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 +++-+                     |                      |                        |                 |              |   "Grandfather       |  "Character Clause."   | "Understanding  +-++-++ |    Clause."         |                        |   Clause." | Paupers. |  Insane. | Criminals. | Indians. | Chinese. +++-+-++-++ North Carolina[53]   |One might be          |                        |                 |             |Idiots and    |Unrestored   |          | |permanently          |                        |                 |             |lunatics. |convicts of |          | |registered before    |                        |                 |             |              |felony and   |          | |Dec. 1, 1908 (1)     |                        |                 |             |              |infamous     |          | |if he was entitled   |                        |                 |             |              |crimes. |         |                      |to vote Jan. 1,       |                        |                 |             |              |             |          | |1867, or (2) the     |                        |                 |             |              |             |          | |lineal descendant    |                        |                 |             |              |             |          | |of such a one. |                       |                 |             |              |             |          | +++-+-++-++ North Dakota[96]      |                      |                        |                 |             |Insane,       |Unrestored   |Tribal    | |                     |                        |                 |             |''non compos   |convicts of  |Indians. |                     |                      |                        |                 |             |mentis'', under|treason and  |          | |                     |                        |                 |             |guardianship. |felony. |         | +++-+-++-++ Ohio[97]              |                      |                        |                 |             |Idiots and    |Unpardoned   |          | |                     |                        |                 |             |insane. |convicts. |         | +++-+-++-++ Oklahoma[98]          |                      |                        |                 |Inmates of   |Idiots and    |Convicts of  |Tribal    | |                     |                        |                 |poorhouses   |insane. |felony. |Indians. |                     |                      |                        |                 |and asylums, |              |             |          | |                     |                        |                 |except       |              |             |          | |                     |                        |                 |soldiers'    |              |             |          | |                     |                        |                 |homes. |             |             |          | +++-+-++-++ Oregon[99]            |                      |                        |                 |             |Idiots and    |Convicts of  |          |Natives of                      |                      |                        |                 |             |insane. |felony. |         |China. +++-+-++-++ Pennsylvania[100]    |                      |                        |                 |             |              |Convicts of  |          | |                     |                        |                 |             |              |crimes       |          | |                     |                        |                 |             |              |against      |          | |                     |                        |                 |             |              |suffrage. |         | +++-+-++-++ Rhode Island[101]     |                      |                        |                 |Paupers. |Insane,      |Unrestored   |          | |                     |                        |                 |             |''non compos   |convicts. |         |                      |                      |                        |                 |             |mentis'', under|             |          | |                     |                        |                 |             |guardianship. |            |          | +++-+-++-++