Milford chronicle., 1924-08-15
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMEND
MENT TO ARTICLE V OF THE CON
SIIIUTION OF THE STATE OF DEL,
AWARE, RELATING TO REGISTRA
T1ON OF VOTERS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE SENATE
AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIV
OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE M
GENERAL ASSEMBLY MET; 1.-TWO
THIRDS OF ALL THE MEMBERS
41Id 4ELdEC@IJD @ 10 EACH HOUSE AGREE
SECTION 1. That Article v of tb,
Constitution of the State Of Deiawar,
be amended by striking out all of Sec.
tion Of said Article, and by inserting
IN lieu thereof new Section 4, in the
following language, viz:
SECTION 4. The General Assembly
shall enact uniform laws for the regis
| tratlon OF voters in this State entitled
| 10 vote under this Article, which regis
tratlon shall be conclusive evidence to
the election officers of the right of ev-
| cry person so registered to vote at any
General Election while his or her name
! shall remain on the list of registered
voters, and who is not at the time dis
qualified under the provisions Of Sec
ton OF this Article; and no person
shall vote at such General Election
whose name does not at that time ap-
pear in said list of registered voters.
There shall be at least two registra-
tion days in a period commencing NOT
days, nor less than sixty days before.
and ending not more than twenty days,
nor less than ten days before, each Cen
eral Election, on which registration
days persons whose names are not on
the list OF registered voters established
by law for such election, may apply for
registration, and on which registration
days applications may be made to strike
from the said registration list names of
persons on said list who are not eligible
IN yrOfa of o1anfinrs I,1r
ever, that such registration may be cor
rected as hereinafter provided at any
time prior to the day of holding the
election.
From the decision of the registra-
tion officers granting or refusing regis
tration, or striking or refusing to strike
a name or names from the registration
list, any person interested, or any reg
officer, may appeal to the res |
ident Associate Judge of the County, or |
the County, to any Judge entitled to |
sit in the Supreme Court, whose deter |
mination shall be final; and he shall |
have power to order any name improp- |
erly omitted from the said registry to |
be placed thereon, and any name i'm
properly appearing on the said registry |
to be striken therefrOm, and any name |
on the said registry, in any
manner incorrect, to be corrected, and
to make and enforce all necessary Or
ders in the premises for the correction
Of the said registry. Registration shall
be a prerequisite for voting only at
general elections, at which Representa-
lives to the General Assembly shall be
chosen, unless the General Assembly
shall otherwise provide by law.
1.-THE existing laws in reference to the
registration Of voters so far as consist
ent with the provisions of this Article,
shall continue in force until the Gener-
Il Assembly shall otherwise provide"
TOCHTTA DANFORTH BUSH.
President of the Senate.
SAMUEL N. CULVER,
Speaker Of the House.
February 13, 1928.
VIM. D. DENNEY,
Governor.
I, A. R. Benson, Secretary of State of
he State of Delaware, do hereby certi-
v that the above and foregoing is a
rue and correct copy of Senate Bill No.
entitled IAN Act proposing an amend
nent to Article v of the Constitution Of
he State Of Delaware, relating to reg
stration of voters" as the same ap-
ears on the enrolled bill filed in the Of
ce of the Secretary Of State and ap- I
roved by the Governor, February 13.
923, which said Bill proposing such
to the Constitution of this =
tate is published in accordance with
ne requirements Of the Constitution Of |
he State. 7
hereunto set my hand
,,;,ss,s,1.Ns;EA: and official seal at Dover,
= this twenty-eighth day =
SEAL 4: Of July, in the year Of
g our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and twen- a
p BENSON