A Treatise on the American Law of ElectionsCallaghan & Company, 1887 - 506 sider |
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... doctrine it has been held by the House of Representatives of the United States that , where , just prior to the election , certain voting precincts were abol ished , thus leaving large numbers of voters from twenty - five to thirty ...
... doctrine it has been held by the House of Representatives of the United States that , where , just prior to the election , certain voting precincts were abol ished , thus leaving large numbers of voters from twenty - five to thirty ...
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... doctrine has been laid down by the Supreme Court of North Carolina . 4 It will be observed that these cases relate to the constitu- tionality of acts of State legislatures which are supposed to aflix conditions or impose burdens not ...
... doctrine has been laid down by the Supreme Court of North Carolina . 4 It will be observed that these cases relate to the constitu- tionality of acts of State legislatures which are supposed to aflix conditions or impose burdens not ...
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... doctrine that the legislature can not add to the constitutional qualifications of voters is founded upon the well settled rule of construction that when the Constitu- tion specifies the circumstances under which a right may be exercised ...
... doctrine that the legislature can not add to the constitutional qualifications of voters is founded upon the well settled rule of construction that when the Constitu- tion specifies the circumstances under which a right may be exercised ...
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... doctrine is sustained by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania , in Stewart v . Foster.2 $ 32 . In Harvard College v . Gore , the Supreme Court of Massachusetts express a different view of the meaning of the word inhabitant . The question ...
... doctrine is sustained by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania , in Stewart v . Foster.2 $ 32 . In Harvard College v . Gore , the Supreme Court of Massachusetts express a different view of the meaning of the word inhabitant . The question ...
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... doctrine against the report of the Committee . These cases , however , were all from the territory of Nebraska , and were decided upon the ground that the organic act of the territory provided that " territory occupied as an Indian ...
... doctrine against the report of the Committee . These cases , however , were all from the territory of Nebraska , and were decided upon the ground that the organic act of the territory provided that " territory occupied as an Indian ...
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Side 445 - Senator, and the person who receives a majority of all the votes of the joint assembly, a majority of all the members elected to both houses being present and voting, shall be declared duly elected. If no person receives such majority on the first day, the joint assembly shall meet at twelve o'clock meridian of each succeeding day during the session of the legislature, and shall take at least one vote, until a Senator is elected.
Side 458 - ... regularly given by electors whose appointment has been so certified. ,If more than one return or paper purporting to be a return from a State shall have been received by the President of the Senate...
Side 22 - ... that it is bona fide his Intention to become a citizen of the United States, and to renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty, and particularly, by name to the prince, potentate, state or sovereignty of which the alien may be at the time a citizen or subject.
Side 464 - In a strict and legal seN.se that is properly the domicil of a person where he has his true, fixed, permanent home and principal establishment, and to which, whenever he is absent, he has the intention of returning (animus rercrtcndi) .u [Italics supplied.] Mr.
Side 456 - State shall have provided, by laws enacted prior to the day fixed for the appointment of the electors, for its final determination of any controversy or contest concerning the appointment of all or any of the electors of such State, by judicial or other methods...
Side 440 - ... and the powers and jurisdiction hereby granted and conferred shall be exercised as well in vacation as in term time ; and a judge, sitting at chambers, shall have the same powers and jurisdiction, including the power of keeping order and of punishing any contempt of his authority, as when sitting in court.
Side 443 - Provided, That no person shall be arrested without process for any offense not committed in the presence of some one of the aforesaid officials...
Side 74 - Territory the equal protection of the laws; or if two or more persons conspire to prevent by force, intimidation, or threat, any citizen who is lawfully entitled to vote, from giving his support or advocacy in a legal manner, toward or in favor of the election of any lawfully qualified person as an elector for President or Vice President, or as a Member of Congress of the United States...
Side 4 - It follows that the amendment has invested the citizens of the United States with a new constitutional right which is within the protecting power of Congress. That right is exemption from discrimination in the exercise of the elective franchise on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. This, under the express provisions of the second section of the amendment. Congress may enforce by "appropriate legislation.
Side 122 - If the statute expressly declares any particular act to be essential to the validity of the election, or that its omission shall render the election void, all courts whose duty it is to enforce such statute, must so hold, whether the particular act in question goes to the merits, or affects the result of the election, or not. Such a statute is imperative, and all considerations touching its policy or impolicy, must be addressed to the legislature.