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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]

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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.

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