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Is Delegate Hardwicke here?

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Delegate Hardwicke, Delegate Grant directs

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attention to the fact that on Section 2.06 on page 6, the

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General Assembly is directly authorized to prescribe by

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law disqualifications from voting in any event by reason of

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conviction of serious, crime, and on page 65, Section 3, is

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the schedule of legislation, and there are interim provis-

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ions for disqualifications from voting. It raises the

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question of whether the inclusion of Section 3 in the

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schedule of legislation is intended in any way as a

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definition of what is meant by the words "serious crime"

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in Section 2.06.

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Delegate Hardwicke.

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DELEGATE HARDWICKE: I think in a measure,

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Delegate Grant, it is a definition.

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Let me say that Section 3 on page 65 is excerpted

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from Article 33, Sections 3, 4, and 5 of the present

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annotated Code and that was the attempt of the existing

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Legislature to define the term. This is our interim

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attempt to continue that in our statute law.

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THE PRESIDENT: But you do not mean to indicate,