Lamone v. Capozzi’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““All elections shall be by ballot. Except as provided in Section 3 of this article, every citizen of the United States, of the age of 18 year's or upwards, who is a resident of the State as of the time for the closing of registration next preceding the election, shall be entitled to vote in the ward or election district in which the citizen resides at all elections to be held in this State. A person once entitled to vote in any election district, shall be entitled to vote there until the person shall have acquired a residence in another election district or ward in this State.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. (2007) · State Board of Elections v. Snyder ex rel. Snyder

2. “(A) The General Assembly [of Maryland] shall have THE power to provide by suitable enactment for voting by qualified voters of the State of Maryland who are absent at the time of any election in which they are entitled to vote [and], for voting by other qualified voters who are unable to vote personally, OR FOR VOTING BY QUALIFIED VOTERS WHO MIGHT OTHERWISE CHOOSE TO VOTE BY ABSENTEE BALLOT, and for the manner in which and the time and place at which such [absent] voters may vote, and for the canvass and return of their votes. (B) THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO PROVIDE BY SUITABLE ENACTMENT A PROCESS TO ALLOW QUALIFIED VOTERS TO VOTE AT POLLING PLACES IN OR OUTSIDE THEIR ELECTION DISTRICTS OR WARDS OR, DURING THE TWO WEEKS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING AN ELECTION, ON NO MORE THAN 10 OTHER DAYS PRIOR TO THE DATES SPECIFIED IN THIS CONSTITUTION.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. (2007)

3. ““The location at which a citizen can vote also is a requirement. Even under the strained interpretation that the appellants give the phrase, ‘shall be entitled to vote in the ward or election district in which he resides,’ the subsequent language of Article I, § 1 bars voting in an election district or ward that a person does not live in. Article I, § 1 states that a person shall be entitled to vote in the ward or election district where he resides until he acquires residence in another election district or ward. Therefore, once a voter who resides and votes in a particular ward acquires residence in another election district or ward, that voter’s right, his or her entitlement, to vote in the ward where he or she once resided is extinguished. If he or she has the right to vote it is in the newly acquired district or ward.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State Board of Elections v. Snyder ex rel. Snyder