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Author:  Phen [ Mon May 31, 2021 1:50 pm ]
Post subject:  How Were Voters Lists Compiled?

I wonder if anyone knows how voters lists (specifically, Carbonear, 19th century) were compiled. If a man met age and residence requirements, was he required to register, or was it more like a census, where an interviewer was dispatched?
Thanks,
Stephen

Author:  audswain [ Mon Jul 19, 2021 7:16 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: How Were Voters Lists Compiled?

To vote you had to be of age and also be a householder. If a man of age, for instance, lived with his father then only the father got the vote. One years' VL seemed to be derived from a previous years' list hence on some lists you see "dead" written after an man's name indicating that he had died since the last compilation.

Author:  Phen [ Thu Aug 05, 2021 6:49 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: How Were Voters Lists Compiled?

audswain wrote:
To vote you had to be of age and also be a householder. If a man of age, for instance, lived with his father then only the father got the vote. One years' VL seemed to be derived from a previous years' list hence on some lists you see "dead" written after an man's name indicating that he had died since the last compilation.

Thanks!

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