...Massachusetts (_>oih amend, to state constitution, 1857) excludes from vote or office every person " who shall not be able to read the constitution in the English language, and write his name," unless prevented by physical incapacity from so doing. Missouri similarly requires...

...constitution of the Commonwealth, approved and ratified by the people on May 1, 1857. It reads, in part : "No person shall have the right to vote, or be eligible to office under the constitution of this Commonwealth, who shall not be able to read the constitution in the...

...* •" » Constitution of Maine, Art. II, § 1: "No person shall ha ve the right to vote * • • who shall not be able to read the Constitution in the English language, and write his name. * * *" See, also. Title 21 §241, implementing this provision. » Constitution...

...Constitution of Massachusetts. Art. XX, § 122: "No person shall have the right to vote • • • who shall not be able to read the Constitution in the English bagufe, and write his name. * ta, abo. Massachusetts Laws Ch. 51, } 1, Implementing this provision....

...that the constitution of this state (art. II, sec. 1,) provides, among other things, that "no person who shall not be able to read the constitution in the English language and write his or her name, shall ever exercise the privileges of an elector in this state; provided,...

...Constitution of New Hampshire, Part I, Art. n as amended in 1902. The Massachusetts provision is, ' No person shall have the right to vote, or be eligible to office under the constitution of this commonwealth, who shall not be able to read the constitution in the...

...(5) 1s able to write his name * • *." ' Constitution of California, art. 1 1, § 1 : [N|o person who shall not be able to read the Constitution in the English language and write his or her name, shall ever exercise the privileges of an elector in this State. • •...

...no person hereafter convicted of the embezzlement or misappropriation of public money, and no person who shall not be able to read the Constitution in the English language and write his or her name, shall ever exercise the privileges of an elector in this State ; provided,...

...form. * * *" '-' Constitution of Maine, art. ll, § 1 : "No person shall have the right to vote * * * who shall not be able to read the Constitution in the English language, and write his name. * * *" See also title 21, § 241, implementing this provision. • ' Constitution...

...elections." > "Constitution of Maine," article II, sec. 1: "No persons shall have the right to vote . . . who shall not be able to read the Constitution in the English language, and write his name ,. . ." The statutes implementing these provisions were amended in 1971 to delete...