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Sections 2. 02 and 2.03 have been switched
around because it seems obvious we should
follow voters in national, state, and county
elections, and those who have voted in
presidential elections and to put voters in
municipal elections separately. In the new
2.03, the one on voters in municipal elec-
tions in line 9 "nor" was changed as it
should have been to "or".
In section 6 we added the words "by
law". That is in lines 37 and 38 to make
it conform with the normal way of han-
dling it. That is lines 37 and 38.
Section 2.07, line 8 is another of the in-
stances where we will revert to provide to
be more accurate because it does not give
in detail the supervision, but it provides
for the supervision.
On the same page 7, in section 2.09, we
changed the "most votes" to the "highest
number of votes" in conformity with its
usage elsewhere in this constitution.
In line 24, under Referendum, we
changed the word "passed" to "enacted"
because "enacted" includes not only pas-
sage by the General Assembly and signing
by the Governor or the passage after veto
over the Governor's veto, by the requisite
majority.
On page 8, section 2.12 under Suspen-
sion, lines 22 and 23, we simply again put
it in the style which has been the custom
throughout the affirmative votes of three
fifths of all of the members of each house.
In section 2.13, line 44, we put back in
the word "provided". In line 46, we re-
moved some words in the title which did
not seem to be necessary. We did, through-
out, seek to reduce the size of the titles or
subsections because we did not think it
was necessary to make them too long.
On page 9 in the last section, Article 2,
we added "nor any law" to make sure.
This is in line 9, rather than say "or
granting" to make sure we are talking
about a separate set of laws. These are
picking up merely those which are listed
elsewhere which was 3.23 and is now 3.22.
I think those are all in Article 2.
Are there any questions of the Commit-
tee Chairman as to the style changes in
Article 2?
Delegate Grant.
DELEGATE GRANT: On page 6, line
9, where you have changed "nor" to "or",
which I believe to be a grammatical
change, I would like the record to be abun-
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dantly clear that you mean that you have
two prohibitions.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Penniman.
DELEGATE PENNIMAN: That is cor-
rect. There are two prohibitions. They can-
not set an age greater than nineteen years;
they cannot set a residence requirement of
more than one year.
DELEGATE GRANT: Also in line 37
of section 2.06, which you have to look at
in conjunction with line 46 and line 47 on
page 65, in this particular section you
have "conviction of a serious crime", and
that is presumed that the legislature will
then define what a serious crime is.
On section 3 on page 35 of the inner
provisions, there is an old section put out
of the Constitution. It says "No person
convicted of a felony or serious crime shall
be entitled to vote". Have you undertaken
a decision as to what is a serious crime?
DELEGATE PENNIMAN: You have
me at a great disadvantage. What I have
in front of me ends on page 64.
THE PRESIDENT: The other is a
schedule of legislation.
DELEGATE PENNIMAN: We did not
concern ourselves with a schedule of legis-
lation. This is one which the Chairman has
told us can be changed by the legislature.
It is one on which we were not to spend
time and so the question of relating that
back to Article 2 is one which I would not
address myself to. We have section 2.06
as it came to us from the Convention. Now,
I presume they may be seeking to cover
the same thing, but it is a substantive
question.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Grant I
would take it the question is one of sub-
stance rather than style.
DELEGATE GRANT: I believe it to be
one of substance, Mr. Chairman, but in
view of the fact that you have one defini-
tion in one place and apparently either
another definition or a definition of the
definition that is on page 6, you have to
almost consider both of them at this time
to see if it would be desirable to make
a change on page 6.
THE PRESIDENT: I am only saying I
do not think the question is one properly
address to Delegate Pennim'an. It may be
a proper question.
Delegate Koss, did you understand the
question that was raised, or perhaps this
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