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Excerpt from The Debates of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Iowa, Assembled at Iowa City, Monday, January 19, 1857, Vol. 2: Being a Full and Complete Report of the Debates and Proceedings, by Authority of the Convention, Accompanied for Purposes of Reference, by a Copious Index of Subjects, and Remarks of Members Thereon
See. 5. And be it further. Enacted, That every free white male citizen of the United States, above the age of twenty-one years, who shall have been an inhabitant of said territory at the time of its organization, shall be entitled to vote at the first election, and shall be eligible to any office within the said territory; but the qualifications of voters at all subsequent elec tions shall be such as shall be determined by the legislative assembly; Provided, That the right of suffrage shall be exercised only by citizens of the United States.
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