VOTING REFORMS IN RUSSIA
COPYING WESTERN SYSTEM PARLIAMENTARY RULE EMERGING United Press Association—Bv Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received February 7, 5.5 p.m.) MOSCOW, February 6. A Congress of Russian Soviets adopted reforms embodying the best features of the parliamentary system. M. Molotov explained that collectivism on the farms and the abolition of the kulaki had terminated the class system. The open ballot was givingplace to the secret ballet. In order to establish a democracy and check bureaucracy, the peasants and workers would be equally represented. The new elections would be based on these reforms. Universal suffrage would soon be attained.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 20028, 8 February 1935, Page 9
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98VOTING REFORMS IN RUSSIA Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 20028, 8 February 1935, Page 9
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