. Voting in the field; a forgotten chapter of the civil war . tion laws,the ballot boxes might be stuffed or destroyed by adisorderly rabble, either of soldiers or of people inthe towns through which the commissioner wouldhave to pass on his return to this State. ^ On March 18 a minority of the Committee filedan elaborate report holding that the bill was con-stitutional, and recommending that it pass. Theyelaborated the proposition that it is not necessary forthe Constitution to provide that electors may voteout of the State. If the Constitution is silent uponthat subject; if it does not fix t
. Voting in the field; a forgotten chapter of the civil war . tion laws,the ballot boxes might be stuffed or destroyed by adisorderly rabble, either of soldiers or of people inthe towns through which the commissioner wouldhave to pass on his return to this State. ^ On March 18 a minority of the Committee filedan elaborate report holding that the bill was con-stitutional, and recommending that it pass. Theyelaborated the proposition that it is not necessary forthe Constitution to provide that electors may voteout of the State. If the Constitution is silent uponthat subject; if it does not fix the place of voting,the Legislature may fix it. That is, that the Consti-tution is merely a restraining power and not a grant-ing power. They also quoted the law of Michiganproviding that a man who in fighting a duel inflictsa mortal wound while out of the State, can be pun-ished when he comes into the State for the act donewithout the State. They also say, the Legislaturehas passed an act disfranchising a soldier who deserts, 1 House Journal, 1863, p.
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