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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mies over the arms of the
United States, and that I
will bear true faith and al-
legiance to the United States
and support the Constitution
and laws thereof as the su-
preme law of the land, any
law or ordinance of any
State to the contrary not-
withstanding; that I will in
all respects demean myself
as a loyal citizen of the
United States, and I make
this oath or affirmation with-
out any reservation or eva-
sion, and believe it to be
binding on me; and any per-
son declining to take such
oath shall not be allowed to
vote, but the taking of such
oath shall not be deemed
conclusive evidence of the
right of such person to vote;
and any person swearing or
affirming falsely shall be
liable to penalties of perjury,
and it shall be the duty of
the proper officers of regis-
tration to allow no person
to be registered until he shall
have taken the oath or af-
firmation above set out, and
it shall be the duty of the
Judges of Election in all
their returns of the first elec-
tion held under this Consti-
tution to state^in their said
returns that every person
who has voted has taken such
oath or affirmation. But the
provisions of this section in
relation to acts against the
United States shall not apply
to any person not a citizen of
the United States who shall
have committed such acts
while in the service of some
foreign country at war
against the United States,
and who has, since such acts,
been naturalized, or may be
naturalized, under the laws
of the United States, and
the oath above set forth shall
be taken in the case of such
persons in such sense.
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666
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667
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