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Americus Times Recorder
Americus, Sumter County, Georgia
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In Atlanta, a proposal to allow women to vote in the city's white primary will be considered by the city executive committee on Saturday. A delegation of prominent Atlanta women will urge for voting rights in the upcoming fall primary for city officials. No state law prevents it, and suffragists are jubilant over the opportunity.
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ATLANTA, April 29.-A proposal to allow women to vote in the city's white primary will be considered by the city executive committee at a meeting to be held Saturday. A delegation of prominent Atlanta women plans to appear before the committee and urge their claims to be allowed the ballot in the primary next fall, when aldermen, councilmen and a few other city officials will be chosen.
There is no state law governing the municipal primary and members of the city executive committee have indicated the belief that women are eligible to vote since there is nothing to prevent it except the ruling of the committee itself.
Suffragists of Atlanta are jubilant over what is termed the opportunity to secure the ballot for women even in this limited degree.
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Atlanta
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April 29
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A proposal to allow women to vote in the city's white primary will be considered by the city executive committee at a meeting on Saturday. A delegation of prominent Atlanta women plans to appear before the committee to urge for the ballot in the primary next fall for choosing aldermen, councilmen, and other city officials. No state law governs the municipal primary, and committee members believe women are eligible unless ruled otherwise by the committee. Atlanta suffragists are jubilant over the opportunity to secure the ballot even in this limited degree.