Volvy Smilowitz v. United States
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Whether federal government may regulate fraud in purely local state elections under 52 U.S.C. §10307(c)
QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Title 52, Section 10307(c), proscribes certain wrongful conduct in connection with voting and registering to vote. By its express terms, Section 10307(c) applies to only federal elections. Did the Second Circuit err in widening the scope of the election statute to allow federal oversight of a purely local state election? 2. The Travel Act proscribes an interstate-nexus “bribery.” Did the Second Circuit err in expanding the scope of the Travel Act to allow federal prosecution of conduct that does not constitute bribery under the applicable state, common law, or commercial definitions of that crime?