A. A voter may change the voter's designated party affiliation by executing a new certificate of registration indicating the change of party affiliation.
B. A voter who has previously declined to designate a party affiliation but who desires to designate a party affiliation shall execute a new certificate of registration indicating the desired party affiliation.
C. A voter who does not designate on the certificate of registration a party affiliation shall be considered to have declined to designate a party affiliation.
History: 1953 Comp., § 3-4-13, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 71; 1971, ch. 317, § 6; 1975, ch. 255, § 39; 1993, ch. 314, § 14; 1993, ch. 316, § 14; 1995, ch. 198, § 8; 2011, ch. 137, § 32.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2011 amendment, effective July 1, 2011, provided that a voter who does not designate a party affiliation shall be deemed to have declined to designate a party affiliation.
The 1995 amendment, effective April 6, 1995, substituted "a certificate of registration" for "an application" in Subsections A and B, and deleted former Subsections C and D relating to the contents of the application and the period of retention by the county clerk.
The 1993 amendment, effective June 18, 1993, deleted "Affidavit of" preceding "Registration" in the section heading and "and sworn to" following "subscribed" in Subsection C, and substituted "certificate" for "affidavit" in the second sentence in Subsection D.