Alaska English Eliminated as Voting Requirement (1970)

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The Alaska English Eliminated as Voting Requirement Amendment appeared on the 1970 statewide primary ballot in Alaska as a legislatively-referred constitutional amendment.

The amendment said that a person otherwise qualified to vote could not be required to read or speak English as a condition of voting.

The measure passed with 51.1% of the vote.

The ballot summary said, "This provision amends Article V of the State Constitution by omitting the requirement that a person otherwise qualified to vote in state or local elections be able to read or speak the English language as a prerequisite for voting. Article V presently contains one exception to the English language requirement, where physical disability makes impossible the ability to read or speak the English language."

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