EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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SEC. 15. And be it enacted, That any ballot judge who shall
place his initials upon any ballot save when a ballot is delivered

Wilfully con-
cealing a

to a voter in the polling room, and any officer or any other

ballot.

person whatever who shall wilfully conceal or retain any ballot

duly prepared for voting or wilfully break the seals of any

package, or abstract any ballot therefrom or have any such bal-

lot, except for the lawful purposes in this Act provided, in

his possession before or during an election, shall be punished

by a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than three hun-

dred dollars, or shall be imprisoned in jail for not less than

thirty days nor more than one year, or both such fine or im-

prisonment in the discretion of the court.

SEC. 16. And be it enacted, That at every general registra-

tion held in Montgomery County subsequent to the passage

Party affilia-
tion.

of this Act there shall be provided in the registration books

an additional column headed "Affiliation," and the board of

registry shall enter into this column the name of the political

party, if any, to which the voter is inclined, and with which

the voter desires to have himself recorded as affiliated. It

shall be the duty of the board of registry to explain to the

voter that the statement of the said party affiliation does not

bind him to vote for the candidates of said party at any given

election ; also that he has the right to decline to state any party

affiliation, but that no one who is recorded upon the registration

took as affiliated with a particular political party will be quali-

fied to vote at subsequent primary elections of said political

party. Whenever the voter declines to state his party affilia-

tion the word "Declined" shall be written opposite the name:

Declining to
state affilia-

under said column, so that there shall be written in each col-

tion.

umn opposite the name of each registered voter either his party

affiliation or the word "Declined," and in all primary elections

held in the year 1907, and biennially thereafter, any person

so registered as affiliated with the given political party shall

have the right to receive and vote the ballot of that party and

of no other, and at any intermediate registration subsequent

to the general registration in 1907 such voter may appear be-

fore the board of registry and upon his identity being estab-

lished by a majority of the board of registry he shall have the

right to require the said board of registry to make, alter or

Right to strike

strike out any entry in the column headed "Affiliation," op-

out entry.

posite his name on the registration book. It shall be the duty

of the board of registers to enter in the column headed "Re-

marks" the fact that such entry was made, altered or stricken

out, and the date thereof.