[4CJ]

Found this as well"

During the Civil War, large numbers of Marylanders were disqualified from voting because of their refusal to take a "loyal oath" or because of their southern sympathies.²⁵ *** Prior to 1890 the individual voter, candidates or political parties provided a ballot which led to a various election day tactics such as colored ballots, striped ballots, and shingle ballots.

25. From one-third to two-thirds of Maryland voters are estimated to have been potentially disfranchised by the loyalty requirements specified by Section 4 of Article 1 of the 1864 Constitution of Maryland. For an insight on the impact of Maryland voting, see Wm. A. Russ, "Disfranchisement in Maryland (1861-67)," Maryland Historical Magazine, December 1933, Vol. 28, pp. 309-328.
Extracted from from J.T. Willis,

Presidential Elections in Maryland (pp. 3-4, 8-9 of the original edition as revised for the 2001 edition), Maryland SOS website

[#3Fan]

During the Civil War, large numbers of Marylanders were disqualified from voting because of their refusal to take a "loyal oath" or because of their southern sympathies.

Sounds good to me. We need to do that now. Too many are loyal to the UN instead of the US.