CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF MARYLAND

	PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968	CONSTITUTION OF 1867
		remove the above penalty and all other
		penalties upon the vote seller so as to place
		the penalties for the purchase of votes on
		the vote buyer alone.
		Sec* 4. It shall be the duty of the
		General Assembly to pass Laws to punish,
		with fine and imprisonment, any person,
		who shall remove into any election district,
		or precinct of any ward of the City of
		Baltimore, not for the purpose of acquiring
		a bona fide residence therein, but for the
		purpose of voting at an approaching elec-
		tion, or, who shall vote in any election
		district, or ward, in which he does not
		reside (except in the case provided for in
		this Article), or shall, at the same election,
		vote in more than one election district, or
		precinct, or shall vote, or offer to vote,
		in any name not his own, or in place of
		any other person of the same name, or shall
		vote in any county in which he does not
		reside.
		Sec. 5. The General Assembly shall pro-
		vide by Law for a uniform Registration of
		the names of all the voters in this State,
		who possess the qualifications prescribed in
		this Article, which Registration shall be
		conclusive evidence to the Judges of election
		of the right of every person, thus registered,
		to vote at any election thereafter held in
		this State; but no person shall vote, at any
		election, Federal or State, hereafter to be
		held in this State, or at any municipal
		election in the City of Baltimore, unless his
		name appears in the list of registered voters;
		the names of all persons shall be added to
		the list of qualified voters by the officers of
		Registration, who have the qualifications
		prescribed in the first section of this Article,
		and who are not disqualified under the
		provisions of the second and third sections
		thereof.
		Art. III, sec. 42. The General Assembly
		shall pass Laws necessary for the preserva-
		tion of the purity of Elections.
		Art. III, sec. 47. The General Assembly,
		shall make provisions for all cases of con-
		tested elections of any of the officers, not
		herein provided for.
		Art. III, sec. 49. The General Assembly
		shall have power to regulate by Law, not
		inconsistent with this Constitution, all mat-
		ters which relate to the Judges of election,
		time, place and manner of holding elections
		in this State, and of making returns thereof.

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