ARTICLE III


SUFFRAGE AND ELECTION

 Section 1. Qualifications for Voting. Every citizen of the United States of the age
of eighteen years or over and who is registered to vote in the Territory shall have the
right to vote in the election of all officers that may be elected by the people and upon
all questions that may be submitted to the voters; but the Legislature may by law
establish minimum periods of residence and disqualifications for voting for mental
incompetency or conviction of felony. No property, language, literacy or income
qualifications shall ever be imposed upon or required of any voter, nor shall any
discrimination in qualification be made or based upon difference in race, color, sex,
religious or political belief.

 Section 2. Election Procedure. The Legislature shall by law define residence for
voting purposes, insure secrecy in voting, and provide for the registration of voters,
absentee voting, the administration of elections and the nomination of candidates.

 Section 3. Appointment of Electoral Officers. All officers and employees
charged with the duty of directing the administration of the electoral system of the
Territory and its representative districts shall be appointed or elected as provided by
law.

 Section 4. General Elections. A general election shall be held on the Tuesday
following the first Monday in November in the year 1974, and on the same day every
other year thereafter.