Constitution of 1777

Article XXX.

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Election Date: January 15, 1822

Votes For Ratification: 74732

Votes Against Ratification: 41402

Percent for Ratification: 64%

Percent Against Ratification: 36%

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Amendment Source: Reports of the Proceedings and Debates of the Convention of 1821

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That delegates to represent this state in the general congress of the United States of America, be annually appointed as follows, to wit: The senate and assembly shall each openly nominate as many persons as shall be equal to the whole number of delegates to be appointed; after which nomination, they shall meet together, and those persons named in both lists shall be delegates; and out of those persons whose names are not on both lists, one-half shall be chosen by the joint ballot of the senators and members of assembly, so met together as aforesaid.

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