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But citizens of this State, absent therefrom in the military service of the United States or of this State, and not in the regular army of the United States, being otherwise qualified electors, shall be allowed to vote for judges and registers of probate, sheriffs, and all other county officers on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, and their votes shall be counted and allowed in the same manner and with the same effect as if given on the second Monday of September in that year. And they shall be allowed to vote for all such officers on the second Monday in September annually thereafter forever. And the votes shall be given at the same time and in the same manner, and the names of the several candidates shall be printed or written on the same ballots with those for Governor, Senators and Representatives, as provided in section four, article second of this Constitution.

MARYLAND.

No elector shall be deemed to have lost his residence in this State by reason of his absence on business of the United States

Every male citizen of twenty-one years of age and upwards, excepting paupers and persons under guardianship, who shall have resided within the Commonwealth one year, and within the town or district in which he may claim a right to vote six calendar months next preceding any election of Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Senators or Representatives (and who shall have paid, by himself, or his parents, master or guardian, any State or county tax, which shall, within two years next preceding such election, have been assessed upon him, in any town or district of this Commonwealth; and also every citizen who shall be, by law, exempted from taxation, and who shall be, in all other respects, qualified as above mentioned), shall have a right to vote in such election of Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Senators and Representatives; and no other person shall be entitled to vote in such elections. (See amendments, Arts. XX, XXVIII, XXX, XXXI, XXXII. See, also, amendments, Art. XXIII, which was annulled by amendments, Art. XXVI.)

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No person having served in the army or navy of the United States in time of war, and having been honorably discharged from such service, if otherwise qualified to vote, shall be disqualified therefor on account of being a pauper; or, if a pauper, because of the non-payment of a poll tax.

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7. VIII.

MISSOURI.

For the purpose of voting, no person shall be deemed to have gained a residence by reason of his absence, while employed in the service, either civil or military, of this State or of the United States, nor while engaged in the navigation of the waters of the State or of the United States, or of the high seas, nor while a student of any institution of learning, nor while kept in a poorhouse or other asylum at public expense, nor while confined in public prison. 8. VIII.

No person, while kept at any poorhouse or other asylum, at public expense, nor while confined in any public prison, shall be entitled to vote at any election under the laws of this State. 11. VIII.

No officer, soldier or marine, in the regular army or navy of the United States, shall be entitled to vote at any election in this State.

3. IX.

MONTANA.

For the purpose of voting no person shall be deemed to have gained or lost a residence by reason of his presence or absence while employed in the service of the State, or of the United States, nor while engaged in the navigation of the waters of the State or of the United States, nor while a student at any institution of learning, nor while kept at any alms-house or other asylum at the public expense, nor while confined in any public prison.

6. IX.

No soldier, seaman or marine in the army or navy of the United States shall be deemed a resident of this State in consequence

The right of suffrage shall be enjoyed by all persons otherwise entitled to the same who may be in the military or naval service of the United States: Provided, The votes so cast shall be made to apply to the county and township of which said voters were bona fide residents at the time of their enlistment; and provided further, that the payment of a poll tax or a registration of such voters shall not be required as a condition to the right of voting. Provision shall be made by law regulating the manner of voting, holding elections, and making returns of such elections, wherein other provisions are not contained in this Constitution.

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State by reason of his absence on business of the United States, or of this State, or in the military or naval service of the United States.

126. V.

No soldier, seaman or marine, in the army or navy of the United States, shall be deemed a resident of this State in consequence of his being stationed therein.

For the purpose of voting, no person shall be deemed to have gained or lost a residence by reason of his presence or absence while employed in the service of the United States or of this State; nor while engaged in the navigation of the waters of this State or of the United States, or of the high seas; nor while a student of any seminary of learning; nor while kept at any alms-house, or other asylum, at public expense; nor while confined in any public prison. 5. II.

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shall be in actual military service, under a requisition from the President of the United States, or by the authority of this Commonwealth, such electors may exercise the right of suffrage in all elections by the citizens, under such regulations as are or shall be prescribed by law, as fully as if they were present at their usual places of election.

13. VIII.

For the purpose of voting, no person shall be deemed to have gained a residence by reason of his presence, or lost it by reason of his absence, while employed in the service, either civil or military, of this State or of the United States, nor while engaged in the navigation of the waters of the State, or of the United States, or on the high seas, nor while a student of any institution of learning, nor while kept in any poorhouse or other asylum at public expense, nor while confined in public prison. RHODE ISLAND.

4. IV. Electors of this State who, in time of war, are absent from the State, in the actual military service of the United States, being otherwise qualified, shall have a right to vote in all elections in the State for electors of President and Vice-President of the United States, Representatives in Congress and general officers of the State. The General Assembly shall have full power to provide by law for carrying this article into effect; and until such provision shall be made by law, every such absent elector on the day of such elections may deliver a written or printed ballot, with the names of the persons voted for thereon, and his Christian

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and surname, and his voting residence in the State, written at length on the back thereof, to the officer commanding the regiment or company to which he belongs; and all such ballots, certified by such commanding officer to have been given by the elector whose name is written thereon, and returned by such commanding officer to the Secretary of State within the time prescribed by law for counting the votes in such elections, shall be received and counted with the same effect as if given by such elector in open town, ward or district meeting; and the clerk of each town or city, until otherwise provided by law, shall, within five days after any such election, transmit to the Secretary of State a certified list of the names of all such electors on their respective voting lists. Adopted August, 1864.

SOUTH CAROLINA. 35. I.

Temporary absence from the State shall not forfeit a residence once obtained.

4. VIII.

For the purpose of voting, no person shall be deemed to have lost his residence by reason of absence while employed in the service of the United States, nor while engaged upon the waters of this State or the United States, or of the high seas, nor while temporarily absent from the State.

5. VIII. No soldier, seaman or marine in the army or navy of the United States shall be deemed a resident of this State in consequence of having been stationed therein.

For the purpose of voting and eligibility to office, no person shall be deemed to have gained a residence by reason of his presence or lost it by reason of his absence, while in the civil or military service of the State or the United States, nor while a student at any institution of learning, nor while kept at public expense at any poorhouse or other asylum, nor while confined in public prison, nor while engaged in the navigation of the waters of this State or of the United States, or of the high