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 QUALIFICATIONS FOR VOTING IN THE UNITED STATES.

+-++-++-++                     |                   |        |       |  —   |                   |                      |   |  Citizenship. | Age. | Sex. +-+-++ Payment of Taxes. |   Ownership of      |    Educational Test. |                  |        |       | State.| County. | Precinct.|                  |      Property. | +-++-+-+-++-++ Alabama[54]   |Citizen of U. S.   |21 yrs. |Male. |2 yrs. | 1 yr. | 3 mo. |Poll taxes for    |Owner or husband      |Able to read and |declared intention |       |       |       |         |          |paid by Feb. 1,    |of land in State upon |U. S. in English, unless |by Nov. 28,       |        |       |       |         |          |before election. |which he resides or  |physically disabled. |1901.             |        |       |       |         |          |                   |of personal property  | |                  |        |       |       |         |          |                   |worth $300 upon which | |                  |        |       |       |         |          |                   |taxes for preceding   | |                  |        |       |       |         |          |                   |year have been paid. | +-++-+-+-++-++ Arkansas[72]         |Citizen of U. S.   |21 yrs. |Male. |1 yr. | 6 mo. | 1 mo. |Poll tax for      |                      | |or alien who has  |        |       |       |         |          |preceding year     |                      | |declared intention.|       |       |       |         |          |paid. |                     | +-++-+-+-++-++ California[73]        |Citizen of U. S.   |21 yrs. |Male. |1 yr. | 90 da. | 30 da. |                  |                      |Able to read Constitution |for 90 days before |       |       |       |         |          |                   |                      |in English and write name. |election. |       |       |       |         |          |                   |                      | +-++-+-+-++-++ Colorado[74]          |Citizen of U. S.   |21 yrs. |Male or|1 yr. | 90 da., | 10 da. |                  |                      |                      |or alien who has   |        |female.|       | 30 da. |         |                   |                      |                      |declared intention |        |       |       | in city |          |                   |                      | |4 mo. before      |        |       |       | or town.|          |                   |                      | |election. |       |       |       |         |          |                   |                      | +-++-+-+-++-++ Connecticut[75]       |Citizen of U. S.   |21 yrs. |Male. |1 yr. | 6 mo. | 6 mo. in |                  |                      |Able to read Constitution |                  |        |       |       |         | town. |                  |                      |or Statutes of State |                  |        |       |       |         |          |                   |                      |in English. +-++-+-+-++-++
 * or alien who had  |        |       |       |         |          |preceding year     |of owner of 40 acres  |write Constitution of