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Melchior v. Todman

District Court, Virgin Islands

Decided November 2, 1968No. Civil No. 360PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Hastie,* Chief Circuit Judge

OPINION AND DECLARATORY DECISION

Section 584(c) (4) of Title 18, Virgin Islands Code, provides that where a voter in a territorial election shall mark his ballot in the “Party Column” to show that he votes for all candidates of a qualified political party and in addition shall vote for one or more individual candidates not of that party, the straight party vote shall be counted and the other individual vote or votes shall be disregarded.

The plaintiff, Ariel Melchior, Jr., is one of the fourteen persons listed on the official ballot, prepared for use in the District…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Murchie v. CliffordSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1911

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Hendon v. North Carolina State Board of ElectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1983
  2. Democratic Party v. Board of ElectionsDistrict Court, Virgin Islands · 1986
  3. Hendon v. North Carolina State Board Of ElectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1983
  4. Hendon v. North Carolina State Board of ElectionsDistrict Court, W.D. North Carolina · 1986
  5. Stapleton v. Board of ElectionsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1987

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