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Constitutional Revision Study Documents of the Constitutional Convention Commission, 1968
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CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION STUDY DOCUMENTS [SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS] COMPARISON
Headnotes Present
Constitution
Constitution of
1867
Constitution of
1864
Constitution of
1851
Constitution of
1776
Amendments to
1776 Constitution

Oath for judges
of election.

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

61. ...
That every judge of the
election, before he proceeds
to take or receive any vote,
shall take the following oath,
or affirmation, to wit, "I A.
B. do swear, or affirm, that I
will permit all persons to
vote, who shall offer to poll
at the elections now to be
held for .................... county,
city, or ........................ town,
who in my judgment shall,
according to the directions
contained in the form of
government, be entitled to
poll at the same election, and
that I will not admit any
person to poll at the same
election, who before his vot-
ing shall be objected against
by any three of the electors,
if such person is not in my
judgment qualified to vote
as aforesaid, and will in all
things execute the office of
judge of the said elections
according the best of my
knowledge, without favour
or partiality. So help me
God."
That every clerk, before
he enters any vote on the
polls, shall take the following
oath, to wit, "I A. B. do
declare, that I will well and
faithfully, without favour,
affection, or partiality, exe-
cute the office of clerk of the
elections for ........................
county, the city of Annap-
olis, or Baltimore-town, ac-
cording to the best of my
knowledge. So help me
God."

 
 

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