State v. Binnette’s Empirical Analysis
1966
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
April 1977
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Most-quoted passages
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“We can only conclude that the legislature has not seen fit to make it a criminal offense to sign, without authority, the name of another upon an application for an absentee ballot. ... If the legislature deems it wise or necessary to impose penal sanctions for the falsification of an application, it should so provide in clear and unmistakable terms. Id. at 835-36 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. King
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