ELECTORAL RIGHTS.
It is a pity thut the majority ot mem !io:s of Uij House of Ueprefcntjtivci did not support the eommon-rnse proposal to allow per-on-; suffering froiu ilines?, or who are ab.'ent from the district on tho day of pollirjr, to exercise lie i-anic privilege as L:is been accorded ■o ih.-a.i-cr.', seamen, und commercial -rnveUers, and is now extended io Ilieatrical iierfonners It seems very unfair that those who are hardly able to leave their beds should either forfeit iheir votes or bo rusUed down to the polling boolli on the day of election to record their votes, while every facility is afforded to the electors comprised in the three classes mentioned to vote on any day for about a fortnight prior to the election. Juntas the barbarous system of open voting has giren place to the ballot, so «"e are sure the present method of J confining the voting to those who are able to personally lodge their decision, will yet give way to a more pane and more rational mode of exercising the franchise.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7399, 15 September 1902, Page 2
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177ELECTORAL RIGHTS. Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7399, 15 September 1902, Page 2
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