Murphy v. Wachter

Urner, L,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

By section 186 of Article 33 of the Code of Public General Laws, relating to elections, it is provided, in part, as follows: “At every general registration held in Baltimore City, and in each and every county of the State, subsequent to April 11, 1910, there shall be provided in the registration books a distinct column headed 'party affiliations,’ and the board of registers shall enter in this column the name of the political party, if any, to which the voter is inclined and with which the voter desires to have himself recorded as affiliated. It…