The Law of Suffrage and Elections: Being a Compendium of Cases and Decisions Showing the Origin of the Elective Franchise, and Defining Citizenship and Legal Residence, Together with the Clauses of the State Constitutions Prescribing the Qualifications for Suffrage, and the Law Governing the Conduct of Elections in the Several StatesNaar, Day & Naar, printers, 1880 - 317 páginas |
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... poll taxes assessed against him for such preced- ing period as the legislature may prescribe and at such time as may be prescribed by law ; without which hist vote cannot be received . And all male citizens of the state shall be subject ...
... poll taxes assessed against him for such preced- ing period as the legislature may prescribe and at such time as may be prescribed by law ; without which hist vote cannot be received . And all male citizens of the state shall be subject ...
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... polls , and corruption or fraud in voting , counting the vote , ascertaining or declaring the result , or fraud in any manner upon the ballot . NEVADA . The constitution of Nevada provides : Every male citizen of the United States ( not ...
... polls , and corruption or fraud in voting , counting the vote , ascertaining or declaring the result , or fraud in any manner upon the ballot . NEVADA . The constitution of Nevada provides : Every male citizen of the United States ( not ...
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... poll tax or a registration of such voters shall not be required as a condition to the right of voting . Provision shall be made by law for the registration of the names of the electors within the counties of which they may be residents ...
... poll tax or a registration of such voters shall not be required as a condition to the right of voting . Provision shall be made by law for the registration of the names of the electors within the counties of which they may be residents ...
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... poll will be set aside . The examples are quite numerous , and some of the cases show that the disposition of the ... polls , it is held that the failure to do either at the precise time prescribed , is not a sufficient ground , in ...
... poll will be set aside . The examples are quite numerous , and some of the cases show that the disposition of the ... polls , it is held that the failure to do either at the precise time prescribed , is not a sufficient ground , in ...
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... polls are closed within the time prescribed by law , and before the expiration of that time votes are offered and rejected , the proceedings are invalid.2 Of course , the day fixed by law cannot be changed even by consent of all the ...
... polls are closed within the time prescribed by law , and before the expiration of that time votes are offered and rejected , the proceedings are invalid.2 Of course , the day fixed by law cannot be changed even by consent of all the ...
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Página 252 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President, shall be the Vice President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office...
Página 283 - 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...
Página 36 - 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.
Página 15 - Every male citizen of twenty-one years of age and upwards, excepting paupers and persons under guardianship, who shall have resided within the commonwealth one year, and within the town or district in which he may claim a right to vote, six calendar months next preceding any election of governor, lieutenant-governor, senators, or representatives, and who shall have paid...
Página 259 - 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.
Página 16 - No person shall have the right to vote, or be eligible to office under the constitution of this commonwealth, who shall not be able to read the constitution in the English language, and write his name : provided, hoicever, that the provisions of this amendment shall not apply to any person prevented by a physical disability from complying with its requisitions, nor to any person who now has the right to vote...
Página 68 - Laws shall be made to exclude from office, serving on juries, and from the right of suffrage, those who shall hereafter be convicted of bribery, perjury, forgery, or other high crimes. The privilege of free suffrage shall be supported by laws regulating elections and prohibiting, under adequate penalties, all undue influence thereon from power, bribery, tumult, or other improper practice.
Página 288 - If two or more persons in any State or Territory conspire or go in disguise on the highway or on the premises of another, for the purpose of depriving, either directly or indirectly, any person or class of persons of the equal protection of the laws, or of equal privileges and immunities under the laws; or for the purpose of preventing or hindering the constituted authorities of any State or Territory from giving or securing to all persons within such State or Territory the equal protection of the...
Página 283 - District to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or to different punishments, pains, or penalties, on account of such inhabitant being an alien, or by reason of his color, or race, than are prescribed for the punishment of citizens, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both...
Página 35 - State during the six months immediately preceding such election, and shall have declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States, conformably to the laws of the United States on the subject of naturalization, shall be entitled to vote in the township or precinct where he may reside.