A different construction would destroy a vested right in a portion of the citizens, and this no legislature has a right to do without compensation, and nothing can compensate a citizen for the loss of his or her suffrage—its value is equal to the value of life.
Woodhull warns that denying suffrage to any citizen is a violation of their rights that cannot be compensated.
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