Legal Opinion
Allen v. State Board of Elections
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided May 2, 1967No. Civ. A. 5041PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF THE COURT
Before BRYAN and WINTER, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, District Judge. BUTZNER, District Judge:
The plaintiffs, registered voters who are unable to spell accurately or to write legibly, attempted to cast their votes for a write-in candidate in the 1966 congressional election. Each pasted a sticker, upon which the write-in candidate’s name was printed, on the official ballot under the names of listed candidates and appropriately marked the ballot immediately preceding the sticker. These ballots were not tabulated for the write-in candidate. Upon these undisputed facts, the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Harper v. Virginia Board of ElectionsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- South Carolina v. KatzenbachSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Katzenbach v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Smith v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Lassiter v. Northampton County Board of ElectionsSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Allen v. State Board of ElectionsSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Commonwealth of Virginia v. United StatesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1975
- Allen v. State Board of ElectionsSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Kibbe v. Town of MiltonSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1997
- Von Steen v. MuschNew York Supreme Court · 2004
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