When was it published?

November 13, 1870 in The Daily Phoenix

Domestic News November 13, 1870

The Daily Phoenix

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Laurens Election, Voting Fraud, Canvassing Irregularities, Reform Party, Lyons Box

Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina

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What is this article about?

Allegations of fraud in the Laurens election canvassing process, where commissioner Joseph Crews claims to have canvassed votes without a properly organized board, missing returns from Lyon's box where Reform party led by 200, and failure to file required statements, rendering the announced results invalid.

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The Election In Laurens.—Joseph Crews, one of the commissioners of election, claims to have canvassed the Laurens vote. If such was the case, it is not known when the board of canvassers organized, who constituted it, who acted as secretary, &c., as required by law. The managers of the Lyon's box failed to return it, and at that box the Reform party had some 200 majority. The law requires that statements of all matters of the canvassing shall be made out in writing, and that within ten days from the Tuesday after the election a copy shall be filed in the Clerk's office of the County. This has not been done. The place where the board of canvassers was organized was not even known, and no opportunity afforded for filing any protest. We do not believe any County board of canvassers was ever organized, and the announcement of the result of the vote of this County is a bolder fraud than the election itself. [Laurensville Herald.

What sub-type of article is it?

Politics

What keywords are associated?

Laurens Election Voting Fraud Canvassing Irregularities Reform Party Lyons Box

What entities or persons were involved?

Joseph Crews

Where did it happen?

Laurens

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

Laurens

Key Persons

Joseph Crews

Outcome

no proper canvassing board organized; failure to return lyon's box votes where reform party had 200 majority; required statements not filed; announced results deemed fraudulent.

Event Details

Joseph Crews claims to have canvassed Laurens vote without known board organization, secretary, or location as required by law; Lyon's box managers failed to return it; no opportunity for protest; belief that no county board was ever organized, making result announcement a fraud.