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THE CHAIRMAN: The Pages will
please distribute Amendment D — "D" for
delay. This will be Amendment No. 3.
For what purpose does Delegate Ulrich
rise?
DELEGATE ULRICH: A personal
privilege.
At this time I would like the Committee
of the Whole to welcome my bridge playing
partners, of whom I have been very neg-
lectful, lately, Mrs. Culver Windsor, Mr.
Windsor, and their friends Mrs. Robert Lee
and Mrs. Lee's daughter, Mary Lee.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Kahl.
DELEGATE KAHL: On behalf of the
Convention, I would like to express sincere
best wishes to Miss Susan Phillips of the
Associated Press, who is celebrating her
21st birthday today.
(Applause.)
THE CHAIRMAN: The Clerk will read
Amendment No. 3.
READING CLERK: Amendment No. 3
to Committee Recommendation EB-2 by
Delegate Johnson:
On page 1 section 4, Attorney General
in line 11 strike out the words "must be
a citizen of" and insert in lieu thereof the
following :
"shall have been a qualified voter in".
THE CHAIRMAN: The amendment hav-
ing been submitted by Delegate Johnson, is
there a second?
The amendment is seconded.
The Chair recognizes Delegate Johnson.
DELEGATE JOHNSON: Mr. Chairman
and ladies and gentlemen of the Committee
of the Whole: This is a very simple amend-
ment to bring the office of attorney general
in line with the qualifications for the office
of governor, lieutenant governor and
comptroller.
I submit that there should be no differ-
ence between the qualifications with respect
to the office of attorney general than with
respect to any other offices in the executive
branch.
If this amendment is adopted, you will
see that it will require — to be eligible for
election as attorney general — a person
shall have been a qualified voter of the
State, or voter in the State, and a member
of the bar of the State for at least five
years.
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I would like to point out to you that
under our existing Constitution, section 4
of Article V, an attorney general must not
only be a citizen but must also be a quali-
fied voter, and in addition to those two
provisions he must also be a resident and
a practicing attorney for a period of ten
years.
Under the majority Committee's Recom-
mendation it is possible, although admit-
tedly unlikely, that an individual need not
be a qualified voter to run for the office
of attorney general, and consequently un-
able to vote for himself or herself.
I urge the adoption of this amendment.
THE CHAIRMAN: Are there any ques-
tions of the sponsor?
Delegate Morgan.
DELEGATE MORGAN: Mr. Chairman,
I have no objection to this amendment. I
do not know whether any other members of
the Committee have, but unless there is
some objection from the Committee, the
Committee will accept this amendment.
THE CHAIRMAN: Does any other mem-
ber of the Committee object to the amend-
ment?
Apparently not.
Delegate Dukes.
DELEGATE DUKES: Delegate John-
son, does "qualified voter" mean you have
to be a registered voter all that time or
you just have to meet all qualifications
regardless of whether or not you have
registered?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Johnson.
DELEGATE JOHNSON: It is certainly
my own opinion, although this particular
provision in this new constitution has not
been defined I believe it has been defined
heretofore, and I would say that "qualified
voter" means a registered voter, that one
must be a registered voter.
THE CHAIRMAN: The Chair would
comment that is the intent of Committee
Recommendation S&E-2.
Are you ready for the question?
(Call for the question.)
Ring the quorum bell, please.
The question arises on the adoption of
Amendment No. 3 to Committee Recom-
mendation EB-2.
A vote Aye is a vote in favor of Amend-
ment No. 3. A vote No is a vote against.
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