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CONSTITUTION OF 1867
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PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
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Sec. 3. If any person shall give, or
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See Section 2.07, Conduct of Elections, p. 11.
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offer to give, directly or indirectly, any
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bribe, present, or reward, or any promise,
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or any security, for the payment, or the
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delivery of money, or any other thing, to
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induce any voter to refrain from casting his
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vote, or to prevent him in any way from
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voting, or to procure a vote for any
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candidate, or person proposed, or voted for,
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as the Elector of President and Vice-
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President of the United States, or Repre-
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sentative in Congress, or for any office of
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profit or trust, created by the Constitution
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or Laws of this State, or by the Ordi-
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nances, or Authority of the Mayor and City
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Council of Baltimore, the person giving, or
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offering to give, and the person receiving
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the same, and any person who gives or
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causes to be given, an illegal vote, knowing
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it to be such, at any election to be here-
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after held in this State, shall, on conviction
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in a Court of Law, in addition to the
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penalties now or hereafter to be imposed
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by law, be forever disqualified to hold any
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office of profit or trust, or to vote at any
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election thereafter. But the General As-
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sembly may in its discretion remove the
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above penalty and all other penalties upon
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the vote seller so as to place the penalties
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for the purchase of votes on the vote buyer
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alone.
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Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the
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General Assembly to pass Laws to punish,
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with fine and imprisonment, any person,
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who shall remove into any election district,
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or precinct of any ward of the City of Balti-
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more, not for the purpose of acquiring a
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bona fide residence therein, but for the
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purpose of voting at an approaching elec-
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tion, or, who shall vote in any election
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district, or ward, in which he does not
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reside (except in the case provided for in
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this Article), or shall, at the same election,
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vote in more than one election district, or
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precinct, or shall vote, or offer to vote,
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in any name not his own, or in place of
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any other person of the same name, or shall
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vote in any county in which he does not
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reside.
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Sec. 5. The General Assembly shall pro-
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vide by Law for a uniform Registration of
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the names of all the voters in this State,
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who possess the qualifications prescribed in
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this Article, which Registration shall be
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conclusive evidence to the Judges of election
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of the right of every person, thus registered,
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to vote at any election thereafter held in
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