Legislative Reference Bureus: Of the Rhode Island State Library
Language: English
Published by Forgotten Books, 2018
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Print on Demand. This book thoroughly examines the history and evolution of female suffrage in the United States. Its comprehensive analysis of suffrage statutes across the nation from the early years of the republic through the ratification of the 19th Amendment provides valuable insights into the complex political and social landscape of the women's suffrage movement. The author explores the strategies, successes, and setbacks encountered by suffragists, highlighting the diverse range of perspectives on gender roles, citizenship, and political participation that shaped the movement. By examining the legal and constitutional dimensions of suffrage, this book offers a nuanced understanding of the challenges and triumphs faced by women in their pursuit of equal political rights. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book.…
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- Legislative Reference Bureus: Of the Rhode Island State Library
- Author
- Lowell Kendrick, Harold P. Salisbury
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- Forgotten Books
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- 2018
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- Paperback
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- English
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Sec. 177. Every male citizen of this state, who is a citizen of the United States, and every male resident of foreign birth, who, before the ratification of this constitution, shall have legally declared his intention to become a. Citizen of the United States, twenty-one years old or upward, not laboring under any of the disabilities named in this article, and possessing the qualifications required by it, shall be an elector, and shall be entitled to vote at any election by the people: Provided, that all foreigners who have legally declared their intention to become a citizen of the United States, shall, if they fail to become citizens thereof at the time they are entitled to become such, cease to have the right to vote until they become such citizens.
Sec. 178. To entitle a person to vote at any election by the people, he shall have resided in the state at least two years, in the county one year, and in the precinct or ward three months, immediately preceding the election at which he offers to vote, and he shall have been duly registered as an elector, and shall have paid on or before the first day of February next preceding the date of the election at which he offers to vote, all poll taxes due from him for the year 1901, and for each subsequent year: Provided, that any elector who, within three months next preceding the date of the election at which he offers to vote, has removed from one precinct or ward to another precinct or ward in the same county, incorporated town or city, shall have the right to vote in the precinct or ward from which he has so removed, if he would have been entitled to vote in such precinct or ward but for such removal.
Sec. 180. The following male citizens of this state, who are citizens of the United States, and every male resident of foreign birth, who, before the ratification of this Constitution, shall have legally declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States, and who shall not have had an opportunity to perfect his citizenship prior to the twentieth day of December, 1902, twenty-one years old or upwards, who, if their place of residence shall remain unchanged, will have, at the date of the next general election the qualifications as to residence prescribed in Section 178 of this Constitution, and who are not disqualified under Section 182 of this Constitution, shall, upon application be entitled to register as electors prior to the twentieth day of December, 1902, namely: First - All who have honorably served in the land or naval forces of the United States in the war of 1812, or in the war with Mexico, or in any war with the Indians, or in the war between the States, or in the war with Spain, or who have honorably served in the land or naval forces of the Confederate states, or of the State of Alabama in the war between the States; or, Second - the lawful descendants of persons who honorably served in the land or naval forces of the United States in the war of the American Revolution, or in the war of 1812, or in the war with Mexico, or in any war with the Indians, or in the war be tween the States, oi in the land or naval forces of the Confederate states, or ofothe State of Alabama in the war between the states; or, Third - All persons who are of good character and who understand the duties and obligations of citizenship under a republican form of government.
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