Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 1 of 1
Full-Text Articles in Law
Constitutional Law - Federal Election Laws - Primary Elections, Brooks F. Crabtree
Constitutional Law - Federal Election Laws - Primary Elections, Brooks F. Crabtree
Michigan Law Review
Several members of the New Orleans Board of Commissioners of Elections were indicted on charges of having fraudulently altered and counted numerous votes in a Louisiana primary election to nominate a candidate of the Democratic Party for representative in the United States Congress. The indictments were brought under sections 19 and 20 of the Criminal Code of the United States which make it a criminal offense to injure or deprive a citizen of any right or privilege secured to him under the Constitution. The defendants were alleged to have conspired together to deprive citizens in Louisiana of the right to …