A Comparative Study of the Principal Features of Corrupt Practices Legislation in the 48 States

Bribery in parliamentary elections was in all probability a crime at common law in England it forms the basis for much o£ the legislation tp prevent corrupt practices in that country. Later this came to include treating, and undue influence, thru legislation, and finally, in 1885, personation was placed in the category of the forbidden election offenses by parliamentary action.