Montana labor news., 1932-10-20
CHAPTER 10I.

A n Act to Submit ito the Qualified Electors of the State Of Montana an Amendment to
Section 2 of Article TX Of. the Constitution of the State of Montana Relating to the
Qualifications Required of Persons to Enute Them to Vote at General Elections
for all Officers Elective by the, People and upon Questions hat may be Submitted
to the Vef the People or Electors.
Be 1t Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Montana;
Section / That Section 2 of Article TX of the Constitution of the shteo Of Montana
miued to the qualified electors of the State of Monana at the next general election.
Section 2 That Section 2 OF Article TX of the Constitute of the State of Montana
be-, IN the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 2 Every person or the age OF tWenty-One years or over, possessing the 1l
lowing publications., hall be Untitled to vote at al general elections nd for all
officer that now are or hereafter may be-, elective by the people, and except as here
matter provided, upon all questions which may pc submitted to the vote of the people
or electors: Fht he shall be citizen of the United states; second, he shall have
resided in this state one year Immediately preceding The election at which he offers to
vote md in the wi county or precinct such time as may b. pescrbed by Law II
the question submitted concerns the creation of any levy debt or liability the person
in addition to possessing he qualifications abovem mentioned. must also be a taxpayer
whose name appears pon the last preceding completed assessment roll in om to
enute lin to voe upon such question. Provided, first that no person convicted of
GIonv shall have the right to voe unless he has been pmdoned or restored to citizen
sr1ed to deprive any person Of the right to vote who has such. right at the i'm of
the adoption of this constitution; provided, that after the expiration of five years
from the inc of the adoption of this constitution, 40 person except ctizens of the
United States shall hayet the right Ito vote
be held in November 1927 which shall have printed thereon the words 40 the Amend
ment to the Constitution Relating to the Qualifications Required of Persons to Enute
TO Vote" and the words, Against the amendment to the. Consttuion Relating
to thu Qualifications Required of Persons TO Enute Then to Vote. and the eector
shall Indicate his preference ~ marking an X before the propositions for which he de-
sres to vote and the result of the vote on said question shalt b. determines md de-
lcared as provided " law
Section : This Act shall be in full foce md fleet fr its passage and approval
Approved March g. 1881.
UNIFIED STATES OF AMERICA, lm
STATE DE MONTANA. S.
/ w n Harmon Secretary of State of the State of Montana, 10 hereby certify that
the foregoing is a true am correct copy of an Act entitled: A Act to Submit to the
Qualified Electors of the State of Montana an Amendment to sector 2 Of Article *
Persons to Entle Them to Vote at General Elections for All officers Elective ~. the
People I'M Upon Questions That May Be Submitted to the Vote of the People or
Electors"
Seal Of the State of Montana, at HHna, the Capital July 2, 1892
Date of first publication August H. 1G2-13t
W. f. HARMON, Secretary of State