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day and age that should not be a requirement for voting.

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Secondly, there are other municipalities who

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require that in order to be eligible to be elected as an

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officer of that municipality you have to in fact be a

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property owner.

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Again, in 1967, we felt that had no place in

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our constitution. To take this out would permit these

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practices to continue on, and the committee felt very

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strongly that this should not be permitted.

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For these reasons, I urge you to reject this

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amendment.

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THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Fox.

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DELEGATE FOX: Mr. Chairman, I only want to say

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that I am not in favor of requiring that people own property

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in order to vote, as I believe that is an unconstitutional

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provision wherever it may be found.

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THE PRESIDENT: Is there any other discussion?

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Delegate Beatrice Miller.

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DELEGATE BEATRICE MILLER: Mr. Chairman,

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I have a question.

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If we take this out, would it be possible then