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in lieu thereof shall be substituted |
the following Article of Said Consti +!
tuition:
ARTICLE VI.
Suffrage and Eligibility to Office
Qualifications Of an Elector. Y
Section l. Every male person born
in the United States, and every male
person who has been naturalizs6, q
years Of age and possessing the qLai-
iications set out in this Article shall
be entitled to vote at any election by
the people in the State, except as
herein otherwise provided.
Sec. 2. He shall have resided in
the State of North Carolina for two
years, in the county six months and
in the precinct, ward or other cleo
ton district, in which he offers to
vote four months next preceding the
election: Provided, That removal
from one precinct, ward or other
election district to another in the
same county, shall not operate to de-
prive any person of the right to vote
in q precinct, ward or other election
district from which he has removed
until after such removal. No person
who has been convicted, or who has
confessed his guilt in open court
upon indictment, of any crime, the
punishment of which is. or may
thereafter be, Imprisonment in the
State prison, shall be permitted &c
vote unless the said person shall be
first restored to citizenship in Ike
manner prescribed by law.
Sec. 3. Every person Offering to
vote shall be at the time a legally
registered voter as herein prescribed
and in the manner hereinafter pro-
vided by law, and the General AS
sembly of North Carolina shall enact
general registration laws to carry in
to effect the provisions Of this Ar
ticle.
Sec. 4. Every person presenting
himself for registration shall be able
to read and write any section of the
Constitution in the English language;
and, before he shall be entitled to
vote, have paid, ON or before the first
day of March of the year in which he
proposes to vote, his poll tax, as pre-
scribed by law, for the previous year.
Poll taxes shall be q lien only on as
sessed property, and no process shall
issue to enforce the collection of the
same except against assessed prop
erty.
Sec. 5. Nc male person, who was
on January l, 1867, or at any time
prior thereto, entitled to vote under
the laws oe any State in the United
States wherein he then resided, and
no lineal desc endant Of any such per
son; shall be denied the right to reg.
lister and vote at any election in this
State by reason Of his failure to po-
sess the educational qualifications
prescribed in section 4 of this Article
Provided, He shall have registered
in accordance with the terms of thi
section prior to Dec. l, 1908.
The General Assembly shall pro
vide for q permanent record of al
persons who register under this sec
ton on or before November l, 1905
and all such persons shall be entitl.
to register and vote at all election
, by the people in this State, unles
| DISQUALIFIED under section 2 Of thi
Article: Provided such persons sha
= have paid their poll tax as require
[ by law.
RI Sec. 6. All elections by the peop]
shall BIO by ballot, and all election
by the General Assembly shall b
viva voce.
y Sec. 7. Every voter in North Ca
o DINA, except as in this Art. disqual
- fed, shall be eligible to office, b'
before entering upon the duties
the Office he shall take and subscril
the following oath: a..
n solemnly swear or affirm, that l WI
n support and maintain the constit
ton and laws of the U. 5. and II
constitution and laws of North Car
lima. not inconsistent Herewith, al
, that will faithfully discharge Il
- duties of my Office as .........
help me God.'
Sec. 8. The following classes
at persons shall be disqualified for Z
70 zee: First, all persons who deny Il
"a being of Almighty God. Second,
persons who shall have been cow
O, ted or confessed their guilt on indie
4. ment pending, and whether sente
So ced or not; or under Judgment 81
in pended, of any treason or felony,
"a. anv ther crime for which the pu
. jshment may be imprisonment in t
penitentiary, since becoming cltlze
of the United States. of corrupt
ne and malpractice in Office unless So
q person shall be restored to the rigl
by of citizenship N a manner prescr
sll ed by law.
it Sac. 9. The act shall be in fol
u rom and after its ratification.
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