CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION STUDY DOCUMENTS [SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS] _______COMPARISON
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Headnotes
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Present
Constitution
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Constitution of
1867
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Constitution of
1864
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Constitution of
1851
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Constitution of
1776
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Amendments to
1776 Constitution
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or information, or who has
disloyally held communica-
tion with the enemies of the
United States, or who has
advised any person to enter
the service of the said ene-
mies, or aided any person so
to enter, or who has by any
open deed or word declared
his adhesion to the cause of
the enemies of the United
States, or his desire for the
triumph of said enemies over
the arms of the United
States, shall ever be entitled
to vote at any election to be
held in this State, or to hold
any office of honor, profit or
trust under the laws of this
State, unless since such un-
lawful acts he shall have
voluntarily entered into the
military service of the
United States, and been hon-
orably discharged therefrom,
or shall be on the day of
election, actually and volun-
tarily in such service, or
unless he shall be restored to
his full rights of citizenship
by an act of the General As-
sembly passed by a vote of
two-thirds of all the mem-
bers elected to each House;
and it shall be the duty of all
Officers of Registration and
Judges of Election carefully
to exclude from voting, or
being registered, all persons
so as above disqualified; and
the Judges of Election at the
first election held under this
Constitution shall, and at
any subsequent election may,
administer to any person
offering to vote the following
oath or affirmation: I do
swear or affirm that I am a
citizen of the United States,
that I have never given any
aid, countenance or support
to those in armed hostility to
the United States, that I
have never expressed a desire
for the triumph of said ene-
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664
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665
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