Political
rights are defined as follows:
Political rights. Those which may be exercised
in the formation or administration of the government. Rights
of citizens established or recognized by constitutions which give
them the power to participate directly or indirectly in the establishment
or administration of the government.
[Black’s Law Dictionary, Sixth Edition, page 1159]
Political
rights consist of the following enumerated rights:
The purpose
of this page is to document the citizenship requirements for various
political rights by state. We will show you the laws in each state
that define the citizenship requirements for those exercising political
rights. The subject of political rights is covered more thoroughly
in The
Great IRS Hoax, section 4.12.5 entitled "Citizenship and all political
rights are INVOLUNTARILY exercised and therefore CANNOT be taxable and
cannot be privileges".
If you
would like to research the content of the table below, we recommend
the following website in order to look up the laws that apply specifically
to your state:
http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/
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State |
POLITICAL RIGHT
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Voting |
Jury service |
Political office |
| Alabama |
1.
Section 17-3-9
2.
Section 177 of Alabama Constitution
"citizen of the United States"
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| Alaska |
AS 15.05.010
"citizen of the United States" |
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| Arizona |
ARS
16-101
"citizen of the United States" |
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| Arkansas |
7-5-201
No citizenship requirement |
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| California |
El.Code. §2101
"United States citizen" |
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| Colorado |
1-2-101
"citizen of the United States" |
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| Connecticut |
Title 9, Ch. 143, Sec. 9-12
"citizen of the United States" |
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| Delaware |
Title 15, Ch. 44, §4401
State citizen or U.S. citizen |
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| District of
Columbia |
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| Florida |
Title 9, §97.041
"citizen of the United States" |
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| Georgia |
21-2-216
"citizen of this state and of the United States" |
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| Guam |
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| Hawaii |
§11-15
"citizen" (of state?) |
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| Idaho |
34-402
"citizen of the United States" |
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| Illinois |
10 ILCS 5/3-1
"citizen of the United States" |
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| Indiana |
IC 3-7-13-1
"United States citizen" |
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| Iowa |
Title 2, §48A.5
"citizen of the United States" |
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| Kansas |
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43-156
State citizen |
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| Kentucky |
KRS
116.025
Constitution §145
"citizen of the United States"
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| Louisiana |
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| Maine |
21A §111
"citizen of the United States" |
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| Maryland |
Article 1, §1
"citizen of the United States" |
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| Massachusetts |
Title
8, Ch. 51, Sect. 1
"citizen" |
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| Michigan |
168.492
"citizen of the United States" |
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| Minnesota |
201.014
"citizen of the United States" |
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| Mississippi |
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| Missouri |
Title IX, 115.133
"citizen of the United States" |
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| Montana |
13-2-206
"United States citizenship" |
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| Nevada |
NRS 293.485
"citizen of the United States" |
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| New Hampshire |
654:1
"citizen of the United States" |
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| New Jersey |
19:4-1
Constitution, Art. II, pg. 3
"citizen of the United States"
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| New Mexico |
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| New York |
Title
I, §5-102
"citizen of the United States" |
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| North Carolina |
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| North Dakota |
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| Ohio |
§3503.07
"citizen of the United States" |
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| Oklahoma |
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| Oregon |
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| Pennsylvania |
Title
25, §1362
Residents |
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| Rhode Island |
§17-1-3
"citizen of the United States" |
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| South Carolina |
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| South Dakota |
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| Tennessee |
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| Texas |
11.002
"United States citizen" |
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| Utah |
20A-2-101
"citizen of the United States" |
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| Vermont |
Title 17, Chapt. 43 Section §2121
"citizen of the United States" |
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| Virginia |
§24.2-418
"United States citizen" |
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| Washington |
Constitution, Art. 6, §1
"citizens of the United States" |
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| West Virginia |
§3-1-3a
"citizen of the United States" |
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| Wisconsin |
6.02
"U.S. citizen" |
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| Wyoming |
23-3-102
"citizen of the United States" |
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