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peint to the principle that @ cc.ozs. tonal scatute protecting ee OT . against private interference beZore che voting stage is necessary : . : .o 214 prop legislation under Azciclie I, Secticn 4, Whenever it is 250nan.y related to “protestics. ci une integrity" of the federal ry ~ @iectora’. process. Classic, 31:3 ¥V. mr 1! ct Ww 4 O. Ex parte Siebold involved = czriction of state election ¢ificers for ballot-stuffing in 2 feieral election. The Court had - a before it the Enforcement Act fren viicn Section 1971 was derived. eer The statute contained a nuzbéer of e:c.nsive voting and registration regulations, including a provisic:. ‘22 the appointment of federal election supervisors. These suzicviairs were authorized "to . . eause such names to be registercc a: vaecy may think proper to be. - sc marked”. In sustaining the valicic: oi the legislation under Article f, Section 4, the Court consnted: - "Iz is the duty of th at <c @lect sepresenta- tives to Congress. E Een: nce to 2 United States, ec Of the United tes is no less concéz 4 “x2sensaction wii cextziniv is not when committed. It is directl.: in. faith! 11 performance, by tne ciiicers of election, of ther respective duties. ‘hese duties are owed as Well to the United States as to the State.” 100 U.S. 388 in Yarbrough the Court hed beZore it the question whether Congress could protect civil richt: clainst private interference, * * specifically klan aggression i: <n isum of intimidation of voters. | “Yerbrough and eight other members of = Georgie klan were indicted for conspiring to intimidate 2 Xegrso in the exercise of his right i = <2, — fee = sen eeweos w=_o ame eee cate —___*F x tr vote for & congressionecl resrcse.tetive -It_was' shown that . = oa . . 2 ieee t.ey used physical violence and thas they went in disguise BPO “4.6 publie highways. They wers convicted under the section of the , a that was i tgteerant Ret of 1670, Reviest Strtvteas Section 5508,/the pre-= dourésscc oF 1B U.S.C. §241; ance These are the