Laws of 1915, and chap. 537, Laws of 1916.]

§ 14-a. Correction of enrollment lists. Any voter who has been or shall have been enrolled with the same political party for five years or upwards and who, at the time of marking an enrollment blank on any day provided in this chapter for the enrollment of voters, makes a mark in the circle beneath the emblem of a party other than the one with which he desired or intended to enroll, by inadvertence, may at any time after the completion of the enrollment in any year as provided in this chapter and prior to the ensuing first day of July, have his party affiliation changed upon the enrollment list by the custodian of primary records with whom such list is filed by striking out the name of the party with which he is thus wrongly described as being affiliated and inserting the name of the party with which he may declare that he is affiliated by making, subscribing and acknowledging before any officer authorized by law to take the acknowledgment of deeds for record in this state, and filing or causing to be filed with such custodian of primary records, a statement embodying a declaration in substantially the following form: "I, do solemnly declare that I reside in

and am a duly qualified voter of the

election district of such city (assembly district, ward

or town); that at one of the last preceding days for the enrollment of party voters in such election district I received an enrollment blank and made my mark in a circle under one of the party emblems thereon, but such marking was done inadvertently and indicated my enrollment with a party with which I was not then affiliated and with which I did not intend to enroll; and I therefore request that I be specially enrolled with the ... party.

I am in general sympathy with the principles of the... party. It is my intention to support generally at the next general election the nominees of such party. I have been duly and regularly enrolled with such party for at least five years prior to the enrollment at which such mistake occurred. I have not participated in any primary election or convention of any other party during such period of five years." If any of the enrollment lists for the preceding five years in the office of such custodian of primary records do not contain the name of such applicant, as an enrolled voter of the party named in the statement, the custodian of primary records shall require him to produce a transcript of so much of an enrollment list as relates to him, if any, from the office of the custodian of primary records of the city or county in which he may have been enrolled for such year or years, accompanied with proof by affidavit showing his identity with the person whose name appears in such transcript.

Upon the filing of such statement, and all other papers or certificates if required, the said custodian of primary records, if the records support the truth of the applicant's statement, shall cause the request contained in such statement to be complied with, by changing the entry relating to the applicant in the enrollment list to conform thereto and recording in the proper column thereof the reason therefor, including a memorandum briefly describing the papers filed in support thereof. [Added by chap. 52, Laws of 1912.]

§ 14-b. Special enrollment upon becoming of age. Any voter who shall have become of age after the last preceding general election may at any time on or before the fourth Tuesday preceding an official primary in the year following such general election become specially enrolled with any party and have his name added to the original enrollment books of the election district in which he resides, in the manner following:

He shall make and acknowledge before an officer authorized to

take the proof or acknowledgment of deeds to be recorded, and file. or cause to be filed with the custodian of primary records, a statement embodying a declaration in substantially the following form, the blanks being properly filled in:

“I,

...

do solemnly declare that I reside at (here insert residence address), and am a resident and duly qualified voter of the ... .. election district of the

assembly district (or of the ...... ward of the city of

...

in the county of ...

or of the town of ..); that I became of age since the last preceding general election; that I am in general sympathy with the principles of the party and it is my intention to support generally at the next general election, state or national, the nominees of such party for state or national offices; that I have not heretofore enrolled with or participated in the primary election of any party. I therefore request that I be specially enrolled with the party.

...

The same party name shall be inserted by the voter in the two spaces provided therefor. A blank for such statement and application shall be provided by the custodian of primary records on demand to any person desiring to specially enroll under this seetion. The mailing of such statement and application from any point within the jurisdiction of such custodian, addressed to such custodian at his office, properly scaled with postage fully prepaid, on or before the day herein provided for filing the same, shall be a sufficient compliance with the requirements of this section.

Upon receiving such statement, the custodian of primary reeords shall enroll such voter with the said party of his choice in the original enrollment books for the proper election district, in the same manner as upon an enrollment blank deposited at one of the days of registration or on the day of general election; except that above the surname of such voter shall be written the word "Special" and above the Christian name the date of the filing or postmark of mailing of such statement and application. Voters specially enrolled hereunder shall be given by the custodian of primary records an enrollment number beginning, for the first voter thus specially enrolled, with the numeral following the highest number on the enrollment books of those enrolled in the election district at the preceding days of registration or general election. The custodian of primary records shall endorse the corresponding number on the statement of the voter to whom such number is given. All such statements and applications shall be public records and open to inspection and may be copied by any person.

They shall be kept on file for one year from the day of the next ensuing official primary. [As added by chap. 244, Laws of 1914.]

§ 15. Enrollment for a new political party. Where an independent body has become a party at a general election, an enrollment of the members of such party shall be made in the manner herein prescribed. After the first day of January and not later than the second Tuesday of April in the year next succeeding that in which such independent body became a party, or in the year nineteen hundred thirteen not later than June first, the custodians of the primary records throughout the state shall cause to be mailed to all voters whose names appear upon the latest registration lists of their respective districts and who are not enrolled as members of any political party, at their respective post-office addresses, enrollment blanks printed on white paper, on the face of which shall be printed the following, or the substance thereof, the blanks to be filled in in type so far as possible: "Primary enrollment for year city (or village or town)

of .... ...; county of (or ward or town);

ber

; name of voter

......

assembly district election district; enrollment num

I, the undersigned, do solemnly declare that I voted in the above election district at the general election held (insert date of last general election); that I still reside in said election district; and that my residence is at the address as given below; that I am in general sympathy with the principles of the party in the circle beneath the name and emblem of which I have made a cross X mark, and supported generally at the said general election the nominees of the said party, then an independent body; and that I have not enrolled with any other party since the first day of January (here insert the year in which the general election was held).

Party (Insert emblem)

О

(Voter sign here)

Party (Insert emblem)

о

Residing at (The voter here inserts his residence)

"Make a cross X mark 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 current year, and write your name and address in the blanks immediately under the circle or circles."

The circles under the emblems shall be one inch in diameter and in them nothing shall be printed. The party emblem shall be the same as those which were on the official ballots for each independent body, respectively, to which this section is applicable; over such 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 emblem of those parties which were independent bodies and became parties at the last preceding general election and shall have the following instruction printed across the top of the enrollment blanks: "Fill out, sign, and return on or before the first Tuesday of June, nineteen hundred and (here insert the current year) to .... (here insert the name or title of the custodian of primary records), at .... (here insert the post office address, with street and number, if any, of the custodian of primary records)."

Each voter who shall have properly signed such an enrollment blank and shall have either mailed or delivered the same to the proper custodian of primary records on or before the first Tuesday of June, of the then current year, or in the year nineteen hundred thirteen on or before July first, shall be enrolled in his proper and designated party, subject to all the provisions of this chapter applying to enrollment books of party voters, and the custodian of primary records shall enter against the name of each voter in the appropriate column of the enrollment book for the election district in which such voter resides the name of the party with which such voter shall thus enroll. The postmark on any envelope containing such an enrollment blank shall be deemed conclusive proof of the date on which the same was mailed.

One additional copy of the said enrollment blank shall be furnished to each voter who applies therefor. Additional copies shall be furnished at the rate of twenty-five cents per hundred to any person.

The enrollment blanks as soon as received by the custodian of primary records from the voter shall be public records and shall be open to inspection and copying at any time by any person. They shall be kept on file for one year from the first Tuesday in June. [As amended by chap. 587, Laws of 1913.]