Gougar v. Timberlake

The question in this case is, have women, nnder existing laws in this State, the privilege of suffrage, or is sex a qualification upon the right to vote for public officers?

The constitution of this State, article 2, section 2,pro-vides that, “In all elections not otherwise provided for by this Constitution, every male citizen of the United States, of the age of twenty-one years and upward,” etc., “shall be entitled to vote,” etc. The statute as to the qualification of electors, section 6192, Burns’ R. S. 1894, is substantially in the language of the constitution cited. It will be observed…