1) A vote for every man 21 years of age , of sound mind, and not undergoing punishment for crime.
2) The secret ballot. To protect the elector in the exercise in his vote.
3) No property qualification for members of parliament, thus enabling the constituencies to return the men of their choice, be he rich or poor.
4) Payment of members, thus enabling an honest tradesman, working man, or other person, to serve a constituency, when taken from his business to attend to the interests of the Country.
5) Equal Constituencies, securing the same amount of representation for the same number of electors, instead of allowing small constituencies to swamp the vote of large ones.
6) Annual parliaments, thus presenting the most effectual check to bribery and intimidation, seems though a constituency might be vote once in 7 years, even with the ballot, no purse could buy a constituency under a system of universal suffrage in each ensuing twelvemonth; and seems members when elected for a year only would not be able to defy and betray their constituency like now.
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