Texas Proposition 1, Poll Tax Payment Amendment (1902)

Texas Proposition 1
Election date November 4, 1902
Topic Literacy, poll tax, and property voting requirements
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Texas Proposition 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on November 4, 1902. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported requiring poll taxes to be paid before a voter was allowed to participate in an election.

A "no" vote opposed requiring poll taxes to be paid before a voter was allowed to participate in an election.

Election results

Texas Proposition 1
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		200,650	65.06%
No		107,748	34.94%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 1 was as follows:

“

Amending Article 6, Section 2, of the Constitution of the State of Texas, requiring all persons subject to a poll tax to have paid a poll tax and to hold a receipt for same before they offer to vote at any election in this state, and fixing the time of payment of said tax.

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Texas Constitution

A two-thirds vote was needed in each chamber of the Texas State Legislature to refer the constitutional amendment to the ballot for voter consideration.

The constitutional amendment was introduced into the Texas State Legislature as Senate Joint Resolution 3 during the 27th regular legislative session in 1902.

See also

1902 Measures

• 1902 Measures
• Literacy on the ballot
• poll tax on the ballot
• and property voting requirements on the ballot
• 1902 legislative sessions

Texas

• Texas ballot measures
• Texas ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls

External links

• Legislative Reference Library of Texas, Constitutional Amendments