Vertrees v. State Board of Elections

While it is clear that the legislature may, under the provisions of our Constitution, and especially by virtue of section 4 of article 7 thereof, extend the right of suffrage to women in elections for officers not contemplated by the Constitution, I am of the. opinion that the suffrage act under consideration (chapter 139 of the Acts of 1919) does not present a constitutionally valid ■ exercise of legislative authority, for the reason that it is discriminatory and violative of article 11, section 8, of the Constitution. Under our Constitution women may be lawfully subjected to the payment of…