They shall be kept on file for one year from, the day of the next ensuing official primary. Added by L. 1914, ch. 244, in effect Apr. 8, 1914. See, generally, Matter of Werther (1916), 94 Misc. 681, 158 N. Y. Supp. 321. § 14-c. Special enrollment for certain voters failing to enroll on election or registration days in the year nineteen hundred and sixteen. Any voter who was a member of the national guard of the state enlisted in the military service of the United States on the Mexican border or elsewhere and who failed to enroll at the general election held on the seventh day of November, nineteen hundred and sixteen, or upon any day of registration preceding such election by reason of his absence on such service from the election district in which he would have been entitled to enroll on such election day or registration days, may at any time between the first and thirtieth days of June, both inclusive, in the year nineteen hundred and seventeen, become specially enrolled in any party and have his name added to the original enrollment 'books in the 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 ... trict (or of the of the town of... ward of the city of.... assembly dis..), (or ; that during the months of October and November I was a mem ber of company regiment, national guard of the state of New York, enlisted in the military service of the United States and stationed at in the ; that I was necessarily absent from such election district on the last preceding election and registration days engaged in such military service; 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. request that I be specially enrolled with the I therefore 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 section. The mailing of such statement and application from any point within the jurisdiction of such custodian, addressed to such custodian at his office, properly sealed with postage prepaid, on or after the first day of June and before the first day of July, nineteen hundred and seventeen, shall be a sufficient compliance with the requirements of this section. Upon receiving such statement the custodian of primary records shall enroll such voter with the party of his choice in the original enrollment books for the proper election district in the same manner as upon an enrollment blank deposited on one of the days of registration or on the day of general election; except that above the surname of the voter shall be written the word "special," and above the christian name the date of the filing or postmark of mailing 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 already enrolled in such election district. The custodian of primary records shall indorse 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. Added by L. 1917, ch. 711, in effect June 1, 1917. § 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 that day of January and not later than the second Tu in the year next body became a party, succeeding that in which such indep 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: city (or village or town) of 66 Primary enrollment for year ........ ; county of (or ward or town); 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). Residing at (The voter here inserts his residence) Party (Insert Emblem) О "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. Derivation: Added by L. 1911, ch. 891, § 16, amended by L. 1913, eh. 587. In effect May 17, 1913. § 16. Duplicate enrollment books. The custodian of primary records shall annually provide a true copy, duly certified, for the state superintendent of elections and for each party of so much of the said enrollment books as will give the names, addresses and political affiliation of each voter. The said custodian shall, in the month of February of each year, deliver one such certified copy to the state superintendent of elections and the chairman of the proper county committee of each such party. Such certified copies shall conform in all respects to the form of the original enrollment books, or to the portion transcribed, as the case may be. The custodian of primary records shall certify to such chairman that each such copy is a correct |