CHAPTER 614
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 63

Proposing an amendment to Section 20 of the Constitution of Virginia.
Agreed to by the Senate, March 9, 1960
Agreed to by the House of Delegates, March 11, 1960
Resolved by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, a majority
of the members elected to each house agreeing, that the following amend-

ments to the Constitution of Virginia be, and the same hereby are, pro-
posed and referred to the General Assembly at its first regular session held
after the next general election of members of the House of Delegates for
its concurrance, in conformity with the provisions of section one hundred
ninety-six of the Constitution, namely: ,

Strike from the Constitution of Virginia Sec. 20 which is as follows:

Sec. 20. Who may register.—Every citizen of the United States, having
the qualifications of age and residence required in section eighteen, shall
be entitled to register, provided:

First. That he has personally paid to the proper officer all State poll
taxes legally assessed or assessable against him for the three years next
preceding that in which he offers to register; or, if he come of age at such
time that no poll tax shall have been assessable against him for the year
preceding the year in which he offers to register, has paid one dollar and
tty cents, in satisfaction of the first year’s poll tax assessable against

im; an

Second. That, unless physically unable, he make application to register
in his own handwriting, without aid, suggestion, or memorandum, in the
presence of the registration officer, stating therein his name, age, date
and place of birth, residence and occupation at the time and for the one
year next preceding, and whether he has previously voted, and, if so, the
State, county, and precinct in which he voted last; and

Third. That he answer on oath any and all questions affecting his
qualifications as an elector, submitted to him by the registration officer,
which questions, and his answers thereto, shall be reduced to writing, cer-
tified by the said officer, and preserved as a part of his official records.

And insert in lieu thereof the following:

Sec. 20. Every citizen of the United States, having the qualifications
of age and residence required in section eighteen, shall be entitled to
register, provided:

First. That he has personally paid to the proper officer all State
poll taxes legally assessed or assessable against him for the three years
next preceding that in which he offers to register; or, if he come of age
at such time that no poll tax shall have been assessable against him for
the year preceding the year in which he offers to register, has paid one
dollar and fifty cents, in satisfaction of the first year’s poll tax assessable
against him; and,

Second. That, unless physically unable, he make application to register
in his own handwriting, on a form which may be provided by the registra-
tion officer, without aid, suggestion, or other memorandum, in the presence
of the registration officer, stating therein his name, age, date and place
of birth, residence and occupation at the time and for the one year next
preceding, and whether he has previously voted, and, if so, the State,
county, and precinct in which he voted last; and,

Third. That he answer on oath any and all questions affecting his
qualifications as an elector, submitted to him by the registration officer,
which questions, and his answers thereto, shall be reduced to writing, cer-
tified by the said officer, and preserved as a part of his official records.