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PUBLIC LAW 87-389-OCT. 4, 1961

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(9) Paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 7(b) of such Act of August 69 Stat. 700. 12, 1955 (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1107), are hereby amended to read as follows: "(2) he executes a registration affidavit by signature or mark (unless prevented by physical disability) on the form prescribed by the Board pursuant to subsection (c) showing that he meets each of the requirements specified in section 2(2) for a qualified elector or qualifies under procedures established by the Board under paragraph 1105^' ^°^^ ^' (6) of subsection (a) of section 5 of this Act, and, if he desires to vote in a party election, such form shall show his political party affiliation." (10) Section 7(c) of such Act of August 12, 1955 (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1107), is amended by striking " (b)(3) " and inserting in lieu thereof " (b)(2) ". (11) The first sentence of subsection (d) of section 7 of such Act of August 12, 1955 (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1107), is amended to read as follows: "The registry shall be open from January 1 until forty-five days before the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November during each presidential election year except the forty-five day period which ends on the first Tuesday in May, and except as provided by the Board in the case of a special election. The Board may close the registry on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays." (12) So much of subsection (a) of section 8 of such Act of August 12, 1955 (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1108), as precedes clause (1) is amended to read as follows: " (a) Candidates for office participating in an election of the officials referred to in clauses (1), (2), and (3) of the first section of this Act and of officials designated pursuant to clause (4) of such section shall be the persons registered under section 7 of this Act who have been nominated for such office by a petition—". (13) Section 8 of such Act of August 12, 1955 (D.C. Code, sec. 11108), is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsections: " (d) Each political party who has had its candidate elected as President of the United States after January 1, 1950, shall be entitled to nominate candidates for presidential electors. The executive committee of the organization recognized by the national committee of each such party as the official organization of that party in the District of Columbia shall nominate by appropriate means the presidential electors for that party. Nominations shall be made by message to the Board of Elections on or before September 1 next preceding a presidential election. "(e) The names of the candidates of each political party for President and Vice President shall be placed on the ballot under' the title and device, if any, of that party as designated by the duly authorized committee of the organization recognized by the national committee of that party as the official organization of that party in the District. The form of the ballot shall be determined by the Board. The position on the ballot of names of candidates for President and Vice President shall be determined by lot. The names of persons nominated as candidates for electors of President and Vice President shall not appear on the ballot. "(f) A political party which does not qualify under subsection (d) of this section may have the names of its candidates for President and Vice President of the United States printed on the general election ballot provided a petition nominating the appropriate number of candidates for presidential electors signed by at least 5 per centum of registered qualified electors of the District of Columbia, as of July 1 of the year in which the election is to be held is presented to the Board on or before August 15 preceding the date of the presidential election.

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