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PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
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CONSTITUTION OF 1867
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redrawn according to these standards prior
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to the general election in 1972 and in every
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tenth year thereafter.
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Section 3.08. Congressional Redistricting
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Procedure.
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The commission on legislative redistricting
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shall submit a congressional redistricting
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plan to the governor, who shall transmit it to
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the General Assembly by the first day of the
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regular session in the year in which congres-
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sional redistricting is to be effective. The
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General Assembly shall enact either the com-
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mission plan or a congressional redistricting
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plan of its own.
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Members of General Assembly
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Section 3.09. Qualifications.
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Sec. 9. No person shall be eligible as a
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A senator or a delegate shall be a qualified
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Senator or Delegate, who at the time of his
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voter of the State at the time of his election
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election, is not a citizen of the State of
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or appointment, shall have been a resident
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Maryland, and who has not resided therein,
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of the State for at least two years immediate-
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for at least three years, next preceding the
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ly preceding his election or appointment,
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day of his election, and the last year
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and shall have been a resident of his senate
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thereof, in the County, or in the Legislative
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district for at least six months immediately
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District of Baltimore City, which he may
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preceding his election or appointment. If any
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be chosen to represent, if such County, or
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redistricting plan has been adopted within
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Legislative District of said City, shall have
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one year before a general election for mem-
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been so long established; and if not, then
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bers of the General Assembly, a candidate
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in the County, or City, from which, in
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for the office of senator or delegate may also
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whole, or in part, the same may have been
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seek election in any new senate district con-
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formed; nor shall any person be eligible
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taining fifty per cent or more of the
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as a Senator, unless he shall have attained
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population of the senate district in which he
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the age of twenty-five years, nor as a
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resided prior to redistricting. At the time of
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Delegate, unless he shall have attained the
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his election or appointment a senator shall
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age of twenty-one years, at the time of his
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have attained the age of twenty-five years,
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election.
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and a delegate shall have attained the age of
twenty-one years.
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Sec. 10. No member of Congress, or
person holding any civil, or military office
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under the United States, shall be eligible
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as a Senator, or Delegate; and if any person
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shall after his election as Senator, or Dele-
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gate, be elected to Congress, or be ap-
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pointed to any office, civil, or military,
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under the Government of the United States,
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his acceptance thereof, shall vacate his seat.
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Sec. 11. No Minister or Preacher of the
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Gospel, or of any religious creed, or de-
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nomination, and no person holding any civil
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office of profit, or trust, under this State,
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except Justices of the Peace, shall be eligible
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as Senator, or Delegate.
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Sec. 12. No Collector, Receiver, or
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Holder of public money shall be eligible
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as Senator or Delegate, or to any office of
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profit, or trust, under this State, until he
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shall have accounted for, and paid into
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