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CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF MARYLAND

CONSTITUTION OF 1867

PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968

Sec. 3. If any person shall give, or

See Section 2.07, Conduct of Elections, p. 11.

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 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


candidate, or person proposed, or voted for,


as the Elector of President and Vice-


President of the United States, or Repre-


sentative 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 giving, 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 here-


after held in this State, shall, on conviction


in a Court of Law, in addition 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 As-


sembly may in its discretion remove the


above penalty and all other penalties upon


the vote seller so as to place the penalties


for the purchase of votes on the vote buyer


alone.


Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the


General Assembly to pass Laws to punish,


with fine and imprisonment, any person,


who shall remove into any election district,


or precinct of any ward of the City of Balti-


more, not for the purpose of acquiring a


bona fide residence therein, but for the


purpose of voting at an approaching elec-


tion, or, who shall vote in any election


district, or ward, in which he does not


reside (except in the case provided for in


this Article), or shall, at the same election,


vote in more than one election district, or


precinct, or shall vote, or offer to vote,


in any name not his own, or in place of


any other person of the same name, or shall


vote in any county in which he does not


reside.


Sec. 5. The General Assembly shall pro-


vide by Law for a uniform Registration of


the names of all the voters in this State,


who possess the qualifications prescribed in


this Article, which Registration shall be


conclusive evidence to the Judges of election


of the right of every person, thus registered,


to vote at any election thereafter held in


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