I don't know the answer to your question.
But, as a basic idea it sounds like a good
one.
David
On Fri, 31 Jan 2003 11:29:26 -0000 "[log in to unmask]"
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# Hi all
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# The folowing is an entry in the diary of a prominent businessman commenting the 1851 local elections. Please would someone advise me: was it legal to sell votes at this time and what is a split vote?
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# "The Conservatives have stated that they intend to win this election. Votes went for a very high premium from £5 to £15 and split votes even were in great demand at £8 to £10. A voter who forsaw the value that votes would attain speculated in the purchase of one in the month before the election at the piffling sum of £3 which he sold for £10.
# The money spent in this way was stated as £350."
#
# Many thanks
#
# Dennis Durrant
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