in duplicate, of the list of persons registered under this section, showing in detail whether the applicant registered as a voter of 1867, or prior thereto, or as the son of such voter, or as the grandson of such voter, and deposit one of said duplicates in the office of the Secretary of State . . and the other of said duplicates shall be by him filed in the office of the Clerk of the District Court of the parish. . . All persons whose names appear on said registration lists shall be admitted to register for all elections in this State without possessing the educational or property qualification prescribed by this Constitution, unless otherwise disqualified, and all persons who do not by personal application claim exemption from the provisions of sections 3 and 4 of this article before September 1st, 1898, shall be forever denied the right to do so.. Art. 198. No person less than sixty years of age shall be permitted to vote at any election in the State who shall not, in addition to the qualifications above prescribed, have paid on or before the 31st day of December, of each year, for the two years preceding the year in which he offers to vote, a poll tax of one dollar per annum, to be used exclusively in aid of the public schools of the parish in which such tax shall have been collected. . . Art. 200. No person shall vote at any primary election or in any convention or other political assembly held for the purpose of nominating any candidate for public office, unless he is at the time a registered voter. And in all political conventions in this State the apportionment of representation shall be on the basis of population. "Old Soldier" and "Grandfather" Plans Constitution of the State of Alabama, adopted 1901. Permanent provisions in force after 1902. The Virginia constitution adopted later in the same year has practically the same provisions. [1900] [178] To entitle a person to vote at any election by the people, he shall have resided in the State at least two years, in the county one year, and in the precinct or ward three months, immediately preceding the election at which he offers to vote, and he shall have been duly registered as an elector, and shall have paid on or before the first day of February next preceding the date of the election at which he offers to vote, all poll taxes due from him for the year 1901, and for each subsequent year. . . [180] The following male citizens of this State, who are citizens of the United States, and every male resident of foreign birth who, before the ratification of this Constitution, shall have legally declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States, and who shall not have had an opportunity to perfect his citizenship prior to the 20th day of December, 1902, 21 years old or upwards, who, if their place of residence shall remain unchanged, will have at the date of the next general election the qualifications as to residence prescribed in Section 182 of this constitution, shall upon application be entitled to register as electors prior to the 20th day of December, 1902, namely: First All who have honorably served in the land or naval forces of the United States in the war of 1812, or in the war with Mexico, or in the war with the Indians, or in the war between the States, or in the war with Spain, or who honorably served in the land or naval forces of the Confederate States, or of the State of Alabama in the war between the States; or, Second-The lawful descendants of persons who honorably served in the land or naval forces of the United States in the war of the American Revolution, or in the war of 1812, or in the war with Mexico, or in any war with the Indians, or in the war between the States, or in the land or naval forces of the Confederate States, or of the State of Alabama in the war be tween the States; or, Third All persons who are of good character and who understand the duties and obligations of citizenship under a republican form of government. [181] After the first day of January, nineteen hundred and three, the following persons, and no others, who will have qualifications as to residence. . shall be qualified to register as electors. . . . (1) Those who can read and write any article of the Constitution of the United States in the English language, and who are physically unable to work, and those who can read and write any article of the Constitution of the United States in the English language, and who have worked or been regularly engaged in some lawful employment, business or occupation, trade or calling for the greater part of the twelve months next preceding the time they offer to register; and those who are unable to read and write, if such inability is due solely to physical disability; or, (2) The owner in good faith, in his own right, or the husband of a woman who is owner in good faith, in her own right, of forty acres of land situated in this State, upon which they reside; or the owner in good faith, in his own right, or the husband of any woman who is owner in good faith, in her own right, of real estate, situated in this State, assessed for taxation at the value of three hundred dollars or more, or the owner in good faith, in his own right, or the husband of a woman who is the owner in good faith, in her own right, of personal property in this State assessed for taxation at three hundred dollars or more; provided, that the taxes due upon such real or personal property for the year next preceding the year in which he offers to register shall have been paid, unless the assessment [shall] have been legally contested and is undetermined. [183] No person shall be entitled to vote or participate in any primary election, party convention, mass meeting or other method of party action of any political party or faction who shall not possess the qualifications prescribed in this article for an elector, or who shall be disqualified from voting under the provisions of this article. |