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SECTION 9
Entitlement to vote for presidential electors
Constitution (CNS) CHAPTER , ARTICLE II
§ 9. Notwithstanding the residence requirements imposed by section one
of this article, the legislature may, by general law, provide special
procedures whereby every person who shall have moved from another state
to this state or from one county, city or village within this state to
another county, city or village within this state and who shall have
been an inhabitant of this state in any event for ninety days next
preceding an election at which electors are to be chosen for the office
of president and vice president of the United States shall be entitled
to vote in this state solely for such electors, provided such person is
otherwise qualified to vote in this state and is not able to qualify to
vote for such electors in any other state. The legislature may also, by
general law, prescribe special procedures whereby every person who is
registered and would be qualified to vote in this state but for his or
her removal from this state to another state within one year next
preceding such election shall be entitled to vote in this state solely
for such electors, provided such person is not able to qualify to vote
for such electors in any other state.