CONSTITUTION.
ALL AMENDMENTS ARE INCLUDED IN BRACKETS AND FOLLOW THE
SECTIONS AS ORIGINALLY ADOPTED.
ARTICLE 1.
ELECTIVE FRANCHISE.
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SECTION 1. All elections shall be by ballot; and every |
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white* male citizen of the United States, of the age of twen-
ty-one years, or upwards, who has been a resident of the
State for one year, and of the Legislative District of Balti- |
Elections by
ballot. |
more city. or of the county, in which he may offer to vote. for
six months next preceding the election, shall 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 divided as to form portions of
different electoral districts, for the election of Representa-
tives in Congress, Senators, Delegates, or other Officers, then
to entitle a person to vote for such officer, he mast 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 |
Qualification
of voters. |
person, who shall have acquired a residence in such county
or city, entitling him to vote at any such election, shall be |
Residence. |
entitled to vote in the election district from which he re-
moved, until 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, 80 Md., 518.
Hanna v. Young, 84 Md., 179. Howard v. Skinner, 87 Md., 558. Dav-
idson v. Brice, 91 Md., 688.
SEC. 2. No person above the age of twenty-one years, con- |
Removal. |
victed of larceny or other infamous crime, unless pardoned
by the Governor, shall ever thereafter, be entitled to vote at
any election in this State; and no person under guardian-
ship, 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. |
Disqualifica-
tions. |
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