however, is critical of the Ohio State Legislature passing a suffrage law after suffrage was previously defeated in a state referendum. read clipping The New York Times, February 22, 1917 – Governor Cox signs the Ohio suffrage bill, but anti-suffrage groups are seeking a referendum where state voters could decide the suffrage question. Meanwhile, suffrage is defeated in the Vermont House of Representatives. read clipping The New York Times, February 23, 1917 – The Maine Legislature agrees to a voter referendum on suffrage. In Indiana, a bill to give women the right to vote in presidential elections passes the Legislature and is signed by the governor. read clipping The New York Times, February 23, 1917 – Editorial – The New York State Assembly passes a suffrage bill, and it now goes to the New York State Senate. The Times editorializes that the bill does not reflect the will of the voters, since the voters rejected suffrage in a referendum in 1915. read clipping The New York Times, February 24, 1917 – The governor of Maine signs the bill calling for a referendum on suffrage. read clipping | 
