Nebraska. South Dakota. and Texasin which an alien might vote. though a mere declaration of intention did not make him a citizen. Every one of those States has since 1917 changed its State constitution. so that there is no State in the Union today where an alien can legally vote until after he has been fully naturalized and met the other conditions of suffrage in the State. The proposed amendment. therefore. is in harmony with the clearly defined trend throughout the States of the Union as indicated by the list I gave of the eight States which prevent representation of aliens In the State legislature. and by the six additional States. Kansas being the only one on both lists. which have so recently changed their constitutions to prevent aliens voting at the polls within the State.
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