NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Representation of Minorities. —Our correspondent is in error. Even supposing Mr Hustwick did only receive the votes of a ver}' small minority of the persons voting at the election of the School Committee he is still a member, as the Act allows a voter to give seven votes to any one person, or to distribute them as ho thinks fit. This enables a minority to secure the election of one or two persons, whereas if the majority ruled, as in other elections, unpopular persons would not have much chance of being elected.
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Marlborough Daily Times, Volume I, Issue 89, 27 January 1880, Page 2
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95NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. Marlborough Daily Times, Volume I, Issue 89, 27 January 1880, Page 2
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