• The voter's oath or affirmation, formerly the freemen's oath, is a citizen's oath or affirmation taken during voter registration in the U.S. state of...
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  • Freeman's oath may refer to: Voter's oath or affirmation, sworn by persons registering to vote for the first time in Vermont Oath of a Freeman, required...
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    state in the United States that requires voters to be sworn in, having established the voter's oath or affirmation in 1777. All white men were granted universal...
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    the swearing of oaths, there exists a compromise affirmation, first instituted in 1905: I, [name], do solemnly, sincerely and truly affirm and declare the...
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    loyalty oath is a pledge of allegiance to an organization, institution, or state of which an individual is a member. In the United States, such an oath has...
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  • Near the end of the American Civil War, the Ironclad Oath was an oath promoted by Radical Republicans that required federal employees, lawyers, and federal...
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  • solemn repudiation, abandonment, or renunciation by or upon oath, often the renunciation of citizenship or some other right or privilege. The term comes from...
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    provides for the oath or affirmation for the office of vice president as follows:- "I, A.B., do swear in the name of God /solemnly affirm that I will bear...
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    giving an affirmation rather than oath ... [shows] the Constitution thus already expressly authorizes people not to swear at all, but to affirm, without...
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    be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution". While the Oath or Affirmation Clause does not explicitly require an oath of office of...
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    of persons. I further (solemnly swear) (solemnly affirm) that should I at any time break this oath of office; I shall submit myself to the laws of the...
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    replacing Peter Welch. Government of Vermont Politics of Vermont Voter's oath or affirmation Elections in the United States Political party strength in Vermont...
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  • and affirm. The oath stated: "I do sware I do not hold myself bound to yield any Allegiance or obedience to the King Of Great Britain his heirs, or successors...
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    the oath or promise is made in a session of the People's Representative Council (DPR). If the DPR is unable to hold a session, the oath or affirmation is...
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    Election Results in 2013". www.elections.in. Retrieved 6 December 2020. "OATH / AFFIRMATION BY ELEVENTH LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY MEMBERS" (PDF). tripuraassembly.nic...
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    requires all senators to take an oath or affirmation upon assuming their office. The Secretary of the Senate administers the oath to all senators on their first...
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  • Affirmation, English being “affirmation”, has the original meaning in Latin of rendering it more assertive or strengthened. Taking the oath is a...
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    wording of the oaths and affirmations mandated by the constitution, which are the oath and affirmation of allegiance, the oath and affirmation for due execution...
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    brought. The president has to take an oath in the presence of the speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad. An oath (or affirmation) in the following form shall be administered...
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    that the oath augments the president's powers. The vice president also has an oath of office, but it is taken under the Oath or Affirmation Clause of...
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    specified by law. The vice president-elect is required to read either an oath or a promise or a statement of office before officially becoming vice president....
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    Retrieved 15 April 2024. Correspondent, D. C. (5 March 2024). "Jagan affirms taking oath as CM in Vizag". www.deccanchronicle.com. Retrieved 15 April 2024...
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    him or herself as a candidate of the next presidential election. Before his or her entry into office, the authority concerned will take the oath of office...
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  • realize will later be shaped by politics and compromise. Both an oath and an affirmation can be a promise. One special kind of promise is the vow. A notable...
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    requires that senators take an oath or affirmation to support the Constitution. Congress has prescribed the following oath for all federal officials (except...
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    president of Georgia addresses the people and is required to take the following oath of office: მე, საქართველოს პრეზიდენტი, ღვთისა და ერის წინაშე ვფიცავ, რომ...
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    (In case of affirmation, last sentence will be omitted.) — Constitution of the Philippines, art. 7, sec. 5 The Filipino text of the oath used for the...
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  • modified in order to affirm the monarchical character of institutions. Allowances for senators and deputies were fixed. The oath of faithfulness required...
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    the governor-elect takes the following oath of office: "I (first_middle_last names), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the Constitution...
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    governor-general takes an oath or affirmation of allegiance to the monarch and an oath or affirmation of office. These oaths are administered by the chief...
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