Legal Opinion
Forssenius v. Harman
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided October 12, 1964No. Civ. A. 3897, 3898PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALBERT V. BRYAN, Circuit Judge.
Since the adoption of the 24th Amendment forbidding exaction of a poll tax as a prerequisite to voting in a Federal election, * Virginia has enacted an additional qualification for the Federal voter. If he has not paid the poll tax still required in State elections, he must file within the same time a certificate of continuing residence. No such certificate is demanded of a voter in an election for the Virginia House of Delegates. By Article I, Section 2 and by the 17th Amendment of the United States Constitution, it is ordained that electors choosing a…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Ex Parte YarbroughSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Lassiter v. Northampton County Board of ElectionsSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Guinn v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Pope v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Breedlove v. SuttlesSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Alwin E. Hopfmann v. Michael Joseph ConnollyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1984
- Gray v. JohnsonDistrict Court, S.D. Mississippi · 1964
- Moffett v. TraxlerSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1966