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PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
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CONSTITUTION OF 1867
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electoral districts for the election of any na-
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ballot; and every citizen of the United
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tional, state, or county officer, then, to vote
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States, of the age of twenty-one years, or
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for such an officer, a person shall have been
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upwards, who has been a resident of the
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a resident of the electoral district for three
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State for one year, and of the Legislative
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months next preceding the election. Removal
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District of Baltimore City, or of the county,
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from one electoral district to another elector-
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in which he may offer to vote, for six
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al district in this State shall not deprive a
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months next preceding the election, shall
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person of his qualification to vote in the elec-
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be entitled to vote, in the ward or election
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toral district from which he has removed
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district, in which he resides, at all elections
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until three months after his removal.
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hereafter to be held in this State; and in
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case any county, or city, shall be so divided
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as to form portions of different electoral
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districts, for the election of Representatives
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in Congress, Senators, Delegates, or other
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Officers, then, to entitle a person to vote
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for such officer, he must have been a resi-
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dent of that part of the county, or city,
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which shall form a part of the electoral
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district, in which he offers to vote, for six
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months next preceding the election; but
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a person, who shall have acquired a resi-
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dence in such county, or city, entitling him
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to vote at any such election, shall be
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entitled to vote in the election district from
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which he removed, until he shall have
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acquired a residence in the part of the
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county, or city, to which he has removed.
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Section 2.02. Voters in Presidential Elections.
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For purposes of voting for president and
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vice president of the United States or for elec-
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tors for those offices, the General Assembly
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shall prescribe by law a lesser residence re-
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quirement for citizens who have resided in
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this State for less than six months.
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Section 2.03. Voters in Municipal Elections.
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A municipal corporation may prescribe by
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law qualifications for voters in its municipal
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elections, subject to any procedures and
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standards that the General Assembly may
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prescribe by law. No municipal corporation
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may prescribe an age requirement of more
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than nineteen years or a residence require-
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ment of more than one year.
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Section 2.04. Voters in United States En-
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claves.
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A person shall not be deemed ineligible to
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vote in any election solely by reason of the
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fact that he resides on land over which the
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United States has been ceded jurisdiction.
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Section 2.05. Property Qualifications.
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Ownership of an interest in property shall
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not be required as a condition for voting ex-
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cept to the extent that nonresident property
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owners may be permitted by law to vote in a
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