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                      | | | | Persons Excluded from Suffrage.
State or Territory. | "Grandfather | "Character Clause." | "Understanding +——————-+———————+——————-+—————+—————
                      | Clause." | | Clause." | Paupers. | Insane. | Criminals. | Indians. | Chinese.
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South Carolina[61] |One might permanently | |One without |Paupers |Idiots and |Unpardoned | |
      |register before | |ability to read |persons in |insane. |convicts. | |
                      |Jan. 1, 1898, if he | |might register |public | | | |
                      |could read the | |before Jan. |institutions.| | | |
                      |Constitution or | |1, 1898, if he | | | | |
                      |understand and | |could understand | | | | |
                      |explain it. | |and explain | | | | |
                      | | |the Constitution.| | | | |
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South Dakota[102] | | | | |Idiots, |Unpardoned | |
                      | | | | |non compos |convicts. | |
                      | | | | |mentis, under| | |
                      | | | | |guardianship. | | |
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Tennessee[103] | | | | | |Unpardoned | |
                      | | | | | |convicts. | |
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Texas[104] | | | |Paupers. |Idiots and |Unpardoned | |
                      | | | | |lunatics. |or | |
                      | | | | | |unrestored | |
                      | | | | | |convicts. | |
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Utah[105] | | | | |Idiots and |Unpardoned | |
                      | | | | |insane. |convicts. | |
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Vermont[106] | |Voter must be of | | | |Unpardoned | |
                      | |"quiet and peaceable | | | |convicts. | |
                      | |behavior." | | | | | |
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