State v. Anderson

The single question presented is whether the statutes regulating elections permit the voter to express his choice for a candidate whose name is not printed on the official ballot by .pasting that name on the ballot as well as by writing it ther.eon. The solution of this question depends entirely upon the intent of the legislature as expressed in the statutes.

In construing statutes regulating elections, courts must ever keep in mind that “the object of elections is to ascertain the popular will and not to thwart it. The object of election *540laws is to secure the rights of duly qualified electors…