Article V, § 4 — Registration of voters; days for registration; application to strike name from list; appeals; registration as prerequisite for voting

(a) The General Assembly shall enact uniform laws for the registration of voters in this State entitled to vote under this Article, which registration shall be conclusive evidence to the election officers of the right of every person so registered to vote at any general election while the person’s name shall remain on the list of registered voters, and who is not at the time disqualified under the provisions of Section 3 of this Article; and no person shall vote at such general election whose name does not at that time appear in the list of registered voters. (b) There shall be at least 2 registration days in a period commencing not more than 120 days, nor less than 60 days before, and ending not more than 20 days, nor less than 10 days before, each general election, on which registration days persons whose names are not on the list of registered voters established by law for the general election, may apply for registration, and on which registration days applications may be made to strike from the registration list names of persons on the list who are not eligible to vote at the general election; provided, however, that the registration may be corrected as hereinafter provided at any time before the day of holding the election. (c) From the decision of the registration officers granting or refusing registration, or striking or refusing to strike a name or names from the registration list, any person interested, or any registration officer, may appeal to the resident Judge of the County, or in case of disability or absence from the County, to any Judge entitled to sit in the Superior Court, whose determination shall be final; and the Judge shall have power to order any name improperly omitted from the registry to be placed thereon, and any name improperly appearing on the the registry to be stricken therefrom, and any name appearing on the registry, in any manner incorrect, to be corrected, and to make and enforce all necessary orders in the premises for the correction of the registry. Registration shall be a prerequisite for voting only at general elections, at which Representatives to the General Assembly shall be chosen, unless the General Assembly shall otherwise provide by law. (d) The existing laws in reference to the registration of voters, so far as consistent with the provisions of this Article, shall continue in force until the General Assembly shall otherwise provide.