Koy v. Schneider

Is the Limited Woman’s Suffrage Act of 1918 (chapter 34, p. 61), which seeks to confer upon women the privilege of voting in primary elections and in primary conventions, violative of section 2 of article 6 of the Constitution of Texas? That sole question was certified to our Supreme Court by our Court of Civil Appeals for the First Supreme Judicial District.

Said section 2 of article 6 embodies what is known as the “suffrage clause” of our Constitution. Concededly, it restricts to “males” the privilege of voting in “any election” lying within its legal effect and operation. To that certified…