Article VIII.
Suffrage and Elections

Section 12. Representatives to vote viva voce

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Viva voce elections

All elections by persons in a representative capacity shall be viva voce or by automatic recording device publicly indicating how each person voted.

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Representatives to vote viva voce

All elections by persons in a representative capacity shall be viva voce.

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How exercised

All elections shall be by ballot, except those by persons in their representative capacities, who shall vote viva voce.

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1874 — Article VIII. Section 4

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1874 — Article VIII. Section 12

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All Elections whether by the People or in General Assembly shall be by Ballot, free and Voluntary; And any Elector, who shall receive any Gift or Reward for his Vote in Meat, Drink, Monies, or otherwise, shall forfeit his right to Elect for that time, and suffer such other Penalty as future Laws shall direct. And any person who shall directly or indirectly give promise or bestow any such Rewards to be Elected, shall be thereby rendered incapable to serve for the ensuing Year.

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