CONSTITUTION. 21
CONSTITUTION
ALL AMENDMENTS ARE INCLUDED IN BRACKETS AND FOLLOW
THE SECTIONS AS ORIGINALLY ADOPTED.
ARTICLE 1.
ELECTIVE FRANCHISE.
SECTION 1. All elections shall be by ballot; and every
white* male citizen of the United States, of the age of |
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twenty-one years, or upwards, who has been a resident of
the State for one year, and of the Legislative District of
Baltimore city, or of the county, in which he may offer to
vote, for six months next preceding the election, shall |
Elections by
ballot. |
be entitled to vote, in the ward or election district in
which he resides, at all elections hereafter to be held in
this State; and in case any county or city shall be so di-
vided as to form portions of different electoral districts,
for the election of Representatives in Congress, Senators,
Delegates, or other Officers, then to entitle a person to
vote for such officer, he must have been a resident of that
part of the county, or city, which shall form a part of the
electoral district, in which he offers to vote, for six months
next preceding the election; but a person, who shall
have acquired a residence in such county or city, enti-
tling him to vote at any such election, shall be entitled to |
Qualifications
of voters. |
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vote in the election distinct from which he removed, un- |
Residence. |
til he shall have acquired a residence in the part of the
county or city to which he has removed.
Bevard v. Hoffman, 18 Md. 479- Miles v. Bradford, 22 Md. 171-
Shaeffer v. Gilbert, 73 Md. 66, Southerland v. Norris, 74 Md. 326-
Kemp v. Owens, 76 Md. 237. Langhammer v. Munter, So Md-
518. Hanna v. Young, 84 Md. 179. Howard v. Skinner, 87 Md.
558. Davidson v. Brice, 91 Md. 688.
Sec. 2. No person above the age of twenty-one years,
convicted of larceny or other infamous crime, unless par-
doned by the Governor, shall ever thereafter, be entitled |
Removal. |
to vote at any election in this State; and no person un-
der guardianship, as a lunatic, or as a person non compos
mentis, shall be entitled to vote.
State v. Bixler, 62 Md. 354-
*The word "white" became inoperative under the 15th Amendment to the
Constitution of the United States. |
Disqualica-
tions. |
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