THE SECOND BALLOT.
.There is an impre&siom in some quar-tea-s .that there must be no speatking by candidates and no advertising in their interests between the first and' second baffle t-&. Ilivs is. not correct. The Second Ballot BtLll, as originally introduced, provided for such restrictiiDiiß by means of what -was. designated the "gag" clause, but tlie oppasLtliwit to -this cliause was- so strong tih at. it had to be abandoned at a conference between'the managers of the two 'Howsies' hi order-to save the Bill. There is no restraint- about, ■spicakdrjg and publishing in connection with the election,' iso loiiig a® no definite indications as to how voting should be done, in- the form of a ballot paper, is pubMshed and the con. tents a,re not 'libellous.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10497, 7 December 1911, Page 4
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127THE SECOND BALLOT. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10497, 7 December 1911, Page 4
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