MS Const., Article 12, Section 244-A

The legislature shall have the power to prescribe and enforce by appropriate legislation qualifications to be required of persons to vote and to register to vote in addition to those set forth in this Constitution. SOURCES: Laws 1965, ch. 40, Extraordinary Session, effective August 31, 1965. NOTE: The amendment adding Section 244-A, to confer upon the Legislature power to prescribe and enforce additional qualifications to be required of persons to register and vote in addition to those set forth in the Constitution, was proposed by Laws 1965, ch. 40, Extraordinary Session, and upon ratification by the electorate on the third Tuesday in August, 1965, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on August 31, 1965.