Concurrent Resolution No. 2 of 1913

Article III

Sec. 1: In all elections, every male inhabitant of this State, being a citizen of born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof: Provided, That no alien born woman becoming naturalized by virtue of marriage with a citizen of the United States, shall be deemed to be an elector of this State, unless and until she shall have resided in the United States at least five years prior to the election at which she seeks to vote; every male inhabitant residing in this State on the twenty-fourth day of June, eighteen hundred thirty-five; every male inhabitant residing in this State on the first day of January, eighteen hundred fifty; every male inhabitant of foreign birth who, having resided in the State two years and six months prior to the eighth day of November, eighteen hundred ninety-four, and having declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States two years and six months prior to said last named day; the wife of any inhabitant of foreign birth who, having resided in the State two years and six months prior to the eighth day of November, eighteen hundred ninety-four, and having declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States two years and six months prior to said last named day: Provided, That she shall have resided in the United States at least five years prior to the election at which she seeks to vote; and every civilized male inhabitant of Indian descent, a native of the United States and not a member of any tribe, shall be an elector and entitled to vote; but no one shall be an elector or and entitled to vote at any election, unless he or she shall be above the age of twenty-one years, and has resided in this State six months, and in the township or ward in which he or she offers to vote twenty days next preceding such election: Provided, That in time of war, insurrection or rebellion no qualified elector in the actual military service of the United States or of this State, or in the army or navy thereof, shall be deprived of his a vote by reason of his absence from the township, ward or State in which he such elector resides; and the legislature shall provide by law the manner in which and the time and place at which such absent electors may vote, and for the canvass and return of their votes: Provided further, That there shall be no denial of the elective franchise at any election on account of sex.

Sources

• Concurrent Resolution No. 2 of 1913 (PDF)
• Michigan Official Directory and Legislative Manual, 1913-1914, p. 778 (HathiTrust)
• Public Acts of the Legislature of the State of Michigan Passed at the Regular Session of 1913, pp. 778–779 (HathiTrust)