Legal Research on Illegal Voting

    11 s D-183 ELECTIONS 6313

f,'or rolerences to other toplcs, eoo Descrlptlve'Word Inder119 f)_182

r ln Pocket part

I_pI-!h".Tf on hrm wrthtnprrmary elecuoD. F Ft

elfri;!19.i,;","* fljtirla.L.R. 672.

Statute- maklng tt unlawful
runlclpal e_m_ployee to ..coerge,

tlry" I fellow empt6yge to
,Parc or 

-119 
salarr qp anf.

!o". 
r* politieal porpoeer tr 1r Etate power to prevent pub

rm elgaglng ln actlvliles cpn.
)uc tntercst, and lt Is not rx.
lerm "adviee" be custrued torente of c@relon or commard
:e st4tute 

-vaUd 
atrd consfltu.

104.31.-State v. Stuler, l22

ll-t!!q . ud operrdol of[o!. laE.
!oa

lons 0 323.

ffi:r$* ltrit rtrtuterT

)cs

lons g 324.

ConsL 1875, denled the
ng to those ,.who shall bave
of treason, embezzlement ot
rlfeasanee In offiee, l&rctny,"
rr cunstitution eontalned no
telil, that one eonvieted ol
mlght be punlshed, under

nst lllegal rotlng, for yoflng
ngton v. State, 75 Ala. 592,

The falslflention of reglstra.
lltute o violation of Gen.Bt.
i.A. 0 839.13, though the stat-
br such doeuments were en.
t to the enactment of thlo
-Pou v. Ellis, 63 So. 721, 00

Statutes may make vlolatlon
a crime. I.'.S.A.Const. art. 8,
i; F.S.A. $$ 102.57, 102.U.-
rudis v. Carson, 15-1 So. 150,

Prlmary electlon ls "elec
onstitutlonal provision lor
atutes to preserYe eleetlons
undue lnfluenee by improper
A.Oonst. art. 3, ! 28.-Er
e, 150 So. 619, 116 Fla. 6{8,

rlbltlng publleatlon or clrcu.
r agalnst candidate for noml'
rcrvlng eopy thereof on hLo
before prlmary electlon LlC

#.Ili['*+fi-*'r*:d:
612.

IYhat ls "improper praetiee"'withln con'

f; l:','rr:lt']:ii*,liliiHffiii],:"]-#,

*iqiqi'"'ei:";i:"ffi f1;:$f iii
ird n". 608, oo A'L'R' 572'

-'fr#tt,$,[i*:r,":ffi

f#iti:'lJl'd*fi ffi [:},i,";g-;i

lfttl'*'tsfi*l#tffiqn;
Statute prorlding that no erpenses shall

rp lncurrd by any candltlate for eleetion or

;#;;A; to-potiiieat office, or bv anvone. in

iliii*n"ir or in furtherance or ald of his

ffirtj;;;Y' unless wrltten order shall he

;ffiJ-;; cantpaign treasurer of canditlate

"r'rt-iring 
the expenditure' is a valid exer-

irr"'ri irr""p"tice power of tbe stflte end does

i.i*rt."r".e s"ctio" of the Dcclaratlon of

ii]"r,t"- *uoto,rteeing liberty of spceeh artd of

-"I". 
- r.S.e. $ 09'161(7); l''S'A'Cottst'

'u..fu.^tion of niShts, $ l3'-Smith v' Drtin'
04 So.2tl 166.

La. 1921. Aet No. 21!l of 1912 ls super-

aeded, ln so far as lts prorisions 
","]11" -t:pJr""f eleetions, by Act No' 35 of 101G' LS

i-n.S.-18:281 note, and a petltiou tltc pur-

rnse of whlch ls to enforce a pctutlty pre-

scribed by thot nct for improperly ittflttcttc-

tns ot atierrpting to lnfluence voters' itl a

pt"i-""y electlon, ts properly dlsruissed upon

ercepti,on of no causc of actlon'-\Yood v'
BatemarL 83 So. 82'1, 140 La' 2$O'

La. 1929. Stntute proYidlng cumuletlYe
punishment on convictlon for buying votes

ield unconstltutlonal (Act No' 07 of 1022' $

83; LSA-Const.1021, art. 8, $$ B, 23)'-Stote
v. Gravolet, 123 So. 111, 108 La' 848'

place and ererclee or ettempt to exerclse any

iutnoritv at a polllng place ln any prtmary

"fu.tio" 
,nflt" speciatty commissloned to do

;,loes not fall to deflne the offense wittr the

"t."i.ion 
required ln order to afiord one

[rrn"cua thereunder with due proeess' ^f!l-ii.i. r*siz.-state v. Marcotte, 86 so'2il 180'

220 La 539'

@312. frruilulerrt reglrtletloa'
Llbrary roforonoag

C.J.S. Elections ! 320'

Fla. 1913' To tllegally and eorruptly
add to registratlon books the names of per'

ro* "ot f,ualifled to register ls to^ 'fnlslfJ"
u i""."a ittrrin Gen.st.1903, $ 34$' r'S'A' 0

