CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION STUDY DOCUMENTS [SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS] COMPARISON
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Headnotes
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Present
Constitution
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Constitution of
1867
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Constitution of
1864
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Constitution of
1851
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Constitution of
1776
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Amendments to
1776 Constitution
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State officers, and the aggre-
ate home vote in each dis-
trict respectively for Mem-
bers of Congress.
Sec. 15. The Governor
shall make known to the
officers of the State Regi-
ments the provisions of this
Article of the Schedule, and
request them to exercise the
rights hereby conferred upon
them, and shall take all
means proper to secure the
soldiers' vote; and the Gen-
eral Assembly, at its first
session after the adoption of
this Constitution shall make
proper appropriation to pay
any expense that may arise
herein.
Sec. 16. If this Constitu-
tion shall be adopted by the
people, the provisions con-
tained herein for taking the
soldiers' vote on the adoption
of the Constitution shall
apply to all elections to be
held in this State until the
General Assembly shall pro-
vide some other mode of
taking the same.
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Election proce-
dure: Disfran-
chisement of
lunatics, non
compos mentis,
and those con-
victed of lar-
ceny and infam-
ous crimes; par-
dons by Gov-
ernor.
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Sec. 2. No person above
the age of twenty-one years,
convicted of larceny, or
other infamous crime, unless
pardoned by the Governor,
shall ever thereafter be en-
titled to vote at any election
in this State; and no person
under guardianship, as a
lunatic, or, as a person non
compos mentis, shall be en-
titled to vote.
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Sec. 2. No person above
the age of twenty-one years,
convicted of larceny, or
other infamous crime, unless
pardoned by the Governor,
shall ever thereafter be en-
titled to vote at any election
in this State; and no person
under guardianship, as a
lunatic, or, as a person non
compos mentis, shall be en-
titled to vote.
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Sec. 3. No person above
the age of twenty-one years,
convicted of larceny or other
inframous crime, unless par-
doned by the Governor, shall
ever thereafter be entitled to
vote at any election in this
State, and no lunatic, or per- •
son non compos mentis, shall
be entitled to vote.
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Sec. 5. That no person
above the age of twenty-one
years, convicted of larceny
or other infamous crime, un-
less he shall be pardoned by
the Executive, shall ever
thereafter be entitled to vote
at any election in this State,
and no person under guar-
dianship as a lunatic, or as
a person non compos mentis,
shall be entitled to vote.
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Election proce-
dure: Bribes,
procuring of
votes. Disquali-
fication from
holding: office
following con-
viction; removal
of said penalty
by Legislature.
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Sec. 3. If any person shall
give, or offer to give, directly
or indirectly, any bribe, pre-
sent, or reward, or any prom-
ise, or any security, for the
payment, or the delivery of
money, or any other thing, to
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Sec. 3. If any person shall
give, or offer to give, directly
or indirectly, any bribe,
present, or reward, or any
promise, or any security for
the payment, or the delivery
of money, or any other
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Sec. 5. If any person shall
give, or offer to give, directly
or indirectly, or hath given
or offered to give, since the
fourth day of July, eighteen
hundred and fifty-one, any
bribe, present, or reward, or
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Sec. 2. That if any person
shall give, or offer to give,
directly or indirectly, any
bribe, present or reward, or
any promise, or any security
for the payment or delivery
of money or any other thing,
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54. That if any person
shall give any bribe, present,
or reward, or any promise,
or any security for the pay-
ment or delivery of any
money, or any other thing,
to obtain or procure a vote,
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642
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643
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