Indiana Constitution of 1851

Download or read book Indiana Constitution of 1851 written by Government of Indiana and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-04-11 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work contains the Indiana constitution of 1851 that developed voting rights for foreign-born men who had immigrated to Indiana. Earlier, to vote in Indiana, foreign-born people had to become U.S. citizens, which required a five-year residency requirement. Under the new constitution, they were granted voting rights if they had reached the age of 21, stated their intention to become a citizen, and had lived in the United States for a year and in Indiana for at least six months.