The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-13

force, coercion, violence, restraint, or
undue influence. or innict, or threaten
To infict by himself or any other
person, any temporal or spiritual in
jury, damage, harm, or loss upon or
against any person i'm order To induce
or compel such person to vote or re-
frain from voting for any candidate or
the ticket of any political party, or the
measures before the people, or any
person, who being minister preacher,
or priest or any officer of any church,
religious or other corporation or or
ganization, otherwise than by public
speech or print, shall urge, pursuade or
command any voter to vote or refrain
from voting for or against any candid
ate or political party ticket or meas
ure submitted to the people, for or on
account of his religious duty, or the
interest Of any corporation, church, or
other organization, or who shall by alb
duction, duress, or any fraudulent con-
exercise of the franchise by any voter
at any election or shall thereby com
pei, induce, or prevail upon any cleo
/ tor to give OF to refrain from givins
his vote at any election, shall Zoe
guilty of undue influence and shall b,
punished as for a corrupt practice.
Sec. 81. Any candidate who, befor,
or during any election campaign
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pecuniary value, or i'm any manner be
comes a party to any such bet or wa
ger on the result of the election in hi
electoral district, or i'm any part there
Of, or on any event or contingency re
lating to any pending election or VIII
provides money or other valuable I
be used by any person in betting o
wagering upon the result of any i'm
pending election, shall be guilty of
corrupt practice. Any person, wh'
for the purpose of influencing the re
suit of any election, makes any bet @
wager of anything pecuniary value o
the result OF such election in his cleo
toral district. or any part thereof, {
any pending election or any event 9
contingency relating thereto shall b
guilty of a corrupt practice, and in ad
dition thereto any such act shall be
ground of challenge against his rigf
to vote.
Sec %. Any person shall be deeme
to be guilty of the offense of persona
ton who at any election, applies for
ballot i'm the name of some other pei
son. whether il be that of a person liy
ing or dead. or of fictitious person, c
who, having voted once at an electio
applies at the same election for ba
lot i'm his own name; and on convictio
thereof such person shall be punishe
by Imprisonment in the penitentiary {
hard labor for not less than one M
more than three years.
Sec. 23. Any person shall be guilt
of a corrupt practice within the NEAR
ing of this act if he expends any none
for election purposes contrary to III
provisions of any statute of this stat
or If he is guilty of treating, undue IL
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promising to give or offer of any NOR
ey or valuable thing to any elector VIII
intent to induce such elector to vo
or to refrain from voting for any car
dldate for public office, or the ticket
any political party or organization
any measure submitted to the peopl
tat any election. or To- register orrefra
from registering as voter at al
state, district. county, city, town, VI
Iage, or school district election forpul
Lie officers or on public measure
Such corrupt practice shall be deem'
to be prevalent when instances there
occur in different election distric
similar in character and sufficient
number to convince the court befo
which any case involving the san
may be tried that they were gener