SOLDIERS' VOTES
ELECTIONS AT THE FRONT
( IMPOSSIBLE.
(Received August 17, 8.30 a.m.)
LONDON,, 16tli August.
In the House of Commons, speaking on the Franchise Bill, Sir George Cave (Home Secretary) said it would be impossible to conduct elections at the front. The Government proposed a limited proxy vote. Sir George Cave Inter agreed to postpone proxy voting, on the understanding that the principle thereof was accepted as an addition to postal voting, for the latter was practicable.
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Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 41, 17 August 1917, Page 7
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77SOLDIERS' VOTES Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 41, 17 August 1917, Page 7
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