 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 - Sivu 121tekijä(t) 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 - 1905Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | New Jersey. Supreme Court - 1917 - 840 sivua
...case reported in 50 A7. E. Rep. 51, Judge Bartlett, in speaking for the Court of Appeals (on p. 53), said: "The object of elections is to ascertain the...object of election laws is to secure the rights of dulyqualified electors, and not defeat them. Statutory regulations are enacted to secure freedom of... | |
 | 1917 - 1170 sivua
...case reported in 155 NY 545, 554, 50 NE 51, 53, Judge Bartlett, In speaking for the Court of Appeals, said: "The object of elections is to ascertain the...of duly qualified electors, and not to defeat them. Statutory regulations are enacted to secure freedom nical obstructions to make the right of voting... | |
 | 1904 - 1262 sivua
...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. Statutory regulations are enacted to secure freedom of choice and to prevent fraud, and not by technical... | |
 | 1907 - 1210 sivua
...that the business interests will be injured unless the sale of liquor is carried on in the community. The object of elections is to ascertain the popular will, and not to thwart it ; the object of the election law is to secure the rights of the duly qualified electors, and not to defeat them. The... | |
 | 1904 - 1246 sivua
...Hirsh v. Wood, 148 NY 147, 42 NE 537 : 'The object of elections is to ascertain the popular will. aud not to thwart it. The object of election laws is to secure the rights of iluly qualified electors, and not to defeat them.' The contention of counsel for the relator, that... | |
 | New York (State). Courts, Francis Blaine Delehanty (Reporter), Austin B. Griffin (Reporter), Robert George Scherer (Reporter), Edward Jordan Dimock (Reporter), Joseph Albert Lawson (Reporter), Charles Cook Lester (Reporter), William Van Rensselaer Erving (Reporter), Louis J. Rezzemini (Reporter) - 1918 - 832 sivua
...construed liberally in favor of the voters. As was stated in People ex rel. Hirsh v. Wood, 148 NY 146 : ' ' The 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 of choice and to prevent fraud, and not by technical... | |
 | New York (State). Courts - 1900 - 874 sivua
...to the candidates so favored an important benefit, — "The object of elections is to ascertain this popular will and not to thwart it. The object of election...duly qualified electors, and not to defeat them." In that case the result of the election was sustained, notwithstanding the clerk's error. In People... | |
 | New York (State). Department of Excise - 1900 - 686 sivua
...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." See note under § 17 in relation to Issuance of certificates and a similar note under § 28. § 17.... | |
 | New York (State) Dept. of excise - 1900 - 674 sivua
...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." See note under § 17 in relation to Issuance of certificates and a similar note under § 28. § 17.... | |
 | New York (State). Legislature. Senate - 1900 - 1546 sivua
...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." See note under I 17 In relation to issuance of certificates and a similar note under § 28. § 17.... | |
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