American Government and PoliticsMacmillan, 1910 - 772 pages |
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Page 9
... electors were not owners of property , but voted as freemen of the city . Taking some scat- tered figures for mid - century elections in Virginia , he places the voting population at from seven to ten per cent of the white inhabitants ...
... electors were not owners of property , but voted as freemen of the city . Taking some scat- tered figures for mid - century elections in Virginia , he places the voting population at from seven to ten per cent of the white inhabitants ...
Page 10
... electors ; and New York City and Virginia showing the far larger proportion of eight per cent of the population as actual voters . At best the colonial elections called forth both relatively and absolutely only a small fraction of the ...
... electors ; and New York City and Virginia showing the far larger proportion of eight per cent of the population as actual voters . At best the colonial elections called forth both relatively and absolutely only a small fraction of the ...
Page 15
... electors , who chose the town officers , levied taxes , appropriated money , passed by - laws , and reviewed the activities of the various local officers.3 Counties existed , of course , in New England , but only in a rudi- mentary form ...
... electors , who chose the town officers , levied taxes , appropriated money , passed by - laws , and reviewed the activities of the various local officers.3 Counties existed , of course , in New England , but only in a rudi- mentary form ...
Page 66
... electors for President . The original system , which was prepared without taking into account the rise of parties and their effect on the framework of the government , provided that the presidential electors chosen in each state should ...
... electors for President . The original system , which was prepared without taking into account the rise of parties and their effect on the framework of the government , provided that the presidential electors chosen in each state should ...
Page 67
... electors defeats the first principles of the American system ; and finally , what more serious calamity could be imagined than a continued division of the House of Representatives - in case the choice should fall there might result in ...
... electors defeats the first principles of the American system ; and finally , what more serious calamity could be imagined than a continued division of the House of Representatives - in case the choice should fall there might result in ...
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