State v. Minnick

Illegal voting. The statute declares that “if any person willfully votes who has not been a resident of this State for six months next preceding the election, * * * * or who is not duly qualified from other disability to vote at the place where, and the time when, the vote is to be given, he shall be fined,” &c. § 4337, Rev. of 1860. By § 492 it is provided that no person is entitled to vote at any other place than in the township in which he resides at the time he offers his vote. The oath to be administered to such electors as are challenged, requires them to swear to the township of their…