Koy v. Schneider
Texas Supreme Court
Questions certified from the Court of Civil Appeals for the First District, in an appeal from Fayette County.
1Opinion
ON MOTION FOR REHEARING.
2Opinion of the CourtJustice Hawkins
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 IV 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 VI 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…
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