voter

One entitled to a vote; an elector. The right to fix the qualifications of voters is in the states, except so far as it is limited by the 15th amendment to the constitution of the United States, which provides that the right of the citizens to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state, on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. The qualifications of voters are similar in all the states, but not uniform. They have been summarized as follows: 1. Citizenship, either by birth or naturalization; 2. Residence for a given period of time in the state, county, and voting precinct; 3. Age, the limit is twenty-one years in all the states; 4. The payment of taxes, in some states, and in many states, registration; 5. Freedom from having committed an infamous crime; 6. Freedom from idiocy or lunacy; Mc Crary, Elect. § 4. Residence means actual settlement within the state; Sharp v. Mclntire, 23 Colo. 99, 46 Pac. 115. The legislature cannot require a longer residence for voters at primary elections than the constitution prescribes for voters at elections “authorized by law,’’ which term includes primary elections; Spier v. Baker, 120 Cal. 370, 52 Pac. 659, 41

One entitled to a vote; an elector.