As Amended
SEC. 23-15-35. Clerk of municipality to be registrar; registration books; form of application for registration; registration of county electors by clerk.
(1) The clerk of the municipality shall be the registrar of voters thereof, and shall take the oath of office prescribed by Section 268 of the Constitution. The governing authorities shall provide suitable municipal registration books, which shall conform as nearly as practicable to the county registration books. The registrar shall, as nearly as may be practicable, and where not otherwise provided, comply with all the provisions of law regarding state and county elections in keeping and maintaining such registration books and in registering voters thereon. Applications for registration as electors of the municipality shall be made upon a triplicate form provided by and prepared at the expense of the county registrar, which form shall conform as nearly as practicable to the application for registration form provided for in Section 23-15-39.
(2) The municipal clerk shall be authorized to register applicants as county electors. The municipal clerk shall forward notice of registration, a copy of the application for registration, and any changes to such registration when they occur, either by certified mail to the county registrar or by personal delivery to the county registrar provided that a numbered receipt is signed by such registrar in return for the described documents. Upon receipt of the copy of the application for registration or changes to such registration, and if a review of same indicates that the applicant meets all the criteria necessary to qualify as a county elector, then the county registrar shall make a determination of the county voting precinct in which the person making the application shall be required to vote. The county registrar shall send this county voting precinct information by United States first-class mail, postage prepaid, to such person at the address provided on the application. Any and all mailing costs incurred by the municipal clerk or the county registrar in effectuating this subsection shall be paid by the county board of supervisors. If a review of the copy of the application for registration or changes to such registration indicates that the applicant is not qualified to vote in said county, the county registrar shall challenge such application. The county election commissioners shall review any such challenge or disqualification, after having notified the applicant by certified mail of such challenge or disqualification.
(3) The municipal clerk shall issue to the person making the application a copy of such application upon which has been written the municipal voting precinct in which said person shall vote. The registrar shall assign a voter registration number to such person, which shall be that person's Social Security number if a Social Security number has been issued to such person, and is provided by such person, and said voter registration number shall be clearly shown on the application.
(4) The receipt of a copy of the application for registration sent pursuant to Section 23-15-39 (3) shall be sufficient to allow the applicant to be registered as an elector in the municipality, provided that such application is not challenged as provided for therein.
SOURCES: Derived from 1972 Code Sec. 21-11-3 [Codes, 1892, Sec. 3029; 1906, Sec. 3434; Hemingway's 1917, Sec. 5994; 1930, Sec. 2596; 1942, Sec. 3374-61; Laws, 1904, ch. 158; 1950, ch. 491, Sec. 61; 1984, ch 457, Sec. 3; Repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 495, Sec. 329]; En, Laws, 1986, ch. 495, Sec. 10; 1988, ch. 350, Sec. 5, eff from and after November 29, 1988 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection to the amendment).