Towards a Democratic Franchise Suffrage Reform in the Twentieth-Century Bahamas
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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| Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
| Language: | English |
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Frankfurt am Main
Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory
2022
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| Series: | Global Perspectives on Legal History
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (336 p.) |
| ISBN: | gplh20 9783944773384 |
| Access: | Open Access |