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CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF MARYLAND

PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968

CONSTITUTION OF 1867

electoral districts for the election of any na-

ballot; and every citizen of the United

tional, state, or county officer, then, to vote

States, of the age of twenty-one years, or

for such an officer, a person shall have been

upwards, who has been a resident of the

a resident of the electoral district for three

State for one year, and of the Legislative

months next preceding the election. Removal

District of Baltimore City, or of the county,

from one electoral district to another elector-

in which he may offer to vote, for six

al district in this State shall not deprive a

months next preceding the election, shall

person of his qualification to vote in the elec-

be entitled to vote, in the ward or election

toral district from which he has removed

district, in which he resides, at all elections

until three months after his removal.

hereafter to be held in this State; and in


case any county, or city, shall be so divided


as to form portions of different electoral


districts, for the election of Representatives


in Congress, Senators, Delegates, or other


Officers, then, to entitle a person to vote


for such officer, he must have been a resi-


dent of that part of the county, or city,


which shall form a part of the electoral


district, in which he offers to vote, for six


months next preceding the election; but


a person, who shall have acquired a resi-


dence in such county, or city, entitling him


to vote at any such election, shall be


entitled to vote in the election district from


which he removed, until he shall have


acquired a residence in the part of the


county, or city, to which he has removed.

Section 2.02. Voters in Presidential Elections.


For purposes of voting for president and


vice president of the United States or for elec-


tors for those offices, the General Assembly


shall prescribe by law a lesser residence re-


quirement for citizens who have resided in


this State for less than six months.


Section 2.03. Voters in Municipal Elections.


A municipal corporation may prescribe by


law qualifications for voters in its municipal


elections, subject to any procedures and


standards that the General Assembly may


prescribe by law. No municipal corporation


may prescribe an age requirement of more


than nineteen years or a residence require-


ment of more than one year.


Section 2.04. Voters in United States En-


claves.


A person shall not be deemed ineligible to


vote in any election solely by reason of the


fact that he resides on land over which the


United States has been ceded jurisdiction.


Section 2.05. Property Qualifications.


Ownership of an interest in property shall


not be required as a condition for voting ex-


cept to the extent that nonresident property


owners may be permitted by law to vote in a


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