The Judiciary Committee, to whom was referred the petition of Keyes Danforth and others, complaing that students residing at Williams College ... Report [electronic resource].
Keyes Danforth petitioned for a law to prevent Williams College students from voting in local elections. The Judiciary Committee reported that it did not feel legislation was necessary. If the students were temporary residents, the election process should weed them out. If a student fulfilled all...
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| Other title: | At head of title: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. House of Representatives LLMC online. |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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[Massachusetts?] :
[publisher not identified],
[1842]
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| Series: | House document (Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives) ;
1842, no. 8. |
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| Summary: | Keyes Danforth petitioned for a law to prevent Williams College students from voting in local elections. The Judiciary Committee reported that it did not feel legislation was necessary. If the students were temporary residents, the election process should weed them out. If a student fulfilled all the residency requirements, then he could vote. The election laws were adequate for the task if they were properly enforced. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (3 pages). |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource; title from PDF first lines of text (LLMC Digital, viewed December 13, 2023). |