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Electoral and Political Rights Acts

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Statutes governing who may vote and how elections are conducted. Belongs here: the Representation of the People Act 1918, which abolished most property qualifications for male voters in the United Kingdom and enfranchised the first British women over thirty. Does not belong here: a statute extending civil equality generally rather than the franchise specifically, grouped under civil rights, equality and human rights acts instead.

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