THE BRITISH FRANCHISE
OLD PRACTICE REVERSED.
By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, August 24.
The Court of Appeal is ruling that a tenant is ineligible to vote unless he directly pays poor rate. This reverses the practice for forty years, and if it is strictly observed will disfranchise one half of tfie voters in some industrial constituencies.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 55, 26 August 1911, Page 5
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55THE BRITISH FRANCHISE Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 55, 26 August 1911, Page 5
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