TAILIEUCHUNG - Gale Encyclopedia Of American Law 3Rd Edition Volume 4 P13

Gale Encyclopedia of American Law Volume 4 P13 fully illuminates today's leading cases, major statutes, legal terms and concepts, notable persons involved with the law, important documents and more. Legal issues are fully discussed in easy-to-understand language, including such high-profile topics as the Americans with Disabilities Act, capital punishment, domestic violence, gay and lesbian rights, physician-assisted suicide and thousands more. | ELECTORAL COLLEGE 109 Robbin Stewart was stopped for speeding as he returned from voting in a primary election. Stewart argued that the case against him should have been dismissed because Article VIII Section 4 of the Missouri Constitution provided that voters should be privileged from arrest while going to attending and returning from elections except in case of treason felony or breach of the peace. The Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District rejected Stewart s argument. The appeals court noted that in the past the Missouri Committee on Suffrage and Elections had entertained the idea that the clause cited by Stewart should apply to primary elections as well as general elections and that the committee had refused to adopt the expansion. In a footnote the court advised that the . Supreme Court had construed the phrase treason felony or breach of the peace as including all criminal offenses Williamson v. United States 207 . 425 28 S. Ct. 163 52 L. Ed. 278 1908 . Such a reading would seem to nullify the objective of Missouri s constitutional clause. Nevertheless the existence of such an election-day privilege is a testament to the importance of free elections in the United States. The 2000 presidential election was one of the most controversial in . history where george w. bush won the election by defeating former Vice President albert gore Jr. in the Electoral College despite the fact that Gore had won the popular vote. Much of the attention of the country focused upon contested election returns in the state of Florida but the election also involved other controversies. In 2000 a resident of Illinois James Baumgartner opened a web site called which purported to allow voters to sell their absentee ballots over the Internet to the highest bidders. Although a court in Illinois quickly closed it down the site reopened in several other states. State and federal law enforcement officials hounded Baumgartner who finally sold the site to

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