It may not be refused on account of race. color or previous condition of servitude. but it does not follow from mere citizenship of the United States. In other words. the privilege to vote in a State is within the Jurisdiction of the State itself. to be exercised as the State may direct. and upon such terms as it may seem proper. provided. of course. no discrimination is made between individuals in violation of the Federal Constitution. The State might provide that persons of foreign birth could vote without being naturalized. and. as States by Mr. Chief Justice Waite in Minor v. Happersett. supra. such persons were allowed to vote in several of the States upon having declared their intentions to become citizens of the United States.
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