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vii Sec. 21. Attainder — ex post facto law — obligation of contract. No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts, shall ever be passed.

Referred to in Iowa Code §12A.10, 12E.11, 15.105, 16.2

Sec. 22. Resident aliens. Foreigners who are, or may hereafter become residents of this state, shall enjoy the same rights in respect to the possession, enjoyment and descent of property, as native born citizens.

Sec. 23. Slavery — penal servitude. There shall be no slavery in this state; nor shall there be involuntary servitude, unless for the punishment of crime.

Sec. 24. Agricultural leases. No lease or grant of agricultural lands, reserving any rent, or service of any kind, shall be valid for a longer period than twenty years.

Referred to in Iowa Code §461A.25

Sec. 25. Rights reserved. This enumeration of rights shall not be construed to impair or deny others, retained by the people.

Section 1. Electors. Every citizen of the United States of the age of twenty-one years, who shall have been a resident of this state for such period of time as shall be provided by law and of the county in which he claims his vote for such period of time as shall be provided by law, shall be entitled to vote at all elections which are now or hereafter may be authorized by law. The general assembly may provide by law for different periods of residence in order to vote for various officers or in order to vote in various elections. The required periods of residence shall not exceed six months in this state and sixty days in the county.

Repealed and rewritten by Amendment 30 (1970)

See United States Constitution, Amendments 19 and 26

Sec. 2. Privileged from arrest. 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 such election, going to and returning therefrom.

Sec. 3. From military duty. No elector shall be obliged to perform military duty on the day of election, except in time of war, or public danger.

Sec. 4. Persons in military service. No person in the military, naval, or marine service of the United States shall be considered a resident of this state by being stationed in any garrison, barrack, or military or naval place, or station within this state.

Sec. 5. Disqualified persons. A person adjudged mentally incompetent to vote or a person convicted of any infamous crime shall not be entitled to the privilege of an elector.

Repealed and rewritten by Amendment 47 (2008)

Sec. 6. Ballot. All elections by the people shall be by ballot.

Sec. 7. General election. The general election for state, district, county and township officers in the year 1916 shall be held in the same month and on the same day as that fixed by the laws of the United States for the election of presidential electors, or of president and vice-president of the United States; and thereafter such election shall be held at such time as the general assembly may by law provide.

Repealed and rewritten by Amendment 14 (1916)

Statutory provisions, see Iowa Code §39.1