Section 5

Tenn. Const. art. I, § 5, under Declaration of Rights.

Tenn. Const. art. I, § 5

Section 5

The elections shall be free and equal, and the right of suffrage, as hereinafter declared, shall never be denied to any person entitled thereto, except upon a conviction by a jury of some infamous crime, previously ascertained and declared by law, and judgment thereon by court of competent jurisdiction.