SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                          849

cancelled by removing the registration cards or forms of said voter
from the original and duplicate files and placing the same in a trans-
fer file. A notice of such action and the reason therefor shall be sent
to the last known address of such voter, notifying the voter to appear
before the board at a date specified in such notice, not earlier than

one week or later than two weeks from the date of mailing of such

notice, to show cause why his name should not be removed from the
registry. Notice of cancellation shall be mailed not later than the
first Tuesday of May prior to the next succeeding general election
following any period of time during which two successive State wide
general elections have occurred.

(b) A voter whose registration has been cancelled under this sec-

tion shall not thereafter be eligible to vote except by registering

again as in this article provided.

   (c) The notice to be sent to persons who have not voted in two

consecutive, State wide general elections, prescribed in subsection
(a) of this section shall be in substantially the following form:

(A) IF A REGISTERED VOTER IN ANY COUNTY HAS NOT
VOTED AT LEAST ONCE AT A PRIMARY, GENERAL OR
SPECIAL ELECTION WITHIN THE FIVE PRECEDING CAL-
ENDAR YEARS, IT SHALL BE THE DUTY OF THE BOARD OF
ELECTION SUPERVISORS OF EACH COUNTY OR THE BOARD
OF PERMANENT REGISTRY IN COUNTIES HAVING A SYS-
TEM OF PERMANENT REGISTRATION UNLESS CAUSE TO
THE CONTRARY BE SHOWN, TO CAUSE THE REGISTRATION
OF SUCH VOTER TO BE CANCELLED BY ERASING HIS NAME
FROM THE REGISTRY AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 33 3-16 (D)
OF THIS ARTICLE, OR IN COUNTIES HAVING A SYSTEM OF
PERMANENT REGISTRATION BY REMOVING THE REGIS-
TRATION CARDS OR FORMS OF SAID VOTER FROM THE
ORIGINAL AND DUPLICATE FILES AND PLACING THE SAME
IN A TRANSFER FILE ;. A NOTICE OF SUCH ACTION AND THE
REASON THEREFOR SHALL BE SENT TO THE LAST KNOWN
ADDRESS OF SUCH VOTER; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, BEFORE
ERASING THE NAME OF SUCH VOTER, NOTICE SHALL BE
MAILED TO SUCH VOTER ADDRESSED TO THE ADDRESS
GIVEN IN THE REGISTRY OF SUCH VOTER, NOTIFYING
SUCH VOTER TO APPEAR BEFORE SUCH BOARD AT A DATE
SPECIFIED IN SUCH NOTICE, NOT EARLIER THAN ONE
WEEK OR LATER THAN TWO WEEKS FROM THE DATE OF
MAILING OF SUCH NOTICE, AND TO SHOW CAUSE WHY HIS
NAME SHOULD NOT BE ERASED REMOVED FROM THE REG-
ISTRY. (B) A VOTER WHOSE REGISTRATION HAS BEEN
CANCELLED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL NOT THERE-
AFTER BE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE EXCEPT BY REGISTERING
AGAIN AS IN THIS ARTICLE PROVIDED. (C) THE NOTICE
TO BE SENT TO PERSONS WHO HAVE NOT VOTED AT LEAST
ONCE AT A PRIMARY, GENERAL OR SPECIAL ELECTION
WITHIN THE FIVE PRECEDING CALENDAR YEARS, AS PRE-
SCRIBED IN SUB-SECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION, SHALL BE
IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE FOLLOWING FORM:

NOTICE TO PERSONS WHO HAVE NOT VOTED AT THE
LAST TWO GENERAL ELECTIONS LEAST ONCE AT A PRI-
MARY, GENERAL OR SPECIAL ELECTION WITHIN THE FIVE
PRECEDING CALENDAR YEARS