Steele v. Calhoun

Citations

• 61 Miss. 556

Syllabus

<p>1. Contested Elections. Ghange of place for voting.</p> <p>The house in which the voting fora country precinct had taken place for some years was moved several months before an election three-quarters of a mile from its former site, its name being unchanged. Held, that an election held in the house at its new site was not on that account invalid.</p> <p>2. Same. Voting place. No formal designation.</p> <p>The fact that the voters of a precinct have by general consent selected a certain place for holding the elections of the precinct and have been in the habit of voting there will make the election held there legal, there having been no formal designation of a voting place by competent authority.</p> <p>8. Same. Marked ballots.</p> <p>By the rule established by § 137 of the Code of 1880, “ any device or mark, etc.,” is prohibited and sufficient to condemn the ballot on which it is found.</p>