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  1. Overview: Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition)
  2. Full Record: Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition)
  3. Committee:The Convention
  4. Session: 1895-04-04 10:00:00
  5. Event type: CREATE

Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition)

Proceedings and Debates of the Convention Assembled to Adopt a Constitution for the State of Utah

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Session 7373: 1895-04-04 10:00:00

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Article on Election Rights and Suffrage [Article No. 6.3]

There are 6 proposed amendments related to this document on which decisions have not been taken.

Section 1. The rights of citizens of the State of Utah 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 21 years and upwards who shall have been a citizen for ninety days, who has resided in the state or territory one year, in the county four months, and in the precinct 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 therefrom.

Section 4. No elector shall be obliged to perform militia duty on the day of election except in time of war and 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. No idiots, insane persons, or persons convicted of treason or crime against the elective franchise, unless restored to civil rights, shall be permitted to vote at any election or be eligible to hold office in this state.

Section 7.

Section 8. No property qualification shall ever be required for any person to vote or hold office except in elections levying a special tax or creating indebtedness, no property qualification shall ever be required for any person to vote or hold office.

Section 9. All elections shall be by secret ballot. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the use of any machine or mechanical contrivance for the purpose of receiving and registering the votes cast at any election, providing that secrecy in voting be preserved.

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Section 14. After the adoption of this Constitution, all general elections, except for municipal, school and judicial officers, shall be held on the Tuesday next following the first Monday in November of the year in which the election for such officers is held.. Special elections may be held as provided by law. The terms of all officers elected at any general election shall commence on the first Monday in January next following the date of their election. Municipal, judicial, and school officers shall not be elected on any day when other officers are elected, but the time of their election shall be as provided by law.

Section 15. All officers made elective or appointive by this constitution or by the laws made in pursuance thereof shall, before entering upon the duties of their respective offices take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation:

“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support, obey and defend the constitution of the United States and the constitution of this state, and that I will discharge the duties of my office with fidelity.”

Decisions yet to be taken

  • Motion to Adopt the Article as Amended (introduced on 1895-04-08 10:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e694226)
  • Point of Order: Motion to Suspend the Rules of Reconsideration (introduced on 1895-04-08 10:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e694238)
  • Motion to Reconsider Article No. 6: Section 4 (introduced on 1895-04-22 09:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e695187)
    • Motion to Lay the Motion to Reconsider upon the Table (introduced on 1895-04-22 09:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e695189)
    • Point of Order (introduced on 1895-04-25 09:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e695365)
      • Question of Personal Privilege (introduced on 1895-04-25 09:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e695366)

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