Art. 3 Enrollments, Primaries; Five Thousand or More. Section 29. Examination, sealing and custody of enrollment boxes. 30. Certification and secrecy of enrollment. 31. Opening of enrollment box and completion of enroll ment. 32. Special enrollment. 33. Special enrollment for annexed territory. 34. Special enrollment upon becoming of age. 35. Special enrollment after moving. 36. Duplicate enrollment books. 37. Use of duplicate enrollment books at unofficial primaries. 38. Use of original enrollment books at official primaries. 39. Right to enroll and vote at primaries. 40. New enrollment books for changed districts. 41. Enrollment books to be public records; transcripts of enrollment. 42. Publication of enrollment in cities of one million inhabitants. 43. Judicial review of enrollment in cities of one million inhabitants. 44. Correction of enrollment in cities of one million inhabitants, with respect to persons not in sympathy with party. 45. Times and purposes of official primaries. 46. Congressional primaries, and additional primaries in presidential years. 47. Expense of official primaries. 48. Primary districts and polling places. 49. Notice of primaries; hours of voting. 50. Unofficial primaries. 51. Restrictions as to place of primaries. 52. Primary election officers. 53. Appointment and removal of primary election officers. 54. Chairman; compensation of inspectors; oath. 55. Ballots, booths and supplies. 56. Voting at official primary elections. 57. Challenges at official primary elections. 58. Persons within the guard-rail. 59. Watchers; challengers; electioneering. 60. Canvass of votes. 61. Proclamation and statement of result. 62. Certificates of election; preservation of ballots. §§ 20, 21 Enrollments, Primaries; Five Thousand or More. Section 63. Canvass of statements of result. Art. 3 64. Committees, and rules and regulations of parties. 65. Organization of committees and adoption of rules. 66. Conventions; apportionment of delegates. 67. Organization of conventions. 68. Contested seats. 69. Substitution of delegates; date of convention. 70. Jurisdiction of, and review by, the courts. 71. Direct nomination of candidates at primary elections. 72. Application of this article to political parties. 73. Application of this article to cities of the third class and villages. 74. Perjury. § 20. Application of article. Except as otherwise herein provided, this article shall be controlling: (1) on the methods of enrolling the voters of a party in cities and in villages having five thousand inhabitants or more, according to the last preceding federal or state enumeration; (2) on primary elections in such cities and villages; (3) on party conventions in and for any political subdivision of the state, made up wholly or partly of delegates elected in any such city or village; (4) on the choice, in such cities and villages, of the members of political committees and on the conduct of political committees, in and for any political subdivision of the state, made up wholly or partly of members from any such city or village; provided, that in case territory to which this article is not applicable shall at any time become incorporated with a city or village to which it shall then be applicable, only the provisions of sections twenty-two to twenty-six, inclusive, of this article shall apply to such new territory prior to the first day of registration thereafter. Formerly L. 1898, ch. 179, § 1, as am'd by L. 1899, ch. 473, § 1. The § 21. Definitions and construction. The terms used in this article shall, for the purposes of this article, have application as provided in this section, unless other meaning is clearly apparent from the language or context, or manifest intent. term "committee" shall apply to any committee chosen in pursuance hereof, or of the rules and regulations of a party, to represent the members of the party in any political subdivision of the state. The term "general committee" shall apply to the county committees in the various counties of this state in which are located any of the cities or villages to which this article is applicable, and in the city of New York to the county committee, the city committee, Art. 3 Enrollments, Primaries; Five Thousand or More. §§ 22, 23 if any, and such borough committees as may be established by any party. The term "convention" shall apply to any convention of a political party, in and for any political subdivision of the state. The term primary election" shall apply to any primary of a political party in any political subdivision of the state to which this article is applicable. The term "unit of representation" shall apply to an election district, a ward of a city, an assembly district, a congressional district, a senatorial district, or any other political subdivision of the state which, by the rules and regulations of a party, may be the unit from which members of any political convention or committee to which this article is applicable, shall be chosen. The term "custodian of primary records" shall apply to those officers or boards whose duty it is, by the provisions of this chapter, to provide official ballots for general elections in the respective cities and villages to which this article is applicable. The term "party" shall apply to any political organization which at the last preceding election of a governor polled at least ten thousand votes for governor. No organization or association of citizens for the election of city officers shall be deemed a political party within the meaning of this article, and membership in any such organization or association shall not prevent a voter from enrolling with, and acting as a member of, a political party. Formerly L. 1898, ch. 179, § 2, as am'd by L. 1899, ch. 473, § 1. § 22. Enrollment books. The custodian of primary records shall cause to be prepared on or before the fifteenth day of September in each year, original enrollment books to the number of two for each election district. Such enrollment books