Legal Research on Elections

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r Pocket Part

tad rctloas thercto1.

; $ 355.

an aetlon for the penalt,
; legal qualifications, the
as rerluired by statute lr
lo show who voted; aDdr
shown to be lost or dea.

rvldenee is not admlsBlblc.
, Mlnor, 410.

Itute prescrlbing penslt,
ing provlsions of prlmary
rble to selectlon of party
primary election. F.g.A.
-State ex tel. Landie v.
, 113 Fla. 105.

e penalties lmposeil by ttrc
Law on commissioners ot
r to c"ompile and return ths
;lonal, state, Parish or mu.
es not apply in respeet to
roposed amendments to tlte
rte v. Palanque' 62 So. ?2d

ll prorecutlonr.
r8

,ns $ 337 et seq.

An affidavit charging a vl-
1006, S 3728, providing that
eferring to anY candidate
ction shall have on its face
e author, must allege the
;y hokllng the Primary elee-

:lat thc PrimarY was lawful-
properly constituted PartY

ta v. I'Iarkuess, 53 So' 4l&

€=S28(8). OfiGnre! bY oflccrl':---ii". 
ica8. An lnformatlon atleglng that

., n"; il,;;,:- :,:l *:il,Hl l,lll I ;[li,illX'Jlv. and in grosslY negttg

li,i*':*;; ;i tottv't'o.,xs and other 'ec,rds
;;';;i, preeltrct to remaln ln place rvltcrc

thev could be destro)'ed' mutllatcd' nnd al-

il;;.I, ;;; in--sutticient to charge offense'Jor

ii;i*ii riti :v u:1,:u:lllv' iiJl'll""i:
ii:niai"r, izi so' ?01, 130 Fra' 231'

An inforrnatlon eharging that sul)crviso-r

"f 
t;i:#;;i;nl,a ott'or mcmuors of e,utttv

H r:i..ii"' r'oa rd ot pll m arv 
"'"-t" 

o]]:-.-t,-.i']:

;;ii" illJ to **t nt oflice of sut)erYr:ror

;:. ;;i;;;1hir'.1 dnv after prlmnrv elo('tiou

mil; tli"."'m.r#.,H 1 #t:iql
875.08.-Overstrect v'
130 Fla. 231'

La' 1954' Informatlon stating" tha^t--dc'

runaiii'tr"a-J'wt uf ull v and unlarvf ul lv eau seo

ilil;il to bc rcslstered as a Yoter bv ?'btt:
;ff"fiJ; i''roti'otion ln hls applieation for

r*
..s

rrs}-187 
ELECTIONS c-328(3)

For relerences to other toplcs' eee Descrlptlve'Tgortl Inder

ndletment whlch

fr,T#':TH'lTt"-"'T'T"i""xlTJ"ri::fii*fu.i,:ffi ,,*Ult*t**t
: u*n'**r+ ffi *;tn,xl-lru**;uu,i,',,"'",;;'":*
..-rr 

lreAf On lts ItruE LllE uaurLrr"--_- 
-,rf.f, 61.

:lti,J."1i,;;;.;**:-ffii'.:3'1'fi19:ll"X La. Ielb. rn an rndrctmenr under Acr
I..*'eo that H' o".u "'";;i,f;ri"i'lig 

-.ll.y: No. 4e or 1eo6, g az, *1-ri.il-rs,xr oorc,

ii:,:t"X*XIX'it' XlJ,"."';aving rererenee to 
charging a rarse u"'#" ?oI' p"'po*' ot

IEF":: Ji:*'i$i i: "lx ili:::il,{"!i #}* T :T} un' *':'"r T 
"'Hi,T"r".'" 

J :;
rar{ t'Il",I. 

ronp the name and address of

Xl,,Lr*i"..in",."r, "t..i^i" 
insurncient, as ll".HHXIl;t'S::ilB:lrbetn' 

herd'-State

tli'.:"H; ina"nnitu' ot it do"t not directlv

ll?,-i""itioery charge til; th" ;;ilq"v 9l::- La' 1954' An - information charging

il;;", held, Iror 'nli""t' 
iut ro*turtv il'ut-itt"'"a"nt 'violated 

voter registration

l'"',,"a ".a 
he,., by -J":tmllk*::'r';i ,,Xttli#'ilf"*?,:15:Jl'"#iif"Ti iii

i"oiiJrnt"t-Harkness 
v' state' ao pv' &v" 

a basis of the charge.o-"J'i" irr""m clefend-

e6 ltiss' 500' :-".":;".il ""i"'r" tiia charaeter of the charge'

'# 
'i*--l#ffiu,ss. 821. 
B::r.lii-#full;??.

bilzl(21- IlleSisl re8trtratlon or votlng'
:"ii". ,tit. 

