Author: Clarence F. Birdseye

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-11

Total Pages: 648

ISBN-13: 9780266176824

Excerpt from Supplement, 1912, to Annotated Consolidated Laws of the State of New York: Containing Amendments to Consolidated Laws, Code of Civil Procedure, and Other General Statutes, Enacted by the Legislature of 1912 and Also Decisions of the Courts and Rulings of the Attorney General Under the Laws and Constitution From July 1, 1911, To The power granted to the Legislature to prescribe the method of conducting elec tions cannot be so exercised as to disfranchise competent electors. The provision of section 12 of chapter 649 of the Laws of 1911, that the name of a person nominated by more than one political party shall be printed but once upon the ballot, and regulating in detail the method of carrying out such provision, is unconstitutional as unjustly discriminating between electors in the facility afforded them for casting their votes for the candidates of their choice. Hopper v. Britt 203 N. Y. 144, reyg. 146 App. Div. 363, 131 N. Y. Supp. 135. Section 123 of the Election Law relating to independent nominations is not in violation of this section. Matter of Burke v. Terry 203 N. Y. 293, ads. 146 App. Div. 520, 131 N. Y. Supp. 841. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.