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Texas Proposition 1, Repeal Noncitizen Voting Provision, Authorize Absentee Voting, and Change Poll Tax Rules Amendment (July 1921)
| Texas Proposition 1 | |
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| Topic Absentee and mail voting and Citizenship voting requirements |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Texas Proposition 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on July 23, 1921. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported this constitutional amendment to:
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A "no" vote opposed opposed this constitutional amendment, thereby keeping the provision allowing noncitizen men who declared intent to naturalize to vote and retaining existing language and rules regarding suffrage, poll tax payments, and absentee voting. |
Election results
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Texas Proposition 1 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
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57,622 | 51.66% | ||
| No | 53,910 | 48.34% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition 1 was as follows:
| “ | Providing that only native born or naturalized citizens shall be qualified electors | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Constitutional changes
- See also: Article 6, Texas Constitution
The ballot measure amended Section 2 of Article 6 of the Texas Constitution. The following underlined text was added and struck-through text was deleted:
Every male person subject to none of the foregoing disqualifications, who shall have attained the age of twenty-one years and who shall be a citizen of the United States, and who shall have resided in this State one year next preceding an election and the last six months within the district or county in which he such person offers to vote, shall be deemed a qualified elector and every male person of foreign birth subject to none of the foregoing disqualifications who not less than six months before any election at which he offers to vote, shall have declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States in accordance with the Federal Naturalization Laws, and shall have resided in this State one year next preceding such election and the last six months in the county in which he offers to vote, shall also be deemed a qualified elector; and all electors shall vote in the election precinct of their residence; provided, that electors living in any unorganized county may vote at any election precinct in the county to which such county is attached for judicial purposes; and provided further, that any voter who is subject to pay a poll tax under the laws of the State of Texas shall have paid said tax before he offers. elector; provided, that electors living in any unorganized county may vote at any election precinct in the county to which such county is attached for judicial purposes; and provided further, that any voter who is subject to pay a poll tax under the laws of the State of Texas shall have paid said tax before offering to vote at any election in this State and hold a receipt showing that said poll tax was paid before the first day of February next preceding such election. Or if said voter shall have lost or misplaced said tax receipt, he or she, as the case may be, shall be entitled to vote upon making affidavit before any officer authorized to administer oaths that such tax receipt has been lost. Such affidavit shall be made in writing and left with the judge of the election. The husband may pay the poll tax of his wife and receive the receipt therefor. In like manner the wife may pay the poll tax of her husband and receive the receipt therefor. The Legislature may authorize absentee voting. And this provision of the Constitution shall be self-enacting without the necessity of further legislation.[1]
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 House Joint Resolution 7 during the 36th regular legislative session in 1921.[2]
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source.
- ↑ Legislative Reference Library of Texas, "Constitutional amendment election dates," accessed June 1, 2023
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