<P> 1790--? </P> <P> 1796--1834 </P> <Ul> <Li> 1776 and 1786 Constitutions: "all freemen . having a sufficient, evident, common interest with, and attachment to the community, have a right to elect officers, or be elected into office ." </Li> <Li> 1793 Constitution (Section 21st): "Every man of the full age of twenty one years, having resided in this State for the space of one whole year next before the election of Representatives, and is of a quiet and peaceable behaviour, and will take the following oath or affirmation, shall be entitled to all the privileges of a freeman of this State . "You solemnly swear (or affirm) that whenever you give your vote or suffrage, touching any matter that concerns the State of Vermont, you will do it so as in your conscience you shall judge will most conduce to the best good of the same, as established by the constitution, without fear or favour of any man ." "</Li> <Li> 1828: end of alien suffrage for federal elections; but still up to 1977 for local elections . </Li> </Ul> <Li> 1776 and 1786 Constitutions: "all freemen . having a sufficient, evident, common interest with, and attachment to the community, have a right to elect officers, or be elected into office ." </Li>

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