Electors Quotes

The Government and the Parliament, even the House of Lords, will consent to a large increase of electors; and men who have not considered the subject fully will imagine they have gained much by the concession.

Of those signatures, only 397 were judged to be qualified electors. Of the 201 invalid signatures, 177 were not registered, five were illegible, two were rejected after signature comparison, one was a duplicate, one was not registered to vote on the date of signing, one had no date provided and 14 lived outside of the jurisdiction.