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  1. Overview: Wyoming State Constitutional Convention 1889
  2. Full Record: Wyoming State Constitutional Convention 1889
  3. Committee:Committee of the Whole
  4. Session: 1889-09-17 00:00:00
  5. Event type: CREATE

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.

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Session 5832: 1889-09-17 00:00:00

The committee considered the article on Suffrage.

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Concerning Suffrage [File No. 68, Committee of the Whole]

There are 2 proposed amendments related to this document on which decisions have not been taken.

SUFFRAGE.

Section 1. The rights of CCitizens of the SState of Wyoming to vote and hold office shall not be denied or abridged on account of sex.

Both male and female citizens of this state shall equally enjoy all civil, political and religious rights and privileges.

Section 2. Every citizen of the United States of the age of twenty one years and upwards, who has resided in the Territory six months, and in the county wherein such residence is located sixty days next preceding any election shall be entitled to vote at such election, except as herein otherwise provided.

Section 3. Electors shall in all cases, except treason, felony, or breach of the peace be privileged from arrest on the days of election during their attendance at elections and going to and returning there from.

Section 4. No elector shall be obliged to perform militia duty on the day of election, except in time of war or public danger.

Section 5. No person shall be deemed a qualified elector of this State unless such person be a citizen of the United States.

Section 6. All idiots, insane persons, and persons convicted of infamous crimes unless restored to civil rights, are excluded from the elective franchise.

Section 7. No elector shall be deemed to have lost his residence in the State by reason of his absence on business of the United Sates, or of this state, or in the military or naval service of the United States.

Section 8. No soldier, seaman, or marine in the army or navy of the United States shall be deemed a resident of this State in consequence of his being stationed there in.

Section 9. No person shall have the right to vote, who shall not be able to read the Constitution of this State. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any person prevented by physical disability from complying with its requirements. This section shall not take effect until July 1st, 1894.

Sec. 10. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to deprive any person of the right to vote who has such right at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, unless disqualified by the restrictions of Sec. 6 of this article. After the expiration of five (5) years from the time of the adoption of this Constitution, none but citizens of the United States shall have the right to vote. Excepted from the operations of this section are idiots, insane persons, and persons convicted of crime.

Sec. 11. All elections shall be by ballot. The Legislature shall provide by law that the names of all candidates for the same office, to be voted for at any election, shall be printed on the same ballot, at public expense, and on Election day be delivered to the voters within the polling place by sworn public officials and only such ballots so delivered shall be received and counted. But no voter shall be deprived of the privilege of listing upon the ballot used, the name of any other candidate. All voters shall be guaranteed absolute privacy in the preparation of their ballots, and the secrecy of the ballot shall be made compulsory.

Sec. 12. No person qualified to be an elector of the state of Wyoming shall be qualified to vote at any general or special election hereafter to be holden in this state until he or she shall have registered as a voter according to law. The legislature of the state shall enact such laws as will carry into effect the provisions of this section, which enactment shall be subject to but shall never be repealed; but this section shall not apply to the first election under this constitution.

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