Show corrupt PRACTICES AT el ELECTIONS leof neof if in england a for Par parliament flamOnt is charged with resorting to direct or indirect bribery a commis commission aion alon is issued to take the proofs and if the tile charge is substantiated the election is declared void with costs to the guilty party even it the agents of the tho cand candidate are proved to have resorted to improper inducements the election is made nugatory the giving of charity promises to tenants free shooting over the candidate candidates preserves remission of rent due and all kindred inducements to voter come within the prohibited modes of electioneering electioneer ing and the result that mo mob moc it of the bribery and corruption that formerly characterized parliamentary elections have been done away with in the united states the elective cyst system m extending to nearly all the offices of f the nation has afforded opportunity corrupt political combinations and has led to almost universal bribery if money is not paid directly from the candidate to the voter a thousand other devices are resorted to for the purpose of securing votes most prominent among the inducements is the promise of deputy ships subordinate places or contracts that may be within the control of the officer when elected S F P chronicle |