PUZZLING THE ELECTOR
TWO MODES OF VOTING AT COMING POLL (By “Civis.”) “The. law is a hass.” . Mr. Bumble said so, and as an administrator of the law in a humble way he knew the trulth. T|na law (in iregairdi to elections is an extreme ass. , In voting at the general election it is customary to strike out the names of the'candidates for whom one does not wish to vote, but at municipal elections the law, requires electors to place a cross opposite the names of candidates they'wish to see returned.. This is confusing enough, in all conscience. But, at the co*ming civic elections, ratepayers .will be asked to .vote in both ways, taking care that’ they use 'he sign of the' cross in " one .'case and merely strike out in another. That is to sav that in voting for the Mayor, the City Council, the Harbour Board, and* the Hospital poard. the cross will bn used, but in voting for or against the Kelburn tramway pronosn.f or the Karon or Onslow' water and drainage lean proposals the “nia’-k out.” will he t-bo means of indicating the voter’s wishes.
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Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 169, 5 April 1923, Page 5
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189PUZZLING THE ELECTOR Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 169, 5 April 1923, Page 5
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