Voters

Voters

Unbalanced Distribution of Voters in Election Law

Situation in which certain constituencies/ districts are overpopulated while others are underpopulated. This happens when electoral boundaries are not updated to reflect demographic trends or are deliberately manipulated so as to influence election results by playing on the presence of a political party’s electoral base. (See: Gerrymandering)

Undecided Voter in Election Law

Voter who is not sure which candidate or party he or she will vote for.

Unenrolled Voter in Election Law

Person entitled to vote who has not been registered on the voter list.

Voters, Rules

From the book The Clergyman’s Hand-book of Law, about Voters, Rules (1): Unless the laws of the State otherwise provide, every religious organization has the right to determine who shall vote at its meetings and elections. If those provisions are reasonable, they are lawful. Under such provisions it has been repeatedly held that where there are rules requiring annual subscriptions to the church,332 only those who rented and paid for pews, or those who paid a certain annual tax, or those who went to communion, were entitled to vote.333 And where there was no rule, it was held that one who has not contributed to the church334 and persons who attended church only occasionally and contributed only when they attended, were not qualified voters.335 In the last case it was stated that a qualified voter is one who has attended regularly during the year and has contributed to the support of the church.

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Notes and References

  1. Charles M. Scanlan, The Clergyman’s Hand-book of Law. The Law of Church and Grave (1909), Benziger Brothers, New York, Cincinnati, Chicago

See Also

  • Religion
  • Church

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See Also

  • Election Law
  • Electoral Laws
  • Electoral Legislation

Resources

See Also

  • Election Law
  • Electoral Laws
  • Electoral Legislation

Resources

See Also

  • Election Law
  • Electoral Laws
  • Electoral Legislation

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