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Post by casualobserver on Oct 4, 2016 7:57:11 GMT
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_Town_Council_election,_1858 I was intrigued to see that results of local elections appeared to be collated on an hourly basis in some nineteenth century elections. Presumably, because this was before the Ballot Act 1872, all votes were declared openly and running totals could thus be maintained? Also, some of the polling station locations now look rather quaint and informal.
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The Bishop
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Post by The Bishop on Oct 4, 2016 9:45:53 GMT
The list on Wikipedia goes back to 1835, when they still had Whigs  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2016 10:34:32 GMT
The list on Wikipedia goes back to 1835, when they still had Whigs Why is 'they still had whigs' in the past tense ....   |
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Post by Adrian on Oct 4, 2016 13:59:53 GMT
Is the Pat Moloney who's creating all these pages the Pat Moloney who was LD councillor for Gillmoss, and later Childwall?
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Post by Rose Tinted Lane on Oct 6, 2016 11:44:54 GMT
Is the Pat Moloney who's creating all these pages the Pat Moloney who was LD councillor for Gillmoss, and later Childwall? Yes. He is involved with the local Unlock Democracy group and has a clear interest in psephology. |
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Post by lbarnes on Oct 6, 2016 16:51:58 GMT
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_Town_Council_election,_1858 I was intrigued to see that results of local elections appeared to be collated on an hourly basis in some nineteenth century elections. Presumably, because this was before the Ballot Act 1872, all votes were declared openly and running totals could thus be maintained? Also, some of the polling station locations now look rather quaint and informal. That's exactly the reason. Many municipalities would announce the cumulative vote for each candidate every hour, with a break of one hour for luncheon. |
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