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Name: Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 1874, Article 8 — Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 1874
Author: by the government of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 1874… (1874)

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“Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 1874, Article 8 — Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 1874”, published in 1874, is a work by by the government of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It explores elements such as election, elector and the United States.

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by the government of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 1874… (1874)

“ Wilful violation of election laws to disqualify for voting. Any person who shall, while a candidate for office, be guilty of bribery, fraud, or wilful violation of any election law, shall be forever disqualified from holding an office of trust or profit in this Commonwealth; and any person convicted of wilful violation of the election laws shall, in addition to any penalty provided by law, be deprived of the right of suffrage absolutely for a term of four years. ”

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by the government of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 1874… (1874)

“ Each elector shall have the right to vote for the judge and one inspector, and each inspector shall appoint one clerk. The first election board for any new district shall be selected, and vacancies in election boards filled, as shall be provided by law. Election officers shall be privileged from arrest upon days of election, and while engaged in making up and transmitting returns, except upon warrant of a court of record or judge thereof, for an election fraud, for felony, or for wanton breach of the peace. ”

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by the government of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 1874… (1874)

“ Witnesses not to withhold testimony in election cases. In trials of contested elections and in proceedings for the investigation of elections, no person shall be permitted to withhold his testimony upon the ground that it may criminate himself or subject him to public infamy ”

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by the government of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 1874… (1874)

“ Whenever any of the qualified electors of this Commonwealth 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 place of election. ”

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by the government of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 1874… (1874)

“ All elections by the citizens shall be by ballot. Every ballot voted shall be numbered in the order in which it shall be received, and the number recorded by the election officers on the list of voters, opposite the name of the elector who presents the ballot. Any elector may write his name upon his ticket or cause the same to be written thereon and attested by a citizen of the district. The election officers shall be sworn or affirmed not to disclose how any elector shall have voted unless required to do so as witnesses in a judicial proceeding. ”

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by the government of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 1874… (1874)

“ No person shall be qualified to serve as an election officer who shall hold, or shall within two months have held any office, appointment or employment in or under the government of the United States or of this State, or of any city, or county, or of any other municipal board, commission or trust in any city, save only justices of the peace and aldermen, notaries public and persons in the militia service of the State ”

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by the government of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 1874… (1874)

“ Election laws to be uniform, but unregistered electors may vote. All laws regulating the holding of elections by the citizens or for the registration of electors shall be uniform throughout the State, but no elector shall be deprived of the privilege of voting by reason of his name not being registered. ”

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by the government of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 1874… (1874)

“ The general election shall be held annually on the Tuesday next following the first Monday of November, but the General Assembly may be law fix a different day, two-thirds of all the members of each House consenting thereto. ”

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by the government of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 1874… (1874)

“ Electors privileged from arrest. Electors shall in all cases except treason, felony and breach or surety of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their attendance on elections and in going to and returning therefrom. ”

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