STATE, CHAPPELL v. Martinez’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “[T]he electorate's effecting its will through its balloting, not the hypertechnical compliance with statutes, is the object of holding an election. "There is no magic in the statutory requirements. If they are complied with to the extent that the duly responsible election officials can ascertain that the electors whose votes are being canvassed are qualified and registered to vote, and that they do so in a proper manner, then who can be heard to complain the statute has not been literally and absolutely complied with?"”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 772 So. 2d 1220 - Palm Beach County Canvassing Bd. v. Harris

2. “has presented no compelling reason for disenfranchising the 11,000 residents of Flagler County who cast their ballots on November 8.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 772 So. 2d 1243 - Gore v. Harris