The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-04-03
ARTICLE VI.
SUFFRAGE AND ELIaIBILITY OF OFFICE,
QUALIFICATIONS Oh AN ELECToR.

SOAL1B1OAI1OGb OB AN
Section II Every male person born
in the United States and every male
person who has been n~sturalized, 81
years of age and possessing the quali1-
cations set out i'm this article, shall be
entitled to vote at any election by the
people i'm the State, except 40 herein
otherwise provided.
Section He shall have resided in
the State Of North Carolina for 3 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: Provided,
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 rightto vote
in the precinct, ward or other election
district, from which he has removed
until four months after such removal.
No person who has been convict I'D or
who has confessed his guilt in open
court upon indictment, Of any crime,
the punishment Of which now is or
may hereafter be, imprisonment in the
State prison, shall be permitted to vote
unless the said person shall be first re-
stored ito citizenship in the manner
prescribed by law.
(Section 81 Every person Offering to
vote shall be at the time a legally regis
tered voter az herein prescribed and in
the manner hereafter provided by law,
AID the General Assembly Of North
Carolina shall enact general registra-
ton laws to carry into effect the pro
visions Of this article.
Section A 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 60 vote
he shall have paid on or before the
frat 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 a lien only on as
sessed property, and no process shall
issue to enforce the collection of the
same except against assessed property.
Section 5 } No male person, who was
on January 1, 1857, OF at any time
prior thereto, entitled to vote under the
laws of any State ia the United States
wherein he then resided, and no lineal
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
qualification prescribed in section 4 of
this Article: Provided, He shall have
registered in accordance with the terms
Of this Section prior to December 1,
1908. The General Assembly shall
provide for a permanent record of all
persons who register under this Sec
ton on or before November 1908, and
all such persons shall be entitled to
register and vote in all elections by the
people in this State unless disqualified
under section 2 of this article: Pro-
vided such persons shall have paid
their poll tax as required by law"
Section 6 } An elections by the people
shall be by ballot, and all elections by
the General Assembly shall be viva
voCe.
Section7. Every voter in North Caro-
lima, except as in this Article disquali-
fed, shall be eligible to Office, but be-
fore entering upon the duties of the
office he shall take and subscribe the
following oath; ST, ---, do sol
EMMY swear (or afirm) that I will sup
port and maintain the Constitution and
laws of the United States and the Con
stitusion and laws Of North Carolina,
not inconsistent Herewith, and that !
will faithfully discharge the duties Of
my Office as -----. SO help me
God"
6ection 81. The following classes of
persons shall be disqualified for off se:
First all persons who deny the being
of Almighty God. Second, all per
sons who shall have been convicted, or
confessed their guilt or indictment
pending, aud whether sentenced or not,
or under judgment suspended, OF any
treason or felony, OF any other crime
for which the punishment may be inn
prisonment in the p~enitentiary, since
becoming citizars OF the United States.
or Of corruption and malpractice in
ofics, unless such person shall be re.
stored to the right Of citizenship in q