The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-21
ARTICLE VI.
Suffrage and Eligibility to Office-Quali-
feathers of an Elector.

Suffrage and Eligibility to Office-Quali-
feathers of an Elector.
Section /. Every male person born i'm
the United States, and every male per-
son who has been naturalized, twenty one
years of age. and possessing the quaifi-
cations set out in this Article. shall be
entitled to vote at any election by the
people in the State, except as herein
otherwise provided.
GSection =. 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 election
district in which he offers to vote, four
months next preceding the election: Pro
vided, That removal from one precinct
ward or other election district to another
in the same county, shall not operate
TO deprive any person of the right TO
vote i'll the precinct, ward or other cleo
ton district from which he has remov
ed, until four months after such removal.
No person who has been convicted, or
who has confessed his guilt in open court
upon Indictment. Of any crime, the pun
ishment of which now, is, or may here
after be- imprisonment in the State
l.
the said person shall be first restored to
citizenship in the manner prescribed 10y
law.
Sec. 3. Every person Offering TO vote
shall be at the time alleged registered
voter as herein prescribed and i'll the
manner hereinafter provided by law. and
the General Assembly of North Carolina
shall enact general registration laws to
int off IA Dra of
Article
[Scc. A. Every person presenting
himself for registration Shall be able 10
read and write any section Of the Con-
stitution in the English language: and
before he shall be entitled 10 vote, he
shall have paid on or before the first
day of March of the year in which he
proposes to vote. his poll tax as pre-
sclibed by law, for the previous year.
Poll taxes shall be lien only ON as
scssed property. and no process shall is-'
sue to enforce the collection of the same
except against assessed property.
Sec. 81 No male person who wjas, on
January l, 1861, or at any time prior
thereto, entitled to vote under the laws
of any State in the United States.
wherein he then resided, and no liEeal
descendant of any such person. shall be
denied the right TO register and vote at
any election in this State by reason of
his failure to possess the educational
qualifications prescribed in section 4 of
this article: Provided, He shall have
registered i'll accordance with the terms
of this section prior to December !,
1908. The General Assembly shall pro
vide for Il permanent record of all persons
who register under this section on or be-
fore November first, one thousand. nine
hundred and eight, and all such persons
shall be entitled to register and vote in
all elections by the people in this State,
unless disqualified under section , of this
article: Provided, Such persons Shall
have paid their poll tax as required by
law.
[Sec. g. All elections by the people
shall be by ballot, and all elections by
the General Assembly shall be viva
yoce.
lSec. IL Every voter in North Caro-
lima, except as in this article disqltali-
fed, shall be eligible to office, but before
entering upon the duties of the office he
shall take and subscribe the following
oath: Il ---------, do Solemnly
swear tor affirm that | will support and
maintain the Constitution and laws of
the United States, and the Constitution
and laws of North Carolina not inconsist-
ent Herewith, and that | will faithfully
discharge the duties of my office as
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