Section 3. Voting by Persons Exempt from Registering or Paying Poll Taxes

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Voting by persons exempt from registering or paying poll taxes

Summary: Repeal obsolete provisions

Election Date: November 3, 1970

Votes For Ratification: 576776

Votes Against Ratification: 226219

Percent for Ratification: 72%

Percent Against Ratification: 28%

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Amendment Source: 1970 Chap 786

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Voting by Persons Exempt from Registering or Paying Poll Taxes

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Constitution or of any law, every citizen of the United States, otherwise qualified to vote in this State, who is exempted from the payment of poll taxes by the provisions of this Article, shall be entitled to vote in any and all elections, including legalized primary elections, in person or by such absentee voting procedure as may be authorized by law, provided such citizen shall have registered or is exempted from registering by the provisions of this Article.

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Notes: The limited convention was authorized to pass amendments without popular ratification.

Amendment Source: 1945 Convention Ordinance

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