Section 1.15. Ex Post Facto Laws.

No bill of attainder, or ex post facto law, or law impairing the
obligation of contracts shall be enacted.

Section 1.16. Eminent Domain.

Private property shall not be taken or damaged for public use
or purposes without just compensation, except that the allowance
of compensation for property damaged but not taken for public
use or purposes shall be subject to any reasonable limitations and
restrictions that the General Assembly may prescribe by law.

Section 1.17. Continuity of Government During Emergencies.

The provisions of this Constitution shall not be suspended,
except that the General Assembly by law shall provide f or the
temporary suspension of specific provisions during an emergency
caused by disaster or enemy attack. Any suspension shall be for
the period of the emergency only, and only provisions of this Con-
stitution concerning state and local public offices and govern-
mental operations may be suspended.

Section 1.18. Reserved Rights.

The enumeration of rights in this Constitution shall not be con-
strued to impair, disparage, or deny others retained by the people.

ARTICLE 2. SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS

QUALIFICATIONS FOR VOTING

Section 2.01. Voters in National, State, and County Elections.

Every citizen of the United States who has attained the age of
nineteen years, and who has been a resident of this State for six
months and of the county in which he offers to vote for three
months next preceding an election, shall be eligible to vote, and if
registered shall be qualified to vote in that county in national,
state, and county elections. If any county is divided into dif-

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