Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-01-14
women WILL VOTE
HAvNER SAYS THEY MAY CAST
BALLOTS IN NOVEMBER.
Iowa Women Have Franchise Regard
less Of Whether or Not Amendment
10 Ratifisd--can Express Choice
For Presidential Electors In General
Eleetion--othsr Features Of Laws.

Davenport, Jan. l4,-Iowa women have
the right TO vote for presidential
electors next November. whether the
federal amendment is ratified by that
time or not. This Is the most impor-
tant addition TO their suffrage rights
made by the legislature at its last
session.
An amendment TO the state consti-
tuition would doubtless have been eb-
fective by this time, II the secretary
of state had not failed In making Of
fective the action of the previous leg
islature and therefore set back the
state movement by couple of years.
But Iowa women can vote for pres
dent this year. and by the time of the
next general election thereafter equal
suffrage will have become nation
wide and questions as TO womans
status Will be quite superfiuous.
The following letter 10 Daven-
port newspaper from Attorney General
Hayrer fully explains The suffrage
rights OF women in the state:
Dear Strive have your letter OF
October "a. in which you state:
"'Eave women the right OF suffrage
in the state of Iowa and TO what ex-
tent
"Have women the right TO vote
on the question Of establishment Of
consolidated school district?
IN answering your first inquiry
permit me 70 direct your attention to
section 1l2f of the code, which pro-
ridcs IS follows:
"At all elections where women
nav vote no registration Of women
SHAH he required: separate ballots
sha'r be furnished for the question on
which they- are entitled TO vote:
ballot box shall be provided
in which al ballots cast by them
shall be deposited, and separate
canvass thereof made by the Judges
If the election, and the returns there
Of shalt show such vote. The right OF
any citizen 70 vote az any CITY, town
OF school elcction. on the question OF
issuing any bonds for municipal or
school rrrpoees and for the purpose
# borrowing money. or on the ques-
ton OF increasing the tax levy, shall
not he denied or abridged on account
IF sex
SECTION e7i7 Of the code further
provides that:
ITO have the right to vote at a
school meeting a person must have
the same qualifications as for voting
at a general election, and must Be at
the time an actual resident OF the
or subdistrtct. IN any
election hereafter held In any school
for the purpose OF Issuing
bonds for school purposes or for In
croasinr the tax levy, the rtsht OF
any citizen 70 vote shall not Be denied
or abridged on account OF sex, and
women may vote at such elections the
same as men. under the same restr1c-
tons and qualifications so far a ap-
plicahle.'
Women over n years Of age who
are owners Of land in drainage dis
tricts may vote at the election or
DRAINAGE trustees for such district.
You wilt find the provisions governing
this matter set forth in section 1885,
as2 70 l9ss-a73. supplemental supple
nent. 1918. The Thirty eighth gen.
eraI assembly by enactment Of chap
ter 253. gave to women the right to
vote for presidential electors.
THE foregoing statutes constitute
the authority for women voting IN this
state. You will observe from read
ing Of these sections that the right OF
women to vote for public officers u
limited to that OF presidential electors
and trustees Of drainage districts.
They are given the right. however, TO
vote on proposed bond issues or
cities, towns and school corporations
and also the right to vote on The
question Of increasing the tax levy
Our court has foreclosed our ex-
pressing an opinion on the question Of
women voting on the Consolidation OF
schools by its opinion in State ex rel.
vs.. Snyder. 1853 n. w. DAB, wherein
the right was denied
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