Supreme Court of North Carolina February 5, 1891 (State Ex Rel. Van Amringe v. Taylor)

MerkimoN, C. J.:

The ascertainment of the popular will or desire of the electors under the mere semblance of an election unauthorized by law is wholly without legal force or effect, because such election has no legal sanction. In settled, well-regulated government, the voice of electors must be expressed and ascertained in an orderly way prescribed by law.