Reference No:

U DCL/14/1

Dates:

1935-1950

Description:

Includes press cuttings mentioning the election summons; documents discussing the proceedings of election meetings; correspondence discussions on which room to use when holding committee meetings; press cuttings and correspondences discussing legal cases and legal