1818 Nov r 25 +

Parl. Reform Bill

Reasons

'.1. Seats and Districts?

'.2. Electors Who

Votes but one why?

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Question. 1. Under the present system, a man possessing a qualification in each one of a number of Election Districts, may deliver a vote in each be the number of them ever so great, deliver a vote in each, provided the times repectively appointed for the delivery of votes in these several districts, admitt of his so doing. On the here proposed plan, no man /person/ would have the faculty /it in his power/ to deliver a vote in any more than one Election District this faculty of delivering votes more than one would cease /have no place/. Why is it proposed to be thus made to cease?

Answer. To exclude inequality. 1. In the eye of the legislator of the common Trustee and Guardian, the legislator, the interest of no one individuals shall[?] have claim to a greater degree of consideration /security/ than that of any other.

2. If there were any one /such/ individuals /existed any such preferable claim/ no claim reason could be assigned why those by whom it is at present possessed should be of the number rather than any others that could be named.

If persons and their interest being neglected, votes were allotted to objects belonging to the class of things, such for example as the possession of such or such a portion of the earth's surface - suppose a portion of two acres, in such case, two men having each of them a [...?] of property exactly the same in extent and even in value, might possess and deliver the one of them thirty times as many votes or more as the other. But for no such advantage /inequality/ can any reason be assigned.