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... polling districts and polling places 258 48. Conveyance of voters by sea in certain cases 261 49. Election Commissioners not to inquire into elections before the passing of this Act 262 Legal Proceedings . 50. Trial in Central Criminal ...
... polling districts and polling places 258 48. Conveyance of voters by sea in certain cases 261 49. Election Commissioners not to inquire into elections before the passing of this Act 262 Legal Proceedings . 50. Trial in Central Criminal ...
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... polling . Such appointment may be revoked by the election agent , in which case , or in case of death , another may be appointed in the same way , but the appointment is not vacated by the election agent who appointed him ceasing to act ...
... polling . Such appointment may be revoked by the election agent , in which case , or in case of death , another may be appointed in the same way , but the appointment is not vacated by the election agent who appointed him ceasing to act ...
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... Polling Districts and Polling Places ( s . 47 ) . Under this section it is provided that every county polling centres . ghall be divided into polling districts , and a polling place assigned to each district , so as to enable every ...
... Polling Districts and Polling Places ( s . 47 ) . Under this section it is provided that every county polling centres . ghall be divided into polling districts , and a polling place assigned to each district , so as to enable every ...
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... polling day ( 1 O. & H. 229-233 ) . " It is equally clear that whenever intimidation is brought home to the agent , it would upset the election , however slight the inti- midation might be ( S. C. 21 L. T. 212 ) ; and in the Westbury ...
... polling day ( 1 O. & H. 229-233 ) . " It is equally clear that whenever intimidation is brought home to the agent , it would upset the election , however slight the inti- midation might be ( S. C. 21 L. T. 212 ) ; and in the Westbury ...
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... poll to record their votes " ( Salford , ib . , 141 ; Nottingham , ib . 246 ; cp . Long- ford , 2 O & H. 12 , 13 ) . Of course , one would not set aside an election for any trifling disturbance which may take place without any real ...
... poll to record their votes " ( Salford , ib . , 141 ; Nottingham , ib . 246 ; cp . Long- ford , 2 O & H. 12 , 13 ) . Of course , one would not set aside an election for any trifling disturbance which may take place without any real ...
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Page 69 - ... to procure any Money, or valuable Consideration, to or for any Voter, or to or for any Person on Behalf of any Voter, or to or for any other Person in order to induce any Voter to vote, or refrain from voting, or shall corruptly do any such Act as aforesaid, on account of such Voter having voted or refrained from voting at any Election : 2.
Page 93 - Parliament, or the vote of any voter at any election : 5. Every person who shall advance or pay, or cause to be paid, any money to or to the use of any other person with the intent that such money or any part thereof shall be expended in bribery at any election...
Page 44 - ... upon or against any person in order to induce or compel such person to vote or refrain from voting, or on account of such person having voted or refrained from voting at any election, or...
Page 97 - ... any money, gift, loan, or valuable consideration, office, place, or employment for himself or for any other person, for voting or agreeing to vote, or for refraining or agreeing to refrain from voting, at any election: 2.
Page 312 - ... on account of or in respect of the conduct or management of the said nomination or election.
Page 372 - No person shall directly or indirectly induce any voter to display his ballot paper after he shall have marked the same, so as to make known to any person the name of the candidate for or against whom he has so marked his vote.
Page 275 - Expenses Acts, 1869 and 1871, shall apply accordingly as if they were herein re-enacted, and in terms made applicable to the above-mentioned costs and sums.
Page 375 - Act, or by reason of any irregularity, if it appears to the tribunal having cognizance of the question that the election was conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in this Act, and that such non-compliance or mistake or irregularity did not affect the result of the election.
Page 429 - Any ballot paper which has not on its back the official mark, or on which votes are given to more candidates than the voter is entitled to vote for, or on which anything, except the said number on the back, is written or marked by which the voter can be identified, shall be void and not counted.
Page 391 - The returning officer, while counting and recording the number of ballot papers and counting the votes, shall keep the ballot papers with their faces upwards, and take all proper precautions for preventing any person from seeing the numbers printed on the backs of such papers.