The Parliamentary Election Manual: A Practical Handbook on the Law and Conduct of Parliamentary Elections in Great Britain and Ireland, Designed for the Instruction and Guidance of Candidates, Election Agents, Sub-agents, Polling and Counting Agents, Canvassers, Volunteer Assistants, and Members of Political Clubs and AssociationsStevens, 1892 - 324 pages |
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... incapacitated from Voting . 113 Counting Agents 119-132 ... Appointment 119 Duties .... 121 Instructions 122 .... Conduct of Election within Counting Hall 123 Objecting to , and defending Votes 125 Proper Form of Vote ..... 125 ...
... incapacitated from Voting . 113 Counting Agents 119-132 ... Appointment 119 Duties .... 121 Instructions 122 .... Conduct of Election within Counting Hall 123 Objecting to , and defending Votes 125 Proper Form of Vote ..... 125 ...
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... incapacitated from serving in the House of Commons , it is of the first consequence for any one who proposes to become a candidate for a seat in Parliament to make sure that he is eligible for the position . Assuming that he has ...
... incapacitated from serving in the House of Commons , it is of the first consequence for any one who proposes to become a candidate for a seat in Parliament to make sure that he is eligible for the position . Assuming that he has ...
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... incapacitated by the custom of England , and by reason of their sex , i.e. , by the privilege of their sex , not on account of natural inferiority of capacity ( 1 Whitelocke , 475 ) . Votes given for a woman would be thrown away , her ...
... incapacitated by the custom of England , and by reason of their sex , i.e. , by the privilege of their sex , not on account of natural inferiority of capacity ( 1 Whitelocke , 475 ) . Votes given for a woman would be thrown away , her ...
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... incapacitated ; but the in- capacitation ceases when the convict has :-( a ) Suffered the punishment adjudged , or such other punishment as may have been substituted for it by a competent authority ; or ( b ) received a free pardon ( 33 ...
... incapacitated ; but the in- capacitation ceases when the convict has :-( a ) Suffered the punishment adjudged , or such other punishment as may have been substituted for it by a competent authority ; or ( b ) received a free pardon ( 33 ...
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... incapacitated by reason of their peerage , Irish peers , other than the twenty - eight peers of Ireland elected to represent their order in the House of Lords , may sit in the House of Commons for a constituency in England , Scotland or ...
... incapacitated by reason of their peerage , Irish peers , other than the twenty - eight peers of Ireland elected to represent their order in the House of Lords , may sit in the House of Commons for a constituency in England , Scotland or ...
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Page 286 - A description or citation of a portion of an Act is inclusive of the words, section, or other part, first or last mentioned, or otherwise referred to as forming the beginning, or as forming the end, of the portion comprised in the description or citation.
Page 226 - A person guilty of an illegal practice, whether under the foregoing sections or under the provisions hereinafter contained in this Act, shall on summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds and be incapable during a period of five years from the date of his conviction of being registered as an elector or voting at any election...
Page 52 - ... made any payment or given, promised, or offered any reward, office, employment, or valuable consideration, or incurred any liability on account of or in respect of the conduct or management of the said election.
Page 22 - A Senator shall not be capable of being elected or of sitting or voting as a Member of the House of Commons.
Page 285 - ... election, applies for a ballot paper in the name of some other person, whether that name be that of a person living or dead, or of a fictitious person, or who, having voted once at any such election, applies at the same election for a ballot paper in his own name («). Beted.
Page 45 - Any person who corruptly by himself or by any other person, either before, during, or after an election, directly or indirectly gives or provides, or pays wholly or in part the expense of giving or providing, any meat drink entertainment or provision to or for any person, for the purpose of corruptly influencing that person or any other person to give or refrain from giving his vote at...
Page 285 - Any person, either directly or indirectly, corruptly paying any rate on behalf of any ratepayer for the purpose of enabling him to be registered as a voter, thereby to influence his vote at any future election, and any candidate or other person, either directly or indirectly, paying any rate on behalf of any voter for the purpose of inducing him to vote or refrain from voting, shall be guilty of bribery, and be punishable accordingly ; and any person on whose behalf and with whose privity any such...
Page 266 - Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent in the third column of that Schedule mentioned : Provided that, — (1...
Page 107 - ... 1. Are you the same person whose name appears as AB on the register of voters now in force for the county of [or for the riding, parts, or division of the county of ], or for the city [or borough] of [a* the case may be-] ? 2.
Page 281 - ... on account of or in respect of the conduct or management of the said nomination or election.