Laws and Supreme Court Decisions Relating to Elections1888 - Election law |
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... poll list of the next preceding general election , charter election , or township meeting , to be returned to the proper keeper at the close of the session , and all such entries shall be made with ink . The board , at every Board may ...
... poll list of the next preceding general election , charter election , or township meeting , to be returned to the proper keeper at the close of the session , and all such entries shall be made with ink . The board , at every Board may ...
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... polls of such election , the clerk of the board of inspectors of that election , and before the count- ing of the votes ... poll in each ward is opened , the city clerk shall cause the proper register to be plared in the hands of the ...
... polls of such election , the clerk of the board of inspectors of that election , and before the count- ing of the votes ... poll in each ward is opened , the city clerk shall cause the proper register to be plared in the hands of the ...
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... poll list . or making the entry of a name , shall note or cause to be noted the day and year thereof . During such township meeting and during all future sessions of the board , the township poll list of the next preceding general ...
... poll list . or making the entry of a name , shall note or cause to be noted the day and year thereof . During such township meeting and during all future sessions of the board , the township poll list of the next preceding general ...
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... poll is opened , the township clerk shall ter to inspectors cause the register to be placed in the hands of the inspectors of the on day of elec election , to be used by them during the election , and to be returned to the clerk ...
... poll is opened , the township clerk shall ter to inspectors cause the register to be placed in the hands of the inspectors of the on day of elec election , to be used by them during the election , and to be returned to the clerk ...
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... poll ; and on such challenge being made , the inspectors shall , if on inspection they find his name not so written in the proper reg- ister , refuse the vote . But nothing in this act contained shall be held or construed in any way to ...
... poll ; and on such challenge being made , the inspectors shall , if on inspection they find his name not so written in the proper reg- ister , refuse the vote . But nothing in this act contained shall be held or construed in any way to ...
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Page 184 - If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any citizen in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the constitution or laws of the United States...
Page 8 - ... they enter on the duties of their respective offices, take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation: " I do solemnly swear (or affirm...
Page 175 - The electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for president and vice president, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as president, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as vice...
Page 5 - For the purpose of voting, no person shall be deemed to have gained or lost a residence, by reason of his presence or absence, while employed in the service of the United States ; nor while engaged in the navigation of the waters of this state, or of the United States, or of the high seas ; nor while a student of any seminary of learning ; nor while kept at any almshouse, or other asylum, at public expense ; nor while confined in any public prison.
Page 7 - There shall be elected at the general election in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, three members of a State board of education, one for two years, one for four years, and one for six years ; and at each succeeding biennial election there shall be elected one member of such board, who snail hold his office for six years.
Page 187 - State, district, or place, where his duties as an officer are required to be performed, or to injure him in his person or property on account of his lawful discharge of the duties of his office, or while engaged in the lawful discharge thereof, or to injure his property so as to molest, interrupt, hinder, or impede him in the discharge of his official duties; Second. If two or more persons...
Page 32 - ... any meat, drink, entertainment, or provision to or for any person, in order to be elected, or for being elected, or for the purpose of corruptly influencing such person or any other person to give or refrain from giving his vote...
Page 185 - Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects any inhabitant of any State, Territory, or District to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States...
Page 122 - ... one for the term of one year, one for the term of two years, and one for the term of three years ; and one member of said board shall be elected annually thereafter, who shall hold his office for three years.
Page 187 - States having jurisdiction of similar offences, shall be punished by a fine not less than five hundred nor more than five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment, with or without hard labor...