Legal Opinion
Kamins v. Board of Elections, District of Columbia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 13, 1974No. 7288PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GALLAGHER, Associate Judge:
The question presented by this case is whether the Board of Elections of the District of Columbia (the Board) should have refused to count a write-in vote cast in the 1972 Presidential and Vice-Presidential election. For reasons which will hereinafter appear we hold that the Board should have counted such votes.
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In August, 1972, Anton Wood, Treasurer of the D.C. Statehood Party, wrote the Board and requested that it announce publicly that an appropriate space would be provided for Presidential and Vice-Presidential write-in candidates on the general election ballot…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- United States v. ClassicSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Dunn v. BlumsteinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Southern Pacific Terminal Co. v. Interstate Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
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3Cited by15 opinions
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