Miscellaneous Documents: 30th Congress, 1st Session - 49th Congress, 1st Session, Volume 10 |
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Tbat at Col precinct , in the county of Pitt , forty votes , legally cast for me , were thrown out by the poll - holders , and were not counted , upon some frivolous and untenable pretense that the ballots were , on their face ...
Tbat at Col precinct , in the county of Pitt , forty votes , legally cast for me , were thrown out by the poll - holders , and were not counted , upon some frivolous and untenable pretense that the ballots were , on their face ...
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... wrongfully and illegally opened the ballot - box in which the votes were being deposited and took out and handled and pretended to count over the ballots there cast in an unofficial way , and was permitted to handle the same and did ...
... wrongfully and illegally opened the ballot - box in which the votes were being deposited and took out and handled and pretended to count over the ballots there cast in an unofficial way , and was permitted to handle the same and did ...
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election canvassers in said precinct in counting out the ballots and the number of votes cast and in counting the number of ballots polled and in making return of the poll - books in said precinct committed an error .
election canvassers in said precinct in counting out the ballots and the number of votes cast and in counting the number of ballots polled and in making return of the poll - books in said precinct committed an error .
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... by twentyfive persons whose names were not upon the register and who did not make nor produce the affidavits before referred to , and who were not qualified electors witbin said precinct , ballots for the contestant as a candidate ...
... by twentyfive persons whose names were not upon the register and who did not make nor produce the affidavits before referred to , and who were not qualified electors witbin said precinct , ballots for the contestant as a candidate ...
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of Representative in Congress , and by such representation caused three electors who intended to vote for this contestee , unsuspecting the imposition , to vote for the contestant by using such printed tickets as ballots , supposing ...
of Representative in Congress , and by such representation caused three electors who intended to vote for this contestee , unsuspecting the imposition , to vote for the contestant by using such printed tickets as ballots , supposing ...
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| Title | Miscellaneous Documents: 30th Congress, 1st Session - 49th Congress, 1st Session, Volume 10 United States congressional serial set |
| Author | United States. Congress. House |
| Published | 1884 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 13 Dec 2006 |
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