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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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