Allen v. Snowden’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
July 1992
most recently cited
1 state decisions
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1973 (§ 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965)
Relies on 193 So. 2d 129 - Hubbard v. McKey · 269 So. 2d 633 - Ladner v. Fisher
Most-quoted passages
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“a blank ballot was passed to a dishonest politician who premarked it and paid a corrupt voter to take it to the poll to vote. The corrupt voter received his ballot, but put the premarked ballot in the ballot box. He then took the blank ballot he received at the poll to the dishonest politician who again premarked it and paid the second corrupt voter to vote the ballot. This process continued throughout election day.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Wilbourn v. Hobson“he shall deliver it to the voter, which ballot the voter shall mark in the manner provided by law, which when done the voter shall deliver the same to the initialing manager.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Wilbourn v. Hobson“be initialed by someone other than the receiving manager was to prevent the fraudulent conduct commonly known as the”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Wilbourn v. Hobson
How this case has been treated — in progress
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