shall be so arranged that the names of all voters of the election district may be inscribed therein alphabetically. Said books shall be delivered by the custodian of primary records to the election inspectors of the respective election districts immediately before the first day of registration in each year. Formerly L. 1898, ch. 179, § 3, subd. 1 part, as am'd by L. 1899, ch. 473, 1; L. 1900, ch. 225, § 1; L. 1903, ch. 111, § 1; L. 1905, ch. 674, § 1, and L. 1908, ch. 456, § 1. § 23. Enrollment books except in cities of one million inhabitants and of second class. In cities of the first class containing a population of over three hundred thousand and less than five hundred thousand and cities of the third class to which this chapter is made applicable pursuant to section seventy-three, such enrollment books shall be so arranged and printed that there shall be fourteen columns on each page: the §§ 24, 25 Enrollments, Primaries; Five Thousand or More. Art. 3 first for the enrollment numbers of the voters; the second for the surnames of the voters; the third for the christian names of the voters; the fourth for their residence addresses; the fifth for the word "yes"; the sixth for the name of the party, if any, with which the voter shall enroll; the seventh for an entry to show a special enrollment; the eighth for the record of transfer or removal from one election district to another; the ninth for the word "voted" in case the voter votes at the first official primary election of the year; the tenth for a record as to challenges in case he is challenged thereat; the eleventh and twelfth columns for similar entries in case he votes at the second official primary election; and the thirteenth and fourteenth columns for similar entries in case there be a third official primary election or an unofficial primary election. Formerly L. 1898, ch. 179, § 3, subd. 1 part, as am'd by L. 1899, ch. 473, § 1; L. 1900, ch. 225, § 1; L. 1903, ch. 111, § 1; L. 1905, ch. 674, § 1, and L. 1908, ch. 456, § 1. § 24. Enrollment books in cities of one million inhabitants and of second class. The enrollment books prepared for election districts within a city of the first or second class except as herein before provided, shall be So arranged and printed that there shall be twelve columns on each page: the first for the enrollment numbers of the voters; the second for the surnames of voters; the third for the christian. names of the voters; the fourth for their residence addresses; the fifth for the word " yes"; the sixth for the name of the party, if any, with which the voter shall enroll; the seventh for the word "voted" in case the voter votes at the first official primary election of the year; the eighth for a record as to challenges in case he is challenged thercat; the ninth and tenth columns for similar entries in case he votes at the second official primary election; and the eleventh and twelfth columns for similar entries in case there be a third official primary election or an unofficial primary election. Formerly L. 1898, ch. 179, § 3, subd. 1 part, as am'd by L. 1899. ch. 473, § 1; L. 1900, ch. 225, § 1; L. 1903, ch. 111, § 1; L. 1905, ch. 674, 1, and L. 1908, ch. 456, § 1. The § 25. Voting booths and enrollment boxes. custodian of primary records shall cause at least two voting booths of the same kind and description as voting booths used at general elections, to be erected in each place of registration, before the first. day of registration in each year, and such booths shall be and remain in said places of registration during the registration at the Art. 3 Enrollments, Primaries; Five Thousand or More. 8 26 four regular meetings for registration during that year; and it shall be the duty of the custodian of primary records to furnish in each voting booth so erected the same articles as are required by law to be placed therein for a general election, which articles shall remain therein during such registration. He shall also provide in like manner one enrollment box in each place of registration of sufficient capacity to hold all the enrollment blanks and envelopes which are to be furnished for such place of registration, which shall be similar to the ballot boxes prescribed by law to be used at a general election. Formerly L. 1898, ch. 179, § 3, subd. 1 part, as am'd by L. 1899, ch. 473, § 1; L. 1900, ch. 225, § 1; L. 1903, ch. 111, § 1; L. 1905, ch. 674, § 1, and L. 1908, ch. 456, § 1. § 26. Enrollment blanks and envelopes. There shall also be prepared and distributed by the custodian of primary records in the manner and at public expense as provided in this chapter for the furnishing of official ballots, such a number of enrollment blanks and envelopes for each election district to the primary elections of which this article is applicable, as will exceed by two hundred the total number of voters registered in such district at the last preceding general election. The enrollment blanks shall be printed on white paper, and on the face thereof shall be printed the following, or the substance thereof, the blanks to be filled in in type so far as possible: "Primary Enrollment for the Year.. City (or Village) of... ; County of... ....Assembly District (or Ward); District; Enrollment number... Name of voter.. "I, ; .Election who have placed a mark underneath the party emblem hereunder of my choice, do solemnly declare that I have this day registered as a voter for the next ensuing election, and that I am a qualified voter of the election district in which I have so registered, and that my residence address is as stated by me at the time I so registered; that I am in general sympathy with the principles of the party which I have designated by my mark hereunder; that 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; and that I have not enrolled with or participated in any primary election or convention of any other party since the first day of last year. The word 'party' as used herein means a political organization |