United States v. Classic

Two counts of an indictment found in a federal district court charged that appellees, Commissioners of Elections, conducting a primary election under Louisiana law, to nominate a candidate of the Democratic Party for representative in Congress, willfully altered and' falsely counted and certified the ballots of voters cast in the primary election. The questions for decision are whether the 3 fight of qualified voters to vote in the Louisiana primary and to have their ballots counted is a right "secured by the Constitution” within the meaning of §"§ 19 and 20 of the Criminal Code, and whether…