if you, if you've googled grandfather clause, you get grimm v. oklahoma. and be this is an oklahoma case that deals with some restrictions on voting. in that case as well was a case involving a law passed in 1908 by the maryland legislature changing a charter of the city of annapolis to restrict voting by african-americans. now, they're free, and they've been voting. and they're applied only to the city, not to state elections. they tended to vote republican, so democrats in power in the state government and in the city wanted to restrict this. you couldn't vote in annapolis under this 1908 law unless you had $500 worth of assessed property in the city, unless you were naturalized or you were the son of a natural -- of course, no women voting at all in 1908, so it doesn't matter -- unless you're the son or descendant of a naturalized citizen, or unless your grandfather could have voted in january 1, 1868. well, in 1868 voting in annapolis is tied to the 1867 constitution of maryland which allowed voting only to males, white males. so if your grandfather wa