Article II.
Franchise and Officers

Section 22. Persons exempt from payment of poll tax as condition of right to vote

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Persons exempt from payment of poll tax as condition of right to vote

Persons exempt from payment of poll tax as condition of right to vote

No person, nor the wife or widow of such person, who, during the late war between the States, served in the army or navy of the United States, or the Confederate States, or of any state of the United States, or of the Confederate States, shall at any time be required to pay a poll tax as a prerequisite to the right to register or vote. The collection of the State poll tax assessed against any one shall not be enforced by legal process until the same has become three years past due.

No person, nor the wife or widow of such person, who, during the late war between the States, served in the army or navy of the United States, or of the Confederate States, or any State of the United States, or of the Confederate States, shall at any time be required to pay a poll tax as a prerequisite to the right to register or vote. The collection of the State poll tax assessed against any one shall not be enforced by legal process until the same has become three years past due.

No person who, during the late war between the States, served in the army or navy of the United States, or the Confederate States, or any state of the United States, or of the Confederate States, shall at any time be required to pay a poll tax as a prerequisite to the right to register or vote. The collection of the state poll tax assessed against any one shall not be enforced by legal process until the same has become three years past due.

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