REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS BILL.
In moving the second reading of this Bill the Colonial Secretary said ib was framed in order to give effect to a promise which ho had made to provide means tor keeping the rolls clear and improve the method of registration. At present the rolls oiten represented 50 per cenb. more than the real number of qualified electors. The principle of the Bill was that persons should be lequircd to apply for enrolment to the Registrar and Deputy-Registrar or the postmaster of his district. No person was to be entitled to be enrolled until he had taken out an elector's right, which would have three yearo' currency, for which he would have to pay one shilling. Provision was made for taking out this right and using it so as to prevent its being used twice at the same election. This system has worked eflcctively in Victoria for a long time. On the motion of Mr Taylor the debate was adjourned for a week.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 382, 6 July 1889, Page 4
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167REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS BILL. Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 382, 6 July 1889, Page 4
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