sections, shall have the right to vote for members of the
General Assembly and all officers elective by the people,
subject to the following conditions:
"That he, unless exempted by section Twenty-two, shall, as a
prerequisite to the right to vote after the first day of
January, nineteen hundred and four, personally pay, at least six
months prior to the election, all state poll taxes assessed or
assessable against him under this Constitution, during the three
years next preceding that in which he offers vote; provided
that, if he register after the first day of January, nineteen
hundred and four, he shall, unless physically unable, prepare
and deposit his ballot without aid, on such printed form as the
law may prescribe; but any voter registered prior to that date
may be aided in the preparation of his ballot by such officer of
election as he himself may designate."