Charles Sumner: “Admit that a State may determine the “qualifications” of electors, it…”

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Admit that a State may determine the “qualifications” of electors, it cannot, under this authority, arbitrarily exclude a whole race.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues that states cannot exclude entire races from voting based on arbitrary qualifications.

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Charles Sumner: “Admit that a State may determine the “qualifications” of electors, it cannot, under this authority, arbitrarily exclude…”