Answer: false
a state may require a statement of belief in the extistence of God as a qualification for holding an office or voting
Watkins (1961) the Supreme Court unanimously held that religious tests for state office - holding violate the religion clauses of the First Amendment. "[N]either a State nor the Federal Government can constitutionally force a person 'to profess a belief or disbelief in any religion '" the Court declared.
A state may require a statement of belief in the existence of God as a qualification for holding an office or voting . ... American citizen voting in a foreign ...
A state may require a statement of belief in the existence of God as a qualification for holding an office or voting . ... the belief that voting does little good.
State requirements for political office were not entirely abolished until 1961 when the Supreme Court of the United States rejected a provision of the Maryland State Constitution requiring all public officeholders to declare a belief in God in the case of Torcaso v. Watkins.
Some defenders of the Constitution argued in response that a belief in God and a future state of reward and punishment could notwithstanding the test ban be required of public officers.
Notwithstanding subparagraph (b)2. and sub-subparagrap...