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 +++-+                     |                      |                        |                 |              |   "Grandfather       |  "Character Clause."   | "Understanding  +-++-++ |    Clause."         |                        |   Clause." | Paupers. |  Insane. | Criminals. | Indians. | Chinese. +++-+-++-++ South Carolina[61]   |One might permanently |                        |One without      |Paupers      |Idiots and    |Unpardoned   |          | |register before      |                        |ability to read  |persons in   |insane. |convicts. |         |                      |Jan. 1, 1898, if he  |                        |might register   |public       |              |             |          | |could read the       |                        |before Jan.      |institutions.|              |             |          | |Constitution or      |                        |1, 1898, if he   |             |              |             |          | |understand and       |                        |could understand |             |              |             |          | |explain it. |                       |and explain      |             |              |             |          | |                     |                        |the Constitution.|             |              |             |          | +++-+-++-++ South Dakota[102]    |                      |                        |                 |             |Idiots,       |Unpardoned   |          | |                     |                        |                 |             |''non compos   |convicts. |         |                      |                      |                        |                 |             |mentis'', under|             |          | |                     |                        |                 |             |guardianship. |            |          | +++-+-++-++ Tennessee[103]        |                      |                        |                 |             |              |Unpardoned   |          | |                     |                        |                 |             |              |convicts. |         | +++-+-++-++ Texas[104]            |                      |                        |                 |Paupers. |Idiots and   |Unpardoned   |          | |                     |                        |                 |             |lunatics. |or          |          | |                     |                        |                 |             |              |unrestored   |          | |                     |                        |                 |             |              |convicts. |         | +++-+-++-++ Utah[105]             |                      |                        |                 |             |Idiots and    |Unpardoned   |          | |                     |                        |                 |             |insane. |convicts. |         | +++-+-++-++ Vermont[106]          |                      |Voter must be of        |                 |             |              |Unpardoned   |          | |                     |"quiet and peaceable    |                 |             |              |convicts.    |          |                      |                      |behavior." |                |             |              |             |          | +++-+-++-++