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PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
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CONSTITUTION OF 1867
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municipal election. Ownership of an interest
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in property shall not be required as a condi-
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tion for holding any elective or appointive
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office of this State or of any unit of local
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government.
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Section 2.06. Disqualifications.
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Sec. 2. No person above the age of
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The General Assembly may prescribe by
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twenty-one years, convicted of larceny, or
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law disqualifications from voting in any elec-
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other infamous crime, unless pardoned by
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tion by reason of mental incompetence or
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the Governor, shall ever thereafter be en-
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conviction of serious crime, and shall provide
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titled to vote at any election in this State;
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by law for the removal of these disqualifica-
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and no person under guardianship, as a
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tions.
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lunatic, or, as a person non compos mentis,
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shall be entitled to vote.
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Conduct of Elections
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Section 2.07. Conduct of Elections.
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Sec. 1A. The General Assembly of Mary-
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The General Assembly by law shall define
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land shall have power to provide by suitable
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residence, establish a uniform system of per-
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enactment for voting by qualified voters of
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manent registration of voters, provide for
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the State of Maryland who are absent at the
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the nomination of candidates, regulate the
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time of any election from the ward or elec-
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time, place, and manner of elections, provide
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tion district in which they are entitled to
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for the uniform administration of elections,
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vote and for voting by other qualified voters
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provide for absentee voting, insure secrecy of
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who are unable to vote personally by reason
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voting, and protect the integrity of the elec-
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of physical disability which shall confine
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tion process. A municipal corporation may
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said voters to a hospital or cause them to
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prescribe by law election dates and proce-
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be confined to bed, and for the manner
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dures for the administration and regulation
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in which and the time and place at which
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of its municipal elections, subject to any
procedures and standards that the General
Assembly may prescribe by law. The General
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such absent voters may vote, and for the
canvass and return of their votes.
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Assembly shall provide by law for the super-
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Sec. 3. If any person shall give, or offer
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vision and uniform administration of laws
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to give, directly or indirectly, any bribe,
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enacted by the General Assembly pursuant to
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present, or reward, or any promise, or any
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this section.
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security, for the payment, or the delivery
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of money, or any other thing, to induce any
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voter to refrain from casting his vote, or
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to prevent him in any way from voting, or
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to procure a vote for any candidate, or
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person proposed, or voted for, as the
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Elector of President and Vice-President of
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the United States, or Representative in
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Congress, or for any office of profit or
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trust, created by the Constitution or Laws
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of this State, or by the Ordinances, or
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Authority of the Mayor and City Council
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of Baltimore, the person giving, or offering
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to give, and the person receiving the same,
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and any person who gives or causes to be
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given, an illegal vote, knowing it to be such,
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at any election to be hereafter held in this
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State, shall, on conviction in a court of Law,
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in addition to the penalties now or hereafter
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to be imposed by law, be forever disqualified
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to hold any office of profit or trust, or to
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vote at any election thereafter. But the
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General Assembly may in its discretion
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