PLURAL VOTING
IN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS- i TO BE ABOLISHED. WELLINGTON, Monday. A Christchurch report that the plural system of voting in municipal elections w r as to be abolished immediately was confirmed by the Prime .Minister (the Rt. Hon. M. J. Savage) to-day. The legislation, he said, would be on the lines of the Bill introduced by the Hon. R. Semple as a private member last year. That Bill consisted of only one clause and it provided for the repeal of Section 13 of the Local Elections aud Polls Amendment Act, 1926. That section provides for the exercise- of votes by corporate bodiesyunincorpor--ated societies, and firms and partnerships. The Prime Minister said there was no objection to a person who owned property being entitled to vote so long as that ‘persorn could vote only once, but the power for a person to exercise half a dozen or . even more votes would definitely be abolished this session. ,
Mr Savage inquired when the Christchurch Tramway Board election would be held, and when informed that it was the last Thursday in. November lie said the legislation would be in operation long before that. —(P.A.) . ;
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 6 October 1936, Page 8
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