The Digges Amendment was an amendment to the Maryland Constitution proposed in 1910 to curtail the Fifteen Amendment of the United States Constitution and disenfranchise black voters in the state with the use of a property requirement. It was an initiative by the predominately white conservative Democratic Party members in the state.[1]
The amendment was drafted by Democratic state delegate (lower house) Walter Digges and co-sponsored by state senator (upper house) William J. Frere. The proposal was passed by the Democratic-dominated Maryland General Assembly and approved by Governor Austin Lane Crothers but was not ratified by the required general election voter referendum.[1]
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the requirements of the DiggesAmendment into law. Due to widespread public opposition, that measure failed, and the amendment was also rejected by the...
the requirements of the DiggesAmendment into law. Due to widespread public opposition, that measure failed, and the amendment was also rejected by the...
the requirements of the DiggesAmendment into law. Due to widespread public opposition, that measure failed, and the amendment was also rejected by the...
against them, but nothing came of it. Crothers also supported the 1910 DiggesAmendment to the Maryland Constitution, which would have used property qualifications...
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that the amendment was likely in violation of Virginia's Constitution, which Howard had helped to write in the 1970s. The proposed amendment passed in...
the proposed amendment. The Amendment and its certificate of ratification are then published in the Federal Register and the amendment is included in...
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execution of minors.[citation needed] He was opposed to a constitutional amendment to ban flag burning. In 1993, he supported Bill Clinton's proposal to...
government to acquire land. Jefferson initially thought that a Constitutional amendment was necessary to purchase and govern the new territory; but he later changed...
Supreme Court reinstated capital punishment as permissible under the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution in 1976. In a statement, Warner said, "The actions...
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of the top two vote-getters, from whom the Senate, under the Twelfth Amendment, must choose. Following the custom of the times—that candidates not appear...
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with an amendment enabling the people of Missouri to form a state constitution. Before the bill was returned to the House, a second amendment was adopted...
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high schools to further CTE programs. The legislation, introduced as an amendment to the omnibus Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006...
that he would address if elected president include preserving the 2nd Amendment right to bear arms, immigration and border re-enforcement, healthcare...
may send legislation back to the legislature with recommendations and amendments. The legislature must either approve the changes by a majority in each...
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