We wonder whether any one has seriously worked out the
material difficulties of a General Election during a war when about half the male electors are away on foreign service ? If it is true that the new Register, as regards voters at home, is still in such a state of incompleteness that it is not far removed from chaos, what can we suppose is the truth about the arrangements for the soldiers' and sailors' votes on foreign service ? We must confess to some- thing like a blank ignorance on this subject. The text of the Repre- sentation of the People Act, which is available to every one, is of course not a finished measure. It provides for all kinds of regula- tions yet to be introduced by Orders in Council. What progress has been made with those Orders in Council ? How many of them have appeared ? Like Rosa Dartle, we only ask to know. We should be genuinely grateful for information. The soldiers and sailors on foreign service who are within comparatively near areas will be allowed to vote, as the Act says, either by post or by proxy. Those in distant areas must vote by proxy. How many, if any, proxies have yet been appointed ?
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