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... candidate , the limit of permissible expenditure , etc. I am convinced that the fastening of attention on these subordinate and variable features would now be a mis- take , for we are not yet near enough the time when it shall be ...
... candidate , the limit of permissible expenditure , etc. I am convinced that the fastening of attention on these subordinate and variable features would now be a mis- take , for we are not yet near enough the time when it shall be ...
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... candidates , or to wisely determine for whom he should vote , much less to put any one in nomi- nation with the hope of election . He usually falls back upon his party nominee , and so the Ma- chine is justified and kept in power by the ...
... candidates , or to wisely determine for whom he should vote , much less to put any one in nomi- nation with the hope of election . He usually falls back upon his party nominee , and so the Ma- chine is justified and kept in power by the ...
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... candidate they like , and bunch any other they wish , and there are districts in which all the chances are in favor of the bunch being voted as made up . In their turn the election dis- trict peddlers at the polls can do the same thing ...
... candidate they like , and bunch any other they wish , and there are districts in which all the chances are in favor of the bunch being voted as made up . In their turn the election dis- trict peddlers at the polls can do the same thing ...
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... candidates as such . The very secretness of the ways in which the money is raised and disbursed renders the correct ... candidate compelled to make a sworn statement of the amount expended . Here , however , we have no such aid to the ...
... candidates as such . The very secretness of the ways in which the money is raised and disbursed renders the correct ... candidate compelled to make a sworn statement of the amount expended . Here , however , we have no such aid to the ...
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... candidate , cast his own ballot , and , in a word , in the matter of the franchise to act with perfect independence . The original theory was that any voter might write the name of any person whomsoever upon any piece of paper , take it ...
... candidate , cast his own ballot , and , in a word , in the matter of the franchise to act with perfect independence . The original theory was that any voter might write the name of any person whomsoever upon any piece of paper , take it ...
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Page 98 - ... to give or lend, or shall offer, promise, or promise to procure, or to endeavour 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 98 - ... 3. Every person who shall, directly or indirectly, by himself, or by any other person on his behalf, make any such gift, loan, offer, promise, procurement, or agreement as aforesaid, to or for any person, in order to induce such person to procure, or endeavour to procure, the return of any person to serve in Parliament, or the vote of any voter at any election : 4.
Page 102 - ... for the purpose of promoting or procuring the election of a Candidate...
Page 98 - ... any voter, or to or for any other person, in order to induce such voter to vote, or refrain from voting, or shall corruptly do any such act as aforesaid on account of any voter having voted or refrained from voting at any election...
Page 99 - 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 98 - Every person who shall, directly or indirectly, by himself, or by any other person on his behalf, give, lend, or agree to give or lend, or shall offer, promise, or promise to procure or to endeavour 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...
Page 92 - Form of Directions for the Guidance of the Voter in voting, which shall be printed in conspicuous Characters, and placarded outside every Polling Station and in every Compartment of every Polling Station* The voter may vote for...
Page 99 - Behalf, receive, agree, or contract for 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.
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