-o" lndictnrent' .nder Act

#[ii tF,;t *U*ir* llft- 
rT

Yll'Ir;i:i":litiLqs ;} 
x;*ii"-l,f #

:" is ";' [1, 
"""]t. 4:rli,*, *1t",:l. l'l:

mrsons or oflicers tor
friil.:n:u.""- u' stot"' 52 Ala' 20e'

o,".rrt-*- A corrnt of alr indietment'

rronlf,'"iaut t"ttion 40 of the act to

il,','il.'"l".iio"t, etc" approvcd -A'Iil -2?;i;?;:"';,;;i"s that tlre deretrtlrttt' nor

iliri zi i"tts-of age, Yoted at a gi'ert-gett'

iui"ui""ti.t held in thls stute' is sufliciettt;

;il ;';;;; general aecusatlon of illcsrtl

il;";, ;;;;;"rft- sPecirYins ln rvhnt .11f l':
il;;iiltd consisteo ls not sufficierrt to

;fi;J;-;rnviction'-G-ertlon v' State' 
-52

etu" S0A, 23 Am.IteP' 575'

ze Topic AnolYsis for scoPe'

es

ons $ 330 et se<I.

,dlctmelt or lrrformatlol'
encral.
Information charging that
E a stote emfiloyce, advised

)loy@s to contril)ute to th?

of a Political caudidate ade'

erlme even though informa'
Lrsc that defendant had eom-

ed emrrloYees to so eontntlute'

-SLi" v' Stol"t, 122 So'2tl

Strtutes against gaming

,oa- 
""" 

not to be construed

rfore lt lg not necessary to

ndlctment for betting on an

Lhe election was held, sluct

Ala. 1876. An tndietment for lnlarvfttl
rotril li,oiii aescrttrc the pu rpose. f ot-l:'l:*
the eLction was held' Calling lt "a Eenerat

ctection" is not enough'-Carter v' State' o)

Ala. ltil.
>-'



€=328(3) ELECTIONS
f,'or lator caser a€c salne lfoplc and f,ey l{u.mber ln Pockot Part

reglstratlon, but whlch dtd not speclfy the
lnlormatlon alleged to be falsg dld not allege
wlth sufrclent clarlty the vloletlon of the
registratlon larvs. LSA-R.S. 18:222; LSA-
ConsLl92l, art 1, ll l0.*State v. Kelley' ?3
So.2d 437, 225 Lu 4*5.

La" 1965. Indictment charglng defend-
ant wlth exerclslng authority at polllng place,
whlch alleged that defendant rvas duly quall-
flul deputy sheriff, rvas sufficlent and r.s'
quired no allegatlon that he wos state officer
or employed by statc. LSA-R.S. 18:37?.-
State v. Mayeux, 81 So.2d 426,228 La. A.

€32E(4)-328(6). Sea Topio Analyilt lor
ECOpe.

Llbrary references
C.J.S. Electlons $! 343, 344.

€=82t(A). f..uct, I)roof, and votlancc.
Mlss. 1857. An lndlctment for bettlng

on the result of an eleetlon, whlch charges
th&t the bet was made before the electlon
was held, wlll be sustained by proof that the
bet was msde sfterwards, but before the re'
sult was known.-Mlller v. State, 33 Mlss.
356, 69 Am.Dec. 351.

Mlss. 1858. An lndlctment charging I
bettlng on the stste eleetlon for presldentlal
electors ls not supported by proof of a bet
that the state would vote for a certaln presl-
dentlal candtdate.-Gamble Y. State, 35
Mlss. 222, 2 Mor.St.Cas. 1096.

1r s D--188

@32e. 
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Evldcaoc.
Ala. 1875. The poll llsts are the hlgh-

est and best eyldencs ol who voted at en
electlon.-Wllson v. State, 52 Ala. 209.

Ala. 1876. Though the poll llst eertl-
fled by the lnspectors of electlon ls the high-
est and best evldence ol the persons who
voted at the preelnct, ll lt ls not certifled,
It ls not competent evldence against one
charged wlth lllegal votlng, without ex-
trlnslc proof of lts authenticity and cor-
rectness.-Elunter v. State, 55 Ala. ?6.

Ala. 1876. Slnce a mlnor cannot be
convleted ol lllegal votlng if he honestly
belleved that he was 21 years of age when
he voted, on trlal ol au lndlctment of a
mlnor lor lllegally votlng, the fact that hls
father told hlm before he voted that he wae
21 years old ls relevant, and admisslble evl-
dence ln hls beha[.--Qs!ier -y. _Q!a!gr jl
4lq-18r.

Fla. 1935. fn prosecutlon of one aecus-
ed of reglsterlng ln prlmary electlon reglstra-
tlou bo<rk for more than one preeinct and
under more than one name, prlmary eleetion
regtstratlon book of each preclnct helil prop'
erly admltted after sbowing that defendant
had reglstered hlmselt ln each. X'.S.A' t
102.53.-Palmer v. State, 163 So. 47, 120 tr'la'
683.

€=830-332. See Topic Anolysis fot soopa.

Llbrary referencos
C.J.S. Electlons $ll 352, 353, 354.

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a motive Power' or for
and liabilities incident th

f.tt6ta lot b thl. toD

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