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We have gone a long distance so that the
people will have an opportunity to vote for
the president of the United States.
Moreover, despite what Delegate Chabot
said, the first section of section 3 would
give the General Assembly, if in its wisdom
the day should come that it wanted to have
former citizens voting in Maryland elec-
tions, the right to establish lesser residence
requirements.
I do not think we should clutter up the
constitution with what might be fine social
and political theory, but which would be
completely unenforceable unless the nation
established a nationwide computer system.
I see no place for it in the constitution.
I hope you would support Delegate Han-
son's amendment.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Koss, be-
fore we vote on this, may the Chair in-
quire whether the second sentence, the one
that is subject to this amendment, is in-
tended to apply only with respect to voting
on president and vice-president of the
United States?
DELEGATE CHABOT: Yes, sir.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Penniman,
would you please note it.
DELEGATE PENNIMAN: Yes.
Are you ready for the question?
(Call for the question.)
THE CHAIRMAN: The Clerk will
please ring the quorum bell.
The question arises on the adoption of
Amendment No. 13 to Committee Recom-
mendation S&E-2.
A vote Aye is a vote in favor of Amend-
ment No. 13. A vote No is a vote against.
Cast your votes.
Has every delegate voted? Does any dele-
gate desire to change his vote?
(There was no response.)
The Clerk will record the vote.
There being 66 votes in the affirmative
and 44 in the negative, the motion carries.
The amendment is adopted.
DELEGATE BLAIR: I would like to
rise to a point of personal privilege.
THE CHAIRMAN: State the privilege.
DELEGATE BLAIR: I would like to
announce the presence in the gallery of a
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member of the House of Delegates from
the Sixth District of Baltimore City, Mrs.
Margaret Murphy, and two of her friends,
Mrs. Isabel Pletka and Mrs. Marie Hasenie.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delighted to have
them here.
Delegate Bennett.
DELEGATE BENNETT: Mr. Chair-
man, I rise to suggest that you welcome to
the gallery in the rear former Assistant
Secretary of State, Ambassador to Fin-
land, and one time Associate Ambassador
to the United Nations, Mr. Jack McFall
and his wife. He has come here at my sug-
gestion to check on my statement that we
are making more progress with fewer
words and less rhetoric than the United
Nations.
(Applause.)
THE CHAIRMAN: Delighted to have
them.
DELEGATE BENNETT: Also, Mr.
Chairman, if I may introduce my very
delightful daughter and her husband, Mr.
and Mrs. Humbert.
(Applause.)
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Bamberger,
is your amendment ready yet? Very well.
We will proceed to consideration of the
Minority Report with respect to section 7,
Minority Report S&E-2(A). The Chair rec-
ognizes Delegate Byrnes to present the re-
port. Before the minority report is pre-
sented, Delegate Koss, do you want to make
further presentation? Delegate Schloeder
will make the presentation concerning this
section on behalf of the committee.
DELEGATE SCHLOEDER: Mr. Chair-
man, ladies and gentlemen of the Conven-
tion, I am awfully sorry to impose upon
your time this way on behalf of the Com-
mittee but there will be a minority report
on this particular section and the feeling
of the Committee is that we would like to
present further our arguments for the sec-
tion that we have submitted for your
approval.
You will notice that section 7 provides
for general elections in three of four years.
What we have done is model this section
after the present situation in Baltimore
City where there are separate elections for
mayor, for governor, and for president.
This proposal would mean that the
county elections would be the same as Bal-
timore City's and we feel that this is con-
sistent with the constitutional provision in
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