When Registration Board May Omit Names From Registration Books.

Acts 1915, Section 8 (This compilation Sec. 32). Names may be omitted from the registration books by the verified statement of a resident freeholder of the precinct that the voter has ceased to reside in the precinct. The following form or one similar thereto may be used.

VERIFIED STATEMENT OF RESIDENT FREEHOLDER
THAT VOTER HAS CEASED TO RE-
SIDE IN PRECINCT.

State of Indiana, .

. County, ss:

I, the undersigned swear, that I am a resident freeholder of

name appears on the registration books of said precinct for the

ceased to reside in said voting precinct. Therefore I ask that. the name of said....

be omitted from the registration books of said precinct for the year 1916.

(Signed).

Subscribed and sworn to before me this.

.day..

1916.

Names may be omitted from the registration books by the registration board upon the affidavit of two electors of the precinct that such person is no longer a voter of such precinct. The following form or one similar thereto may be used.

AFFIDAVIT OF TWO ELECTORS THAT PERSON IS NO LONGER A VOTER IN THE PRECINCT.

State of Indiana, .

County, ss:

We and each of us swear that we are qualified electors in

who resided at the date of the registration of 1914 at

reason he has....

is not a legal voter of said precinct for the

therefore we ask that the name of the said.

be stricken off or omitted from the registration books of said precinct for the year 1916.

(Signed).
(Signed)..

Subscribed and sworn to before me this..

.1916.

day of....

If the name of a voter who registered and voted at the last preceding election is omitted from the registration books of the precinct in which he resides and in which he voted, he may have his name re-instated on the registration books by filing with the Auditor subsequent to the session of the registration board and prior to the delivery of the registration books by the Auditor to the inspector, his verified statement showing that he has maintained his domicile or that he has resided continuously in said precinct since the last preceding election, and two freeholders resident of said precinct (they need not be voters) shall certify that such voter has maintained his domicile and residence in said precinct since the last preceding general election, and that he is entitled to register and vote in said precinct; and if said registration books have been delivered to the inspector, then such statement must be filed with the election board on election day, then the voter's name must be placed on the registration books of that precinct and the voter be entitled to vote at the election.

The following form or one similar thereto may be used, to-wit:

APPLICATION OF REGISTERED VOTER TO HAVE HIS NAME RE-INSTATED ON REGISTRATION BOOKS.

said

I swear that I am a qualified voter in. precinct... ..township (ward) in.... ..of.. County and State; that I was registered and voted in said precinct at the last preceding general election; that I have maintained my domicile or have resided continuously in said precinct since the last preceding general election and that my name has been inadvertently or otherwise omitted from the registration books of said precinct for the year 1916. By reason thereof I make this verified statement and request that my name be reinstated on the registration books of said precinct for the year

1916.

Subscribed and sworn to before me this.. .day of.

1916.

.township (ward) in

We the undersigned freeholders residing in.

of.

precinct

. County, Indiana, certify that we and each of us

are personally acquainted with..

who resides at No..

Street

that he is the person that he represents himself to be and that he has maintained his domicile or has resided continuously in said precinct since the last preceding general election and that he is in all respects qualified and entitled to register and to vote in such precinct in the year 1916.

If this statement is filed with the Auditor, the Auditor places the voter's name on the registration book, and if filed with the board of election then the board of election places the voter's name on the registration books.

POLITICS OF INSPECTOR AND CLERKS.

It is clearly the intention of Section 3 that the two clerks shall belong to opposite political parties from that of the inspector. The theory of the law is that each of the three political parties being within the purview of the law shall have representation on the registration board, and that no one of such parties shall have more than one member of the board.

INTERPRETATION OF THE STATE

CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT.

SCOPE OF ACT.

The law applies:

First. To the election of all officers for whom ballots are cast at an election provided by law.

Second. To the election of all officers to be voted for by the Indiana General Assembly.

Third. To the election of all officers by common councils of cities or the boards of trustees of incorporated towns.

Fourth. To the election of County Superintendents.

Fifth. To all caucuses and primary elections preliminary to any such other elections.

Sixth. To all candidates to be voted for at such elections, caucuses and primary elections. (Sec. 218.)

Meaning of Term "Caucus and Primary Election."

The term "caucus and primary election" includes:

First. All meetings and elections held to nominate a candidate for office or to elect delegates to a nominating convention. Second. Nominating conventions of such delegates. Third. Caucuses of members of the General Assembly. Fourth. Caucuses of the Common Council of any City. Fifth. Caucuses of the Board of Trustees of any incorporated town. (Sec. 218.)

"Political Committee" Defined.

The term "Political Committee" includes every committee or combination of two or more persons to aid or promote the success or defeat of any political party or principle in any election, or of any proposition submitted to a vote at a public election, or to aid or take part in the nomination or election of any candidate for public office. (Sec. 219.)