United States v. Ella M. Bowman

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• concluding that “Congress may regulate ‘pure’ federal elections, but not ‘pure’ state or local elections”
• noting that the “legislative history of the Act 11 reveals a Congressional desire to protect the integrity of a person’s right to vote by protecting the integrity of that vote”
• noting that Congress added qualifying language to the initial federal election statue because “it was felt that Congress had no constitutional authority to enact legislation to prevent corruption in all elections, both state and federal”
• stating that “[w]ith federal and state elections held on the same day and with all candidates listed on one ballot, it is impossible to isolate a threat to the integrity of the state electoral process from a threat to the integrity of the federal contest”
• stating that “[w]ith federal and state elections held on the same day and with all candidates listed on one ballot, it is impossible to isolate a threat to the integrity of the state electoral process from a threat to the integrity of the federal contest”

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