Qualifications of Electors
Iowa Ballot Measure - Constitutional Amendment Question
Election: General Nov. 4, 2008 (General)
Outcome: Passed
Categories:
ElectionsCivil Liberties and Civil Rights
Constitution
Summary
Adds to the category of persons disqualified from the privilege of being an elector a person adjudged mentally incompetent to vote or a person convicted of any infamous crime.
Measure Text
Shall the following amendment to the Constitution be adopted:
Summary: Changes the language that describes a person who cannot legally vote from "idiot or insane person" to "a person adjudged mentally incompetent to vote."
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