Wyoming State Constitutional Convention 1889

The Wyoming Constitution Convention began September 2, 1889 without the authorization from an enabling act. The articles were individually voted on, creating the final Constitution of Wyoming on September 30, 1889. It was later ratified on November 5, 1889.

Committee on Elections, Rights of Suffrage, and Qualifications to Office

Also referred to as Committee No. 5

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Session 5779: 1889-09-11 00:00:00

The committee was referred a file on Suffrage and Elections.

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Suffrage and Elections [File No. 49, Committee on Elections, Rights of Suffrage, and Qualifications to Office]

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Sec. 1. Except as in this article otherwise provided every male citizen of the United States, twenty-one years old, who has actually resided in this state for six months and in the county where he offers to vote sixty days next preceding the day of election, is a qualified elector. Women, who have the qualifications prescribed in this article may hold such school offices and vote at such school deletions as may be provided by the laws of the state of Wyoming.

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