CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF MARYLAND

	PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968	CONSTITUTION OF 1867
	electoral districts for the election of any na-	ballot; and every citizen of the United
	tional, state, or county officer, then, to vote	States, of the age of twenty-one years, or
	for such an officer, a person shall have been	upwards, who has been a resident of the
	a resident of the electoral district for three	State for one year, and of the Legislative
	months next preceding the election. Removal	District of Baltimore City, or of the county,
	from one electoral district to another elector-	in which he may offer to vote, for six
	al district in this State shall not deprive a	months next preceding the election, shall
	person of his qualification to vote in the elec-	be entitled to vote, in the ward or election
	toral district from which he has removed	district, in which he resides, at all elections
	until three months after his removal.	hereafter to be held in this State; and in
		case any county, or city, shall be so divided
		as to form portions of different electoral
		districts, for the election of Representatives
		in Congress, Senators, Delegates, or other
		Officers, then, to entitle a person to vote
		for such officer, he must have been a resi-
		dent of that part of the county, or city,
		which shall form a part of the electoral
		district, in which he offers to vote, for six
		months next preceding the election; but
		a person, who shall have acquired a resi-
		dence in such county, or city, entitling him
		to vote at any such election, shall be
		entitled to vote in the election district from
		which he removed, until he shall have
		acquired a residence in the part of the
		county, or city, to which he has removed.
	Section 2.02. Voters in Presidential Elections.
	For purposes of voting for president and
	vice president of the United States or for elec-
	tors for those offices, the General Assembly
	shall prescribe by law a lesser residence re-
	quirement for citizens who have resided in
	this State for less than six months.
	Section 2.03. Voters in Municipal Elections.
	A municipal corporation may prescribe by
	law qualifications for voters in its municipal
	elections, subject to any procedures and
	standards that the General Assembly may
	prescribe by law. No municipal corporation
	may prescribe an age requirement of more
	than nineteen years or a residence require-
	ment of more than one year.
	Section 2.04. Voters in United States En-
	claves.
	A person shall not be deemed ineligible to
	vote in any election solely by reason of the
	fact that he resides on land over which the
	United States has been ceded jurisdiction.
	Section 2.05. Property Qualifications.
	Ownership of an interest in property shall
	not be required as a condition for voting ex-
	cept to the extent that nonresident property
	owners may be permitted by law to vote in a

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