The Star. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1896. THE LICENSING VOTE. AN EXPLANATION.
As there seems to be a considerable amount of misapprehension with regard to the precise nature and effect of the licensing poll, it may be well to briefly explain the provisions as we understand them. The issues submitted are :■ — 1. That the number of licenses in the district continue. 2. That the number be reduced. 3. That no licenses be granted. To carry either the first proposal or the second, « an absolute majority of all the voters whose votes were recorded " is required. To carry the third, " not less than three-fifths of all the voters whose votes were recorded," is necessary. By the Act of 1893, if the no-license votes did not reach the specified threefifths, the returning-officer was directed to add them to the Reduction votes ; and if these votes added together gave "an absolute majority of the total number of votes recorded at the poll," reduction was to be declared carried. In the Amending Act of 1895 there is no such provision, and each of the three questions has to bs dealt with on its own basis of the specified majority of "the voters whose votes were recorded."
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5739, 5 December 1896, Page 4
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201The Star. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1896. THE LICENSING VOTE. AN EXPLANATION. Star (Christchurch), Issue 5739, 5 December 1896, Page 4
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