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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 74

Voting Paper

Voting Paper.

I vote that the number of licenses existing in the district be reduced.

I vote that no licenses be granted in the district.

General Directions.

The voter may strike out all the proposals except one, or all except two, [unclear: t] no more.

The voter must strike out all the proposals which ho does not wish to be carried.

If the voter strikes out all or fails to strike out at least one of the proposals, [unclear: e] voting paper will be void.

The voting paper so marked is to be dropped by the voter into the separate [unclear: llot] box prepared for it, and not into the same box as that in which he drops [unclear: s] electoral ballot paper.

The voter is not allowed to take his voting paper out of the polling booth.

Further, if you would not like to see Prohibition carried in your district [unclear: ept] by a very large majority, you need not hesitate to strike out the top line only, because it cannot be carried unless three-fifths of those who poll vote for it, and as the voting is taken on General Election day, when the largest numbers go to the poll, it cannot possibly be carried except as the result of a very large and overwhelming expression of the public mind in its favour.

If you wish for further information and explanations read the article on The effect of striking out the top line," page 26.