Towards a Democratic Franchise

This book examines the process of electoral reform in the Bahamas during the 20th century in the broader context of decolonisation. Beginning with the General Assembly Elections Act of 1919, which reaffirmed a franchise limited to propertied men, milestones include the introduction of voting by secr...

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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-998872024-03-30T23:23:43Z Towards a Democratic Franchise Duve, Thomas Aranha, Stephen B. Marietta, Auer Vogenauer, Stefan Legal history thema EDItEUR::L Law::LA Jurisprudence and general issues::LAZ Legal history This book examines the process of electoral reform in the Bahamas during the 20th century in the broader context of decolonisation. Beginning with the General Assembly Elections Act of 1919, which reaffirmed a franchise limited to propertied men, milestones include the introduction of voting by secret ballot between 1939 and 1946, universal adult male suffrage in 1959, women’s suffrage in 1961, and the incremental abolition of plural voting between 1959 and 1969. 2023-05-02T11:46:54Z 2023-05-02T11:46:54Z 2022 book ONIX_20230502_9783944773391_2 9783944773391 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/99887 eng image/jpeg n/a https://muse.jhu.edu/book/111233 Max Planck Institute for European Legal History 10.1353/book.111233 10.1353/book.111233 26050433-e12d-4781-a8ae-dc1242dae65b 9783944773391 336 open access
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Towards a Democratic Franchise
title Towards a Democratic Franchise
title_full Towards a Democratic Franchise
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title_short Towards a Democratic Franchise
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