ELECTORAL LAWS
NO MAJOR AMENDMENTS PROPOSED No major amendments to the electoral laws are proposed by the Government this session, it is learned. If an election is held, the only amendj ments likely to be introduced will provide machinery for voting by members of the armed forces serving overseas. t After the 1938 general election, anti- >. cipations were that the Government , J would abolish the country quota, which I adds 28 per cent to rural populations . so that the number of rural electorates in proportion to their population is higher than the number of urban elec . torates. It is now known that the GovJ i eminent has no intention of interfer- ■ ing with the country quota. No steps 1 have been taken, either, to alter the system of election from “first past the ' post’ ’to proportional representation or J 1 preferential voting.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 5 August 1941, Page 4
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142ELECTORAL LAWS Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 5 August 1941, Page 4
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