[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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induce any voter to refrain
from casting his vote, or to
prevent him in any way from
voting, or to procure a vote
for any candidate, or person
proposed, or voted for, as the
Elector of President and
Vice-President of the United
States, or Representative in
Congress, or for any office of
profit or trust, created by
the Constitution or Laws of
this State, or by the Ordi-
nances, or Authority of the
Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore, the person giv-
ing, or offering to give, and
the person receiving the
same, and any person who
gives or causes to be given,
an illegal vote, knowing it
to be such, at any election
to be hereafter held in this
State, shall, on conviction
in a Court of Law, in addi-
tion to the penalties now or
hereafter to be imposed by
law, be forever disqualified
to hold any office of profit
or trust, or to vote at any
election thereafter. But the
General Assembly may in its
discretion remove the above
penalty and all other penal-
ties upon the vote seller so
as to place the penalties for
the purchase of votes on the
vote buyer alone.
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thing, to induce any voter
to refrain from casting his
vote, or to prevent him, in
any way, from voting, or to
procure a vote for any can-
didate, or person proposed,
or voted for, as Elector of
President and Vice-President
of the United States, or Rep-
resentative in Congress, or
for any office of profit or
trust, created by the Consti-
tution or Laws of this State,
or by the Ordinances, or
Authority of the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore,
the person giving, or offering
to give, and the person re-
ceiving the same, and any
person, who gives, or causes
to be given, an illegal vote,
knowing it to be such, at any
election to be hereafter held
in this State, shall, on con-
viction in a Court of Law,
in addition to the penalties
now, or hereafter to be, im-
posed by Law, be forever
disqualified to hold any of-
fice of profit or trust, or to
vote at any election there-
after.
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any promise, or any security
for the payment or delivery
of money or any other thing,
to induce any voter to re-
frain from casting his vote,
or forcibly to prevent him in
any way from voting, or to
procure a vote for any can-
didate or person, proposed
or voted for as Elector of
President and Vice-President
of the United States, or Rep-
resentative in Congress, or
for any office of profit or
trust created by the Consti-
tution or laws of this State,
or by the ordinances or au-
thority of the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore,
the person giving or offering
to give, and the person re-
ceiving the same, and any
person who gives or causes to
be given an illegal vote,
knowing it to be such, at any
election to be hereafter held
in this State, or who shall be
guilty of or accessory to
any fraud, force, surprise, or
bribery to procure himself
or any other person to be
nominated to any office, Na-
tional, State or Municipal,
shall on conviction in a court
of law, in addition to the
penalties now or hereinafter
to be imposed by law, be for-
ever disqualified to hold ay
office of profit or trust, or to
vote at any election there-
after.
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to induce any voter to re-
frain from casting his vote,
or forcibly to prevent him
in any way from voting, or
to obtain or procure a vote
for any candidate or person
proposed or voted for, as
elector of President and Vice
President of the United
States, or Representative in
Congress, or for any office of
profit or trust created by the
Constitution or laws of this
State, or by the ordinances
or authority of the Mayor
and City Council of Balti-
more, the person giving or
offering to give, and the per-
son receiving the same, and
any person who gives or
causes to be given an illegal
vote, knowing it to be so, at
any election to be hereafter
held in this State, shall, on
conviction in a court of law,
in addition to the penalties
now or hereafter to be im-
posed by law, be forever dis-
qualified to hold any office
of profit or trust, or to vote
at any election thereafter.
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to be governor, senator, dele-
gate to Congress, or assem-
bly, member of the council,
or judge, or to be appointed
to any of the said offices, or
to any office of profit or
trust, now created or here-
after to be created in this
State, the person giving and
the person receiving the
same, on conviction in a
court of law, shall be forever
disqualified to hold any office
of trust or profit in this
State.
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Election proce-
dure: Removal
in order to vote;
voting a false
name; voting
more than once.
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Sec. 4. It shall be the
duty of the General Assem-
bly to pass Laws to punish,
with fine and imprisonment,
any person, who shall re-
move into any election dis-
trict, or precinct of any
ward of the City of Balti-
more, not for the purpose of
acquiring a bona fide resi-
dence therein, but for the
purpose of voting at an ap-
proaching election, or, who
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Sec. 4. It shall be the
duty of the General Assem-
bly to pass Laws to punish,
with fine and imprisonment,
any person, who shall re-
move into any election dis-
trict, or precinct of any
ward of the City of Balti-
more, not for the purpose of
acquiring a bona fide resi-
dence therein, but for the
purpose of voting at an ap-
proaching election, or, who
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Sec. 6. It shall be the
duty of the General Assem-
bly to pass laws to punish
with fine and imprisonment
any person who shall re-
move into any election dis-
trict or precinct of any ward
of the city of Baltimore, not
for the purpose of acquiring
a bona fide residence there-
in, but for the purpose of
voting at an approaching
election, or who shall vote
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Sec. 3. It shall be the
duty of the General Assem-
bly of Maryland to pass laws
to punish with fine and im-
prisonment any person who
shall remove into any elec-
tion district or ward of the
city of Baltimore, not for the
purpose of acquiring a bona
fide residence therein, but
for the purpose of voting
therein at an approaching
election, or who shall vote
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644
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645
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