 We can conceive of no principle which permits the disfranchisement of innocent voters for the mistake, or even the willful misconduct, of election officers in performing the duty cast upon them. The object of elections is to ascertain the popular will,...  Reports of Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the Territory of Utah - Stranica 121napisao/la Utah. Supreme Court, Albert Hagan, John Augustine Marshall, John Maxcy Zane, James A. Williams, George L. Nye, Joseph M. Tanner, John Walcott Thompson, August B. Edler, William S. Dalton, Alonzo Blair Irvine, H. Arnold Rich, Harmel L. Pratt - 1905Potpun prikaz - O ovoj knjizi
 | New York (State). Department of Excise - 1901 - Broj stranica: 782
...the mistake or even the wilful misconduct of election officers in performing the duty cast upon them. The object of elections is to ascertain the popular will and not to thwart it." The granting of an order foi- a special election at which the local option questions are resubmitted renders... | |
 | New York (State) Dept. of excise - 1901 - Broj stranica: 772
...the mistake or even the wilful misconduct of election officers in performing the duty cast upon them. The object of elections is to ascertain the popular will and not to thwart it." The granting of an order for a special election at which the local option questions are resubmitted renders... | |
 | 1902 - Broj stranica: 1244
...willful misconduct of election officers In performing the duty cast upon them. The object of elections la to ascertain the popular will, and not to thwart it....object of election laws is to secure the rights of duly-qualified electors, and not to defeat them. Statutory regulations are enacted to secure freedom... | |
 | 1904 - Broj stranica: 1164
...Mass. 29, 03 NE 14. In that case section 145, c. 548, p. 588, of the Massachusetts Statutes of 1S!)S, required nomination papers to be filed as early as...not, by technical obstructions, to make the right of Toting insecure. The provisions above recited with reference to the preparation of the ballot are plainly... | |
 | 1904 - Broj stranica: 1164
...requirements as to the time of tiling nomination papers and the certificates thereon, although hincling on the officers whose duty it is to prepare and pass...the popular will, and not to thwart it. The object oí election laws Is to secure the rights of duly qualified electors, and not to defeat them. This... | |
 | 1905 - Broj stranica: 690
...performing the duty cast upon them. The object of popular elections is to ascertain the popular will, not to thwart it. The object of election laws is to...of duly qualified electors, and not to defeat them. Statutory regulations are enacted to secure freedom of choice, and t:> prevent fraud." It must be held,... | |
 | 1906 - Broj stranica: 1266
...this language : "The intention of the voters is clear and admits of no doubt," and its statement that "the object of elections is to ascertain the popular will, and not to thwart it," is the essence of the suffrage privilege. If, however, it was reasonably probable that the electors... | |
 | 1907 - Broj stranica: 1282
...mistake or even the willful misconduct of election officers In performing the duty cast upon them. The object of elections is to ascertain the popular...of duly qualified electors and not to defeat them. The votes of innocent electors are not Invalidated by Irregularities or unauthorized acts on the part... | |
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