Legal Opinion
Bazemore v. Bertie County Board of Elections
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided April 12, 1961No. 168PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMooRe, J.
It is undisputed that the States have broad powers to determine the conditions under which the right of suffrage may be exercised. Pope v. Williams, 193 U.S. 621, 632 (1903); Mason v. Missouri, 179 U.S. 328, 335 (1900). The right of suffrage is not a necessary attribute of citizenship. The right to vote in the States comes from the States. United States v. Cruikshank, 92 U.S. 542, 555-6 (1875).
In North Carolina every citizen of the United States who shall have resided in the State for one year and in the precinct ward, or election district in which he or she offers to vote, thirty days…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- United States v. ClassicSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- United States v. CruikshankSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Smith v. AllwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Ex Parte YarbroughSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Gaston County v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Gingles v. EdmistenDistrict Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1984
- Johnson v. Halifax CountyDistrict Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1984
- State Ex Rel. Utilities Commission v. Carolina Water Service, Inc.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1994
- Gaston County v. United StatesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1968
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