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 7752: 1889-09-28 00:00:00

The committee was referred a file on Restrictions on Civic Responsibilities and Rights which they referred to the Convention along with a report of the committee.

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Restrictions on Civic Responsibilities and Rights [File No. 93, Committee on Elections, Rights of Suffrage, and Qualifications to Office]

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No person shall be permitted to vote, serve as a juror or hold any civil office, who has at any time been convicted of an infamous crime, and not been restored to the rights of citizenship, or is a bigamist or polygamist, or is a believer in or enters into what is known as plural or celestial marriage, or in violation of any law of this state, or of the United States effecting any such crime.

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