AMENDATORY RECONSTRUCTION ACT OF MARCH 11, 1868
Be it enacted, &c., That hereafter any election
authorized by the act passed March 23, 1867, entitled "An Act
supplementary to 'An act to provide for the more efficient
government of the rebel states,' passed March 2, 1867, and to
facilitate their restoration," shall be decided by a majority of
the votes actually cast; and at the election in which the question
of the adoption or rejection of any constitution is submitted, any
person duly registered in the State may vote in the election
district where he offers to vote when he has resided therein for
ten days next preceding such election, upon presentation of his
certificate of registration, his affidavit, or other satisfactory
evidence, under such regulations as the district commanders may
prescribe.
Sec. 2. That the constitutional convention of any of the States
mentioned in the acts to which this is amendatory may provide that
at the time of voting upon the ratification of the constitution,
the registered voters may vote also for members of the House of
Representatives of the United States, and for all elective officers
provided for by the said constitution; and the same election
officers, who shall make the returns of the votes cast on the
ratification or rejection of the constitution, shall enumerate and
certify the votes cast for members of Congress.
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