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London, England, 1827-07-19 00:00:00

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After Preston, the election at Weymouth was the
most curious; and respecting this we insert the evidence
of one of the candidates s

Ilastetten Ure. Eel. a number of the. Cocornittet, esandoed.....
Ifos. of tutee, are acquainted with the mode et carrying on as
sisedon at Weynssothlf—l ant.
Bow many days did the poll lan at the election?—Fifteen.
And bow many persons voted during that time ?—I think 342.

What was the reason it took suck a length of time to poll that
number of yam 7—The fact was, that one of the parties bele'
ware that the other party had a greater number of votes, moo
videred it advisable to take every method to protract the poll as
Mock espeesitole, ud with that object, every obstrobtien was per
ageism the voters Wog admitted to the poi* plan; sad after,
being so admitted, every obstacle was put in the way against their
voting, by disputing the votes, and thereby of course lengthening
the time, so as to suable them to prevent their own votes being ea.
banded, knowing that the other party were the larger number.—
With ibis objets, after preventing as mush as was is their power
the voters of one party from getting in, a certain proportion of the
ether party got possession of the frost of the dock or pelting place;
after these in front wore polled, and when the voters in the other
;memo were 'boot to proceed to give their votes, objections, argued
at great length, en the validity of these votes, procrastinated the
dew eo much that few of them votes could be taken before four
o'clock, at which hour, 'on several dam the Returning Meet was
forcibly compelled to close the poll, it having been insisted that he
had no right to continue the pull beyond that hour. The time
occupied in objecting to votes on both sklee, and in arguments to
support them, as well as in answering those objections, created so
much delay, that at the dose of the poll a very considerable number
of voters remained impelled, many.of whom had been in 'uml-
aut for several days' for the purpose of tendering their votes.--
Much delay was also occasioned by persons, whose rights of voting
were obviously defective, obtruding themselves into the polling
plate,whereby much unnecessary discussion and delay was produced.
How bog did the argument last Poo—Probably upon one point, one,
two, or three boors.

bitting that time was the pall stopped ?••••Tes; there was only
one polling place, and one Returning Olicer and Assessor.
Do you not think, that if the person who was to decide upon the
disputed votes were to sit in some place apart from the place where
the poll was taken, and the disputed votes were referred to him
for decision, the poll continuing all the time, that would greatly
facilitate the taking of the poll and shorten the duration of it
Most unquestionably.
How many days do you think the election at Weymouth would
have continued if the disputed votes had been heard In a mpazate
place?—it is difficult to :newer that question, there are so.many
non resident voters, that, as the law now stands, you are entitled
to continue the poll, provided one polled In each hour, and there-
fore the poll might have been procrastinated with a view of
bringing up voters from a distance ; chat remedy of itself would
not be effectual.

Supposing a number of distinct polling places were:paovldvd, and
It were enacted that unless a cert.in number should base given
their votes each day at each of those polling places, and that such
pulling place where the allotted nowhere( votes had net been given
should be closed ; would that, in your opinion, tend very much to
cute the evil7—.Certainly, very much.