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that it would be clear that everywhere
else in the article by referring to qualified
voter we would mean a voter possessing
the qualifications of section 2.01 who had
registered.
The amendment suggested by Delegate
Koss does not to the Chair seem to inter-
fere with that conclusion but I would like
you to consider it also.
DELEGATE PENNIMAN: It does not
interfere with that conclusion. It leaves
the qualified voter as one who is also
registered.
THE PRESIDENT: I suggest, Delegate
Koss, that you move to suspend the inter-
fering rules so as to offer Amendment No.
11 to section 2.01 as adopted on second
reading. Do you so move?
DELEGATE KOSS: Mr. President, I so
move.
THE PRESIDENT: Is there a second?
(The motion tvas duly seconded.)
THE PRESIDENT: Will the pages
please distribute amendment L, L for
lonely. I understand the amendment is not
back from the printers. Is there any objec-
tion to considering the amendment not-
withstanding the fact that it is not printed?
If you have before you Committee Recom-
mendation S&E-1 as adopted on second
reading, the 16th line reads "shall be eli-
gible to register to vote", the amendment
desired is to strike the words "to register"
so that the line would read "shall be eligi-
ble to vote". The entire sentence would
then read "every citizen of the United
States who has attained the age of nine-
teen years who has been a resident of this
state six months and the house of dele-
gates county in which he offers to vote for
three months next preceding an election
shall be eligible to vote and, if registered,
shall be qualified to vote."
Is there any objection to considering
the amendment notwithstanding the fact
it is not printed? The Chair hears none.
Delegate Koss.
DELEGATE KOSS: Mr. President, all
I want to point out was that house of
delegates district had been stricken in line
13, part of it.
THE PRESIDENT: Sorry. The Chair
overlooked that in reading the effect of
the amendment. The question arises on
motion to suspend all interfering rules to
permit consideration of Amendment No.
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11 to Committee Recommendation S&E-1
and S&E-2, as amended by Report S&D-11.
It requires a roll call vote. A vote Aye is
a vote in favor of suspension of the rules,
a vote No, a vote against. Cast your vote.
(Whereupon, a roll call vote was taken.)
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 98 votes in the affirmative
and none in the negative, the motion
carries. The interfering rules are sus-
pended.
The question now arises on Amendment
No. 11.
Delegate Koss, do you have any further
comment?
DELEGATE KOSS: No, sir.
THE PRESIDENT: Is there any fur-
ther discussion?
(There was no response.)
Are you ready for the question?
(Co.ll for the question.)
The question arises on adoption of
Amendment No. 11 to strike from line 16
in section 2.01 as adopted on second read-
ing the words "to register".
Delegate Boyles.
DELEGATE BOYLES: Mr. President,
I wish you would assure me that being
eligible to vote and being qualified to vote
are two different things.
THE PRESIDENT: I think if I would
read the rest of the sentence, this would
be clear to you. If the amendment is
adopted, the first sentence of section 2.01
would read as follows: "Every citizen of
the United States who has attained the
age of nineteen years who has been a resi-
dent of this State for six months and of
the county in which he offers to vote for
three months next preceding an election
shall be eligible to vote and if registered
shall be qualified to vote in all federal,
state and county elections held in this
State." Sorry. The word "national" is sub-
stituted for the word "federal".
Are you ready for the question?
(Call for the question.)
The question arises on the adoption of
Amendment No. 11. A vote Aye is a vote
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