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The Progress of Permanent Registration of Voters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

Joseph P. Harris*
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin

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Legislative Notes and Reviews
Copyright
Copyright © American Political Science Association 1929

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References

1 Session Laws, 1911, p. 371Google Scholar.

2 As early as 1861 Governor Lane urged the legislature to pass a registration law, pointing out the existence of election frauds. House Journal, 1861, p. 62Google Scholar.

3 State v. Quinn, 35 Indiana 485 (1869); Morris v. Powell, 125 Indiana 423 (1890); Brewster v. McClelland, 144 Indiana 423 (1895).

4 Session Laws, 1921, Ch. 273.

5 Ibid., 1927, Ch. 195.

6 See Castleman, David R., “Louisville Election Frauds in Court and Out,” National Municipal Review, December, 1927Google Scholar.

7 A bill was introduced this year in the New York legislature to create a special commission to study permanent registration, but the secretary of state reports that it did not pass. A similar measure in Illinois, creating a special commission to study election administration, became law on July 1.

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