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article on redistricting stated in terms of
the possibility of such a possible eventu-
ality developing.
DELEGATE HANSON: Mr. President,
Delegate Cardin has, I believe, satisfac-
torily answered the question. 'And that is
that a person lives somewhere, and when
the districts are drawn, he will then have
lived in that district for at least a period
of three months. I think that response
takes care of my second question in part.
I am not sure it does fully.
We are dealing with the problem of
multiple districts in which a person will
live simultaneously in a legislative dis-
trict, a councilmanic district, and possibly
a congressional district. By virtue of mov-
ing he will remain in two but not in a
third. In such an eventuality what kind of
administrative problems may we be creat-
ing on election day to determine whether
a person is qualified to vote in all three
elections?
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Koss.
DELEGATE KOSS: My only answer to
that could be that he is therefore not
qualified to vote in the one election.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Hanson.
DELEGATE HANSON: Would this re-
quire some additional constitutional lan-
guage, or at least some implementing: lan-
guage? Will this be taken care of by
legislation?
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Hanson,
the Chair recalls a good bit of this matter
in the Committee of the Whole, and the
suggestion that by use of modern data
processing and other electronic devices,
there really is no problem in this area that
could not be solved by appropriate legisla-
tive and administrative action.
Delegate Schloeder.
DELEGATE SCHLOEDER: I just want
to underscore the Chair's remarks, and
say that the intent of the Committee was
exactly as Mrs. Cardin said in her response
to Delegate Hanson's first question. The
intent of the Committee was very clearly
that the voter would have to live some-
where, and would then vote in the old dis-
trict, and in answer to the second part of
Delegate Hanson's question, it was made
very clear to us by Board of Election
Supervisors that there would not be any
real administrative problems as far as
this was concerned.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Cardin.
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DELEGATE CARDIN: Mr. President,
in view of the problems that have arisen,
I would like to offer with the consent of
the Chairman, and with the other spon-
sors, this one minor style change. I, my-
self, at present live in the second sena-
torial, third legislative, seventh legislative
district. I live in three different districts.
The county knows where I live, and where
I am registered.
If we look at line 7 and we were to re-
word that, if any county is divided to
form different electoral districts or por-
tions thereof, perhaps that might ease
some of the problems.
Delegate Koss, did you follow this sug-
gestion?
DELEGATE KOSS: Delegate Cardin,
I am advised to accept it.
THE PRESIDENT: The suggestion is
that the amendment be further modified
to strike from line 7 the word "portions"
and from line 8 the words "of different",
and after the words "or electoral districts"
in line 8 to add the words "or portions
thereof".
Is there any objection to the modifica-
tion?
DELEGATE CARDIN: It is to delete
"portions" on line 7 and "of" on line 8?
THE PRESIDENT: You are quite cor-
rect. I follow. The proposed amendment
is to delete the word "portions" in line 7,
and the word "of" in line 8, and to add,
after the word "districts" in line 8, the
words "or portions thereof".
Is there any objection to the modifica-
tion as stated?
The Chair hears none; the modifications
will be made.
Lines 7 and 8 now read: "If any county
is divided to form different electoral dis-
tricts or portions thereof for the".
Delegate Cardin, do you have a further
comment?
DELEGATE CARDIN: I would just
like to clarify that line 12 perhaps needs
to be changed for similar construction to
"of that electoral district or portions there-
of", or shall we leave it "electoral dis-
trict" with the understanding that it would
encompass the previous change?
THE PRESIDENT: The Chair suggests
to Delegate Penniman, if line 12 is not
changed on the floor, the Committee on
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