Folio 45. Letter from Thomas Day, Clerk to the Guardians of the Bromsgrove Poor Law...

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Reference	MH 12/13904/35
Date	1839-03-27
Description	Folio 45. Letter from Thomas Day, Clerk to the Guardians of the Bromsgrove Poor Law Union, to the Poor Law Commission, asking for advice on behalf of the overseers of Bromsgrove parish. If a voting paper is left at a voter's house, often a person calls and asks if he may fill it up. On agreeing it may later appear that the preferred candidate has not been chosen. If the voting paper is filled up in the absence of the voter have overseers the right to reject the vote? Or if a voter cannot write should the initials of the voter and the witness be placed opposite the chosen candidate and if this has not happened can the overseers reject the vote? Also what is procedure in case of proxy vote? Have the overseers any discretion in these matters? Annotations: papers can be rejected if overseers are informed of irregularities or if initials of voters or proxies are not countersigned by witnesses. Paper Number: 2410/C/1839. Poor Law Union Number 526. Counties: Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Staffordshire, Shropshire.
Held by	The National Archives, Kew
Legal status	Public Record(s)
Language	English
Closure Status	Open Document, Open Description

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