Re:The New Europe With Lasting Peace (100 year old map)
by billyjobob on Sunday November 08, 2020 @12:42PM
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When this was written a married woman was required to obey her husband in all matters. This meant that she would vote for whomever he told her to vote for, effectively giving each man two votes. So it made sense to disallow this.
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Re:The New Europe With Lasting Peace (100 year old map)
by jnurmine on Sunday November 08, 2020 @12:54PM
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Yes, it's a good point.
However, it sounds like an unenforceable thing. As secret votes have been around since ancient Greece, one could have said "I voted for X" when the real vote went for Y, and no-one would've been any wiser.