Milford chronicle., 1924-08-01
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

IAN ACT PROPOSING AN AMEND
MENT TO ARTICLE V OF THE CON
STITUTION OF THE STATE OF DEL
AWARE, RELATING TO REGISTRA
TION OF VOTERS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE SENATE
AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE IN
| GENERAL ASSEMBLY MET; 1.-TWO
/ THIRDS OF ALL THE MEMBERS
ELECTED TO EACH HOUSE AGREE
| ING THERETO):
SECTION 1. That Article V of tn,
Constitution of the State of Delaware
be amended by striking out all of Sec
tion of said Article, and by inserting
in lieu thereof a new Section 4, in the
following language, viz:
SECTION 4. The General Assembly
shall enact uniform laws for the regis
tration of voters in this State entitled
to vote under this Article, which regis
tration 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
more than one hundred and twenty
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
to vote at such election; provided, how
ever, that such registration may be cor
rected as hereinafter provided at any
time prior to the day of holding the
''F'rom the decision of the registra-
tion officers granting or refusing regis
tration, OF striking or refusing to strike
a name or names from the registration
list, any person interested or any reg
iStratiOn officer, may appeal to the res
ident Associate Judge of the County, or
in case of his disability or absence from
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 1mprop-
erly omitted from the said registry to
be placed thereon, and any name i'm
properly appearing on the said registry
to be strilxen therefrom, and any name
appearing 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-
tives 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-
al Assembly shall otherwise provide"
JOSHUA DANFORTH BUSH, ~
President of the Senate.
SAMUEL n. CULVER,
Speaker of the House.
Approved February 13, 1928,
VIM. D. DENNEY,
Governor.
I, A. r. Benson, Secretary of State of
the State of Delaware, do hereby certi-
fly that the above and foregoing is a.
true and correct copy of Senate Bill No.
5.entitled "An Act proposing an amend
ment to Article V of the Constitution Of
the State of Delaware, relating to reg
of voters" as the same ap-
pears on the enrolled bill filed in the Of
flee of the Secretary of State and ap-
proved by the Governor, February 10,
1928, which said Bill proposing such
to the Constitution of this
State is published in accordance with
the requirements of the Constitution of
the State
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have |
hereunto set my hand |
and official seal at Dover, |
- this twenty eighth day
3 SEAL 4: of July, in the year of
3 e our Lord one thousand |
I: ,::,::,:s,:s,:sts,:% nine hundred and twen- |
ty-four.
A. r. BENSON,
l-14t Secretary of State.