. Voting in the field; a forgotten chapter of the civil war . udges of the election, appoint clerks, open the pollsand •when the polls were closed should certify theresult of the election to the Secretary of State. Andat the end of this report it was provided that inthe event of the adoption of this Constitution, thesame provision shall be extended to the first electionof State officers held under the same. ^ This provision, if adopted, would have given thesoldiers the right to vote on the Constitution in theelections held by their officers, and also, in casethe Constitution was adopted, would
. Voting in the field; a forgotten chapter of the civil war . udges of the election, appoint clerks, open the pollsand •when the polls were closed should certify theresult of the election to the Secretary of State. Andat the end of this report it was provided that inthe event of the adoption of this Constitution, thesame provision shall be extended to the first electionof State officers held under the same. ^ This provision, if adopted, would have given thesoldiers the right to vote on the Constitution in theelections held by their officers, and also, in casethe Constitution was adopted, would have given themthe right to vote for State ofiicers at the first elec-tion held under the Constitution, and not , a provision was adopted and made a partof the schedule of the Convention, which providedthat the President of the Convention should appointthree Commissioners who should visit the variouscamps, barracks, hospitals, etc., for the receiving of ^ Constitutional Convention Journal, 1862, p. 266. 2 Ibid., p. 958. 3 Ibid., p.
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