Digest of Election Cases: Cases of Contested Elections in the House of Representatives, Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth Congresses, from 1876-1880, InclusiveU.S. Government Printing Office, 1883 - 522 pages |
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... intimidation upon or against any person , in order to induce or compel such person to vote or to refrain from voting , or on account of such person having voted or refrained from voting , at any election , or who by abduction , duress ...
... intimidation upon or against any person , in order to induce or compel such person to vote or to refrain from voting , or on account of such person having voted or refrained from voting , at any election , or who by abduction , duress ...
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