Article 51. All qualified voters shall be registered, in every city by the magistrate, and in every rural parish by the parson and tax collector. Changes that in the course of time may occur shall immediately be noted in the registry. Every voter shall, before he is registered, publicly in court, take an oath of fealty to the Constitution. Article 52. The right of suffrage shall be suspended by: (_a_) Indictment for an offence subject to the punishment described in Article 53; by (_b_) Being placed under guardianship; by (_c_) Assignment or bankruptcy, not caused by loss of fire or other evident misfortune, until the debtor, through full liquidation or composition, shall again regain control over his estate; and by (_d_) Being supported, or having during the year immediately preceding the election been supported, as a public pauper. Article 53. The right of suffrage shall be forfeited by: (_a_) Having been sentenced to hard labor, removal from office, or imprisonment for an offence described in any of the chapters of the Criminal Code, relating to perjury, larceny, robbery or fraud; by (_b_) Entering the service of a foreign power, without the consent of the government; by (_c_) Acquiring citizenship in a foreign country; and by (_d_) Being convicted of buying votes, or selling one's own vote, or of voting in more than one election precinct. Article 54. Elections and electoral meetings shall be held every third year. They shall be concluded before the end of the month of December. Article 55. Elections shall be held, at the chief church of the parish, in the rural districts, and at a church, the town hall, or other suitable place, in the towns. The parish priest and his vestrymen shall be the judges of election in the rural districts, the magistrate and selectmen in the towns. The vote shall be taken in the order the names appear on the registry. Controversies about the right to vote shall be determined by the judges of election, whose decision may be appealed from to the Storthing. Article 56. The Constitution shall be audibly read, in the towns by the chief magistrate, and in the rural districts by the priest, before the polls are opened.