Oregon Election

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Excerpt from Oregon Election: Effect of a Majority of Votes Cast for a Candidate Constitutionally Disqualified 2. What then is the effect of votes cast for a Federal officer for the position in question? It seems to me that such votes, which are merely an attempt by individuals to override the Constitution of the United States, are simply void. The persons who have engaged in such unconstitutional attempt have, in effect, thrown away their votes, just as if they had voted for a dead man, or a fictitious person, or voted a blank. Hence the only efficient votes are those cast for persons capable of being chosen, and, of them, the requisite number, highest on the poll, are those appointed. 3. The next question is how and by whom is this disqualifying fact to be ascertained, for it is evident that it mast be ascertained, in some official and authoritative manner. To answer this question we must examine the election law of the State of Oregon, to see on whom it has devolved the duty of passing on the legal effect of the votes cast, and pronouncing judgment as to who is chosen. The mode of canvassing the votes at an election, as regulated by the laws of Oregon, is quite simple. The officers of election in the several precincts certify and return to the County Clerk, the number of votes cast in the several precincts, the names of the persons voted for, and the number of votes cast for each. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.