Opinion No. 16-1856
August 2, 1916
TO: Mr. Oscar Willmore, Clovis, New Mexico.
Women not qualified to vote at general election for state or county superintendent of schools.
OPINION
{*413} I am in receipt of your letter of the 31st ultimo in which you ask for the opinion of this office as to whether women can vote at the general election to be held in November, 1916, for county and state superintendent of schools.
By Section 1 of Article VII of the Constitution of New Mexico all school elections shall be held at different times from other elections, and women possessing the qualifications prescribed for male electors are qualified to vote at all such school elections. The election to be held next November is not a school election, but a general election, and therefore women are not qualified to vote at such an election for state or county superintendent of schools.