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Dinkin, Robert J. Voting and Vote-Getting in American History (2016), expanded edition of Dinkin, Campaigning in America: A History of Election Practices. (Greenwood 1989) Ellis, Richard J. Old Tip vs. the Sly Fox: The 1840 Election and the Making of a Partisan Nation (U of Kansas Press, 2020) online review; Ellis, Richard J. and Kirk, Stephen.
The Charter of Liberties and Privileges was an act passed by the New York General Assembly during its first session in 1683 that laid out the political organization of the colony, set up the procedures for election to the assembly, created 12 counties, and guaranteed certain individual rights for the colonists.
The history of direct democracy amongst non-Native Americans in the United States dates from the 1630s in the New England Colonies. [1]The legislatures of the New England colonies were initially governed as popular assemblies, with every freeman eligible to directly vote in the election of officers and drafting of laws.
The Elections and Qualifications Committee declared that William Watson had not been elected the member for Young, however no by-election was conducted. Instead the committee declared that James Mackinnon had been elected with a margin of 48 votes. No reasons were published.
Andrews was first sworn in to parliament in May 1880 when he successfully contested the electoral district of Geelong in the February 1880 Victorian colonial election. Despite receiving only the second highest number of votes (behind Graham Berry), he was elected MP as Geelong was a three-member seat at the time. [3]
Groups excluded from voting included laborers, tenant farmers, unskilled workers and indentured servants. These were considered to lack a "stake in society" and to be vulnerable to corruption. [34] Tax issues and budget decisions originated in the assembly. Part of the budget went toward the cost of raising and equipping the colonial militia ...
Download as PDF; Printable version ... The 1865 Maryborough colonial by-election was a by-election held on 1 February 1865 in the ... By-elections to fill the new ...
Colonial law and news overall was therefore not available in comprehensive print form for the common colonist, whose only knowledge of these things was usually passed on by word of mouth from colonial officials or traveling couriers, or by means of a simple post in a town square. Religious literature was also scarce, and while many colonists ...