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Description:Excerpt from Digest of Election Cases Romualdo Pacheco received 1, 208 votes for Representative in Congress in said county. That after the adjournment sine die of said board, the clerk thereof, who was not one of the members of the board, altered and changed the vote of said county, so as to make it appear that Mr. Wigginton received only 986 votes in said county. That this false and illegal return was by said clerk certified to the secretary of state as the true result of the votes cast in said county for Kepresentative in Congress. That the returns of the voles cast in all the counties of the fourth Congressional district of said State, as certified to the secretary of state, includiug the false and illegal return from Monterey County, showed the following result: Votes. For Roiniialdo Pacheco 19, 104 For Peter D.Wigginton 19, 103Majority for Pacheco I That by the illegal and fraudulent change made by the clerk of Monterey County, whereby two votes were taken from the number received by Mr. Wigginton, the result in said Congressional district was changed, and the sitting member was counted in by one majority, whereas the contestant should have been declared elected by the same majority.2. That thirteen xersons voted for Mr. Pacheco, in certain precincts and counties of the district, who were non-residents, and not entitled to vote under the laws of the State of California.3. That three persons voted for Mr. Pacheco whose names were not on the great register, as required by the laws of that State.4. That six persons voted for Mr. Pacheco whose ballots were so marked as to indicate who cast them, and that such ballots must be iejected under the laws of California.5. That in two precincts there were more votes counted than there were names on the poll-list jthat the judges in each of these failed to draw out the excess of votes and destroy them. That, by this failure on the part of the inspectors, two votes were counted for Mr. Pacheco that ought not to have been counted.6. That there were such irregularities and illegal practices on the part of the inspectors of election and the voters of Saticoy precinct, in Ventura County, as to invalidate the whole vote of the precinct. In this precinct the vote stood -For Komualdo Pacheco 85 For Peter D.Wigginton 51 If the contestant should make good the foregoing grounds of contest, he would add to his own vote two votes in the county of Monterey, and subtract from Mr. Pachecos vote fifty-eight votes; and the result would then be as follows: For Mr. Wigginton 19, 105For Mr. Pacheco 19, 046 Majority for Mr. Wigginton 59 A careful examination has been made of each of the grounds of contest above set forth, with the result following: Monterey County. In Monterey County, according to the returns first sent to the secretary of state, the vote was: For Pacheco. 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Digest of Election Cases (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Digest of Election Cases (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from Digest of Election Cases Romualdo Pacheco received 1, 208 votes for Representative in Congress in said county. That after the adjournment sine die of said board, the clerk thereof, who was not one of the members of the board, altered and changed the vote of said county, so as to make it appear that Mr. Wigginton received only 986 votes in said county. That this false and illegal return was by said clerk certified to the secretary of state as the true result of the votes cast in said county for Kepresentative in Congress. That the returns of the voles cast in all the counties of the fourth Congressional district of said State, as certified to the secretary of state, includiug the false and illegal return from Monterey County, showed the following result: Votes. For Roiniialdo Pacheco 19, 104 For Peter D.Wigginton 19, 103Majority for Pacheco I That by the illegal and fraudulent change made by the clerk of Monterey County, whereby two votes were taken from the number received by Mr. Wigginton, the result in said Congressional district was changed, and the sitting member was counted in by one majority, whereas the contestant should have been declared elected by the same majority.2. That thirteen xersons voted for Mr. Pacheco, in certain precincts and counties of the district, who were non-residents, and not entitled to vote under the laws of the State of California.3. That three persons voted for Mr. Pacheco whose names were not on the great register, as required by the laws of that State.4. That six persons voted for Mr. Pacheco whose ballots were so marked as to indicate who cast them, and that such ballots must be iejected under the laws of California.5. That in two precincts there were more votes counted than there were names on the poll-list jthat the judges in each of these failed to draw out the excess of votes and destroy them. That, by this failure on the part of the inspectors, two votes were counted for Mr. Pacheco that ought not to have been counted.6. That there were such irregularities and illegal practices on the part of the inspectors of election and the voters of Saticoy precinct, in Ventura County, as to invalidate the whole vote of the precinct. In this precinct the vote stood -For Komualdo Pacheco 85 For Peter D.Wigginton 51 If the contestant should make good the foregoing grounds of contest, he would add to his own vote two votes in the county of Monterey, and subtract from Mr. Pachecos vote fifty-eight votes; and the result would then be as follows: For Mr. Wigginton 19, 105For Mr. Pacheco 19, 046 Majority for Mr. Wigginton 59 A careful examination has been made of each of the grounds of contest above set forth, with the result following: Monterey County. In Monterey County, according to the returns first sent to the secretary of state, the vote was: For Pacheco. 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Digest of Election Cases (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Digest of Election Cases (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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