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Publication And Computerized Retrieval Of The Elections Code, Assembly Elections And Reapportionment Committee
Publication And Computerized Retrieval Of The Elections Code, Assembly Elections And Reapportionment Committee
California Assembly
No abstract provided.
United Jewish Organizations Of Williamsburgh, Inc. V. Carey, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
United Jewish Organizations Of Williamsburgh, Inc. V. Carey, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Supreme Court Case Files
No abstract provided.
Remembering Recall In Local Government Law, R. Perry Sentell Jr.
Remembering Recall In Local Government Law, R. Perry Sentell Jr.
Scholarly Works
Inherent in a system of representative government is the thesis that if those who "represent" do not fulfill the promise or expectation, those who are "represented" must possess the leverage of a remedy. The most obvious of such remedies, of course, is resort to the ballot box at the conclusion of the representative's term of office. The extent to which more drastic remedies are desirable is a provokinig point of perplexity, for few have yet satisfactorily resolved the conundrum of how much pure democracy stability in government can accommodate. The procedure of recall is undeniably one of the more drastic …
A Mental Patient's Right To Vote: An Analysis Of The Wild Case, Lawrence O. Gostin
A Mental Patient's Right To Vote: An Analysis Of The Wild Case, Lawrence O. Gostin
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
This article is an analysis of the Wild case that was heard on 15 June 1976 by Judge Lloyd Jones of the County Court, Warrington.
In order to vote, the person's name must appear on the register of electors as a resident of a particular locality. Any place where the elector legitimately resides (even a hostel, a general hospital or a university) may be used as an address which qualifies a person for entry onto the register. The one exception is found in section 4(3) of the Representation of the People Act 1949, as amended by the Mental Health Act, …