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PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
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CONSTITUTION OF 1867
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remove the above penalty and all other
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penalties upon the vote seller so as to place
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the penalties for the purchase of votes on
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the vote buyer 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
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Baltimore, not for the purpose of acquiring
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a 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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this State; but no person shall vote, at any
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election, Federal or State, hereafter to be
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held in this State, or at any municipal
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election in the City of Baltimore, unless his
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name appears in the list of registered voters;
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the names of all persons shall be added to
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the list of qualified voters by the officers of
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Registration, who have the qualifications
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prescribed in the first section of this Article,
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and who are not disqualified under the
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provisions of the second and third sections
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thereof.
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Art. III, sec. 42. The General Assembly
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shall pass Laws necessary for the preserva-
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tion of the purity of Elections.
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Art. III, sec. 47. The General Assembly,
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shall make provisions for all cases of con-
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tested elections of any of the officers, not
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herein provided for.
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Art. III, sec. 49. The General Assembly
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shall have power to regulate by Law, not
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inconsistent with this Constitution, all mat-
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ters which relate to the Judges of election,
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time, place and manner of holding elections
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in this State, and of making returns thereof.
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