Brisbin v. Cleary
Supreme Court of Minnesota
The plaintiff, a qualified voter in the city of St. Paul, and duly registered as such, desiring to vote at the proper polling place at the general city election on May 7, 1878, offered to the judges of election a printed ballot, such as the law in such case requires, having thereon the names of city officers and candidates therefor.
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The plaintiff, a qualified voter in the city of St. Paul, and duly registered as such, desiring to vote at the proper polling place at the general city election on May 7, 1878, offered to the judges of election a printed ballot, such as the law in such case requires, having thereon the names of city officers and candidates therefor. In conformity with Laws 1878, c. 84, § 5, (Gen. St. 1878, c. 1, § 81,) a number had been set opposite plaintiff’s name in the poll-book, and the judges of election refused to receive and deposit plaintiff’s ballot in the ballot-box without first endorsing on it…
1Opinion of the CourtBerre, J.
Laws 1878, c. 84, (Gen. St. 1878, c. 1, § 84,) being an act regulating elections in incorporated cities of over twelve thousand inhabitants, after providing, in section 6„ that the manner of voting at such elections shall be by bal*108lot, proceeds, in section 8, as follows: “The ballots shall be folded by the voter, and delivered to one of the judges of election, who shall forthwith lay the same on the top of the ballot-box, at the same time, in an audible voice, proclaim the name of the person offering to vote, to the board; and if the judges be satisfied, according to the evidence as herein…
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