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\r\n\r\n\r\n 1.\r\n    \r\nRight to vote.\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\n\r\n 2.\r\n    \r\nVoter qualification.\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\n\r\n 3.\r\n    \r\nElections.\r\n\r\n
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\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n    \r\n§ 1.\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\nRight to vote.\r\n \r\nElections shall be free and equal, and no power, civil or military, shall\r\nat any time interfere to prevent the free exercise of the right of suffrage.
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\r\n\r\n\r\n History: 1889 Const., art. VII, § 5; amendment proposed by SL 1974, ch 2, approved Nov. 5,\r\n1974.\r\n\r\n

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§ 2. Voter qualification. Every United States citizen eighteen years of age or older who has met all residency and registration requirements shall be entitled to vote in all elections and upon all questions submitted to the voters of the state unless disqualified by law for mental incompetence or the conviction of a felony. The Legislature may by law establish reasonable requirements to insure the integrity of the vote.

Each elector who qualified to vote within a precinct shall be entitled to vote in that precinct until he establishes another voting residence. An elector shall never lose his residency for voting solely by reason of his absence from the state.

History: 1889 Const., art. VII, §§ 1, 2, 6, 8, 9; amendment of § 9 proposed by SL 1893, ch 38, rejected Nov., 1894; amendment of § 1 proposed by SL 1897, ch 37, rejected Nov., 1898; amendment adding new § 10 proposed by SL 1909, ch 138, rejected Nov., 1910; amendment of § 1 proposed by SL 1913, ch 134, rejected Nov., 1914; amendment of § 1 proposed by SL 1915, ch 234, rejected Nov., 1916; amendment of § 1 proposed by SL 1918 (SS), ch 31, approved Nov., 1918; amendment of § 1 proposed by SL 1951, ch 292, rejected Nov., 1952; amendment of § 1 proposed by SL 1957, ch 303, rejected Nov., 1958; amendment of § 1 proposed by SL 1957, ch 304, approved Nov., 1958; amendment of § 1 proposed by SL 1969, ch 241, approved Nov. 3, 1970; amendment of § 1 proposed by SL 1970, ch 3, rejected Nov. 3, 1970; amendment adding new § 10 proposed by SL 1970, ch 4, approved Nov. 3, 1970; amendment of § 1 proposed by SL 1971, ch 1, approved Nov. 7, 1972; amendment proposed by SL 1974, ch 2, approved Nov. 5, 1974; amendment of § 2 proposed by SL 1993, ch 2, §§ 1 and 2, rejected Nov. 8, 1994; amendment proposed by SL 2023, ch 2, § 16, rejected Nov. 5, 2024.


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\r\n\r\n\r\n History: 1889 Const., art. VII, §§ 3, 6, 7; amendment proposed by SL 1974, ch 2, approved\r\nNov. 5, 1974.\r\n\r\n

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