6g0.rt, a"nounclng falsifieatlon of public rec*

;;;.-P"" v. Ellis, 63 So' ?21, 66 I'la' 358'

Fla, 1941. Where there waa Do testl'
mony ln record thot defendsnt did not have

t,i. iruuit"tion, <Iomlclle, home or permsnent

nlacn of abode tn Florida for one year' ano

i"-nr""f c'ounty for slr months before date

oi regtstration for electlon, eonvietlon on

"t ".gJ 
that defendant on oath falsely' eor-

irpiiv, x"o*rngly, wlllfullv and mailclously

.i-i",= $,"i rr" "e"taeo 
at a certaln address ln

Ja"Xsont'fffe, Duval eounty, ln electlon pre
;;tNr. 5c of Duval county whgn l-n faet.he

r"".lirrns at another address ln Jacksonvllle'

iir""i *."tv, and ln electlon precinct N9' 5?
of Duval eounty, eould not be sustalned'

f.S-rf . S 8?5.14; 
- 
F.S'A'Const' art' 6' I I' as

"..iia.'h, "ra $ 3.-Faucette v' State' 3 So'2d

3cJ2, 747 I'la. 7D1.

@313. Illeget votlag.
LlbrarY references

C.J.S. Elcctlons $ 325'

Ala. 18?3. Votlng otrt of the ward 
-of

the voter's resldence at al) cloetlon ror

m,inieipat ofhcers ln the clty of l\Iotttgomery

i= ir"t i t offense, under Rev'Code' $ 404' pro-

hilliting nny I)crsotr from voting "at any

;;;:;;;; 'i'l* 
t" not entitled"' or "out or

;;;;;i;rrv .r the eltv or toNl-r of 
-his 

resi-

aon"o';-xuttles v' State, 40 Ala' 35'

Ala. 1875. \fhen lt does not aDPear

f.o* 
-ii," 

pnrt llsts that the defendant voted

ln his renl nnlne or ln the name by n'hlch

he is tnOicted, or that there le a Dame ou

the poll llst representing the bailot cosi by

i;i;,-ii,";" can be no convletlon for lllesal

"oiii,g-rvflton 
v. State, 52 Ala' 299'

A mlnor, wbo ls otherslse duly qual-

fnna.-cannot'be convleted of lllegal votlng

ffi;l;;;;as not of tbe 
'equlslte 

ase, tf
il;;iJ';"der the honest beltef' lnduced

[v iri"t."uon trom par€ntg' relatlves' or

La. 1956. Statute making lt a crime for
peace officers having euthorlty to make ar'
rests and carry erln8 to go to or remaln.at
or within the lmmedlate vlclntty of a polllng



6313 ETECTIONS
For later caae! seo same Toplc and Key Number ln Pocket Part

acqualntances havlng knowledge ol the tlne
of hls blrth, that he had obtalned hls
maJorlty.

Ale. 1875. Gordon y. State, 52 Ala.
308, 23 Anr.Rep. 5?5.

Al8. 18?6. Carter v. State,65 Ala. 181.

Ala. 1886. The statute whlch prohlblts
lllegnl votlng "at any electlon held ln thls
state" (Code, $ 4280) lncludes a locol electlon
held urrder statutory provlslons to ascertelo
the sense of the people on the subJeet of
prohibltlng the sale of lntoxleatlng llquors.

-Gandy v. State, 2 So. ,l{ili, 82 Ala. 01.

Fla. 1896. Rev.St. , 2787, provldlng
tbat whoever easts, knowlngly, an lllegal
vote at an electlon held aceordlng to l&w,
shaU be punlshed by lmprlsonment ln the
Btate prlson not exceedlng sk months, or by
fine not exeeedlng $100, applles to lllegal
votlng at munlclpal electlons.-Ex parte Sen-
lor, 19 So. 652, 37 Fla. 1, 32 L.n.A. 133.

Fle. 193t1. The statute deflning crlme of
maklng, transmlttlng, or dellverlng, or caus-
lng to be made, transmltted, or dellvered, any
false stBtement or affidavlt wlth lntent that
It shall be used under act governlng absentee
votlng, applles only to stetements or affida-
vlts knorvn to be false when made. tr'.S,A.
! 101.07 note.-State ex rel. Mlller v. Cole-
man, 178 So. 157,130 Fla. 537.

La. 1912. A voter at a prlmary electlon,
though able to read and not affilcted with
any physlcal disabllity, who asks an electlotr
officer for lnformatlon as to whlch ol the
eandldates arc ln sympathy wlth hls factlon-
al affiliatlon, does not thereby violate PrI-
mary Electlon Law. IJSA-R.S. 18:281 note.

-State v. Breffelhl, 58 So. 76,11, l3O La. 904,
(() Ln.A.(N.S.) 5:5.

L8. 1017. Act No. 130 of 1916, relatlng
to offenses ln the electlon of candldates to
office, has no applleatlon to prlmary elec-
tlons, and provides no penalty for lllegal vot-
lng thereat.-State v. flaas, ?6 So. 710, 142
La,.271.

Mlsr. 1909. A munlclpal electlon ls ln-
cluded ln the phrase "at any electlon," as
used ln Code 1006, , !722, denounclng lllegal
votlng.-Sample v. Town of .Verona, 48 So.
2, 94 Mlss. 264.

@=314. Of3orrer by oflocrr.
Llbrary roforoncos

C.J.S. Eleetlons ! 327.

Flr. 1938. Statute provldlng tbat any
member of county canvass€rs of electlon wiU-
fully vlolatlng law relatlng to canvasslng rF
sult of any electlon shall be punlshed as

11 S IF184

tbereltr prescrlbed applles to members of
county canvasslng board of prlmar.y elee-
tlons, thouSh nt tlme of enactment ol statute
there was no statute authorlzlng holdtng
ol prlmary electlons, slnce prlmary electlons
when authorlzed became part of general elec-
tlon system. F.S.A. $$ 102.45, 875.08.-Over-
street v. Whlddon, 177 So. 701, 130 l'la. 231.

La" 1059. Statute providlng for appolnt-
ment of deputy reglstrar of voters makeg
no provlslon for naming of such an official to
serve ln parish of Wlnn, and alleged "deputy
rcgistrar" for that parlsh rvas no more than
a clerk or an employee of duly quallfle<l reg-
istror of vot€rs of such parish, and could noi
be convicted for violating ststute forbidding
rcglstrar to go to unusual places under pre-
tense ol atrordlng an opportunlty to voters
to regtster, even assumlng that the word "rcg-
lstraC', as used ln Btatute, meant any one
who reglstered voters, Includlng registrar and
deputy registrar. LSA-R.S. 18:6, l8:73, subtl.
A.-State v. f,'erguson, 108 So.2d 52O, 286
LB. 589.

€316. Betthg or clcotlorr.
Llbrary references

C.J.S. Elections $ 328.

Ala. 1841. Bettlng on the result of an
electlon, after the election has beeu consum-
meted, ls not wlthln the statute of 1830
(Alk.DlS. p. 200, $ 49).-State v. Mahan, 3
AIa. 340.

Mlsc. 1857. The statute of thls stste to
suppress gamlng, ln which there ls a provl'
slon against bettlng money llpon the resrtlt
of any electlon, extends to the betting of
money ln thls state upon the result of an
electlon held ln another state.-Sharkey v.
State, ilil Mlss. 353, 2 tr(or.St.Cas. 1041.

Ml$. 185?. Bettlng upon the uncertaln
result of any electlon, whether made before
or subsequent to the tlme of holding such
electlon, ls lndictable ln thls state.-Miller
v. State, 33 Mlss. 356, 2 Mor.St.Cas. 1042, 60

Am.Dec. 351.

@316. Brlbcry.
Llbrary referenceg

C.J.S. Electlons $ 3i12.

€=317. Illecd crpcldlturct sad cor'
rupt prootloor.

Llbrary roforoncos

C.J.S. Electlons 0$ 329, 350.

Ala. 193'il. Requiremeut that candldate
for dlstrlct office flle names of committee
deslgnated to reeelve eompalgn expendltltrcs
f,eld lnapfrlteable to eanrlldates for mttnlcipal

usrF185

For retor

onees (Code 7Y23, !
Bryant,145 So. 420,226

Stotute requlrlng r

late committee to re(
pendlturcs should be
(Code 1923, S 588).-Dou
So. 420, Z2B Ala. 23.

Ale. 1954. After pr
ls nothlng that can be dc
lallure of sucr€ssful cr
erpense actount aa requ
vldlng for the flllng of
by a candidate or hle r

than 15 days nor less tt
electlon. Code 1040, TIL
-McCutcheon v. Thoma
Al& 688.

AlrApp. 1988. Defe
uted oE the ntght beforr
prlnted matter whlch dl
lng certain candidates s
vote agalnst sucb caDdld[
taln nsmeg and addresset
lng printed matter were
the Corrupt pracilce Act
3037.-Ftntey v. State, I
APp. t5t, certlorarl denl
AIa- l6t.

Flr" 1914. Aets lgli
8.A- t f02.0l et seq., requ
n0mlnatlons to office to t
thetr qualtflcaflon and str
turcq Bhould tre enforcc
leglslattve purpose to
rraud and deceptlon tn ;State v. patterson, 65 So.

. Under Acts 1gl3. c.
IO23il, a pergon who ln
trounc:ea hls candldacy les
to the prtmary elecd6n m
Eents aDd do all the thh
ctDdldate to do, but Deedot erpenaes at a tlme It
119t a .aoOtaate.-State
o@, 67 f,.ta. 40g.

. Flr. 1984. Ststuteg
lt!0emetrt of campalrn er(ltrdldate falllnr to flle
ro- oll omc.e, bui merely
uame on prtmarv ballot. c

ilieH:f.;&::ill;,:
lotr, 154 So. Im, 114 Fla.

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;ffJtrdhl:".tlml;
ra$e wna wrltten tn by v,

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