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§ 1. Classes of persons not allowed to vote

TX CONST Art. 6, § 1Vernon's Texas Statutes and Codes AnnotatedConstitution of the State of Texas 1876Effective: November 26, 2001 (Approx. 2 pages)

§ 1. Classes of persons not allowed to vote

TX CONST Art. 6, § 1Vernon's Texas Statutes and Codes AnnotatedConstitution of the State of Texas 1876Effective: November 26, 2001 (Approx. 2 pages)

Vernon's Texas Statutes and Codes Annotated
Constitution of the State of Texas 1876 (Refs & Annos)
Article VI. Suffrage
Effective: November 26, 2001
Vernon's Ann.Texas Const. Art. 6, § 1
§ 1. Classes of persons not allowed to vote
Currentness
(a) The following classes of persons shall not be allowed to vote in this State:
(1) persons under 18 years of age;
(2) persons who have been determined mentally incompetent by a court, subject to such exceptions as the Legislature may make; and
(3) persons convicted of any felony, subject to such exceptions as the Legislature may make.
(b) The legislature shall enact laws to exclude from the right of suffrage persons who have been convicted of bribery, perjury, forgery, or other high crimes.

Credits

Adopted Feb. 15, 1876. Amended Nov. 8, 1932; Nov. 2, 1954; Nov. 4, 1997; Nov. 6, 2001, eff. Nov. 26, 2001.
Vernon's Ann. Texas Const. Art. 6, § 1, TX CONST Art. 6, § 1
Current through the end of the 2023 Regular, Second, Third and Fourth Called Sessions of the 88th Legislature, and the Nov. 7, 2023 general election.
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