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required that a separate hustings exist for every 600 electors. The 1832 act also slightly extended the franchise, expanding the percentage of the population eligible to vote from about 5% to 7%, and furthering the notions of
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did the hustings retain its original meaning: an elevated platform at the place of election from which the returning officer, candidates, and nominators of candidate addressed an assembled of electors before then."
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was proposed and "was returned on the show of hands" but removed himself from consideration before the polling was completed. Hustings crowds were often boisterous and unruly.
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that accompanied the hustings process in some areas). Proponents of the abolition of the public hustings also argued that the increased
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where far-right characters who have brought their vile agenda to my south London constituency would be on the same platform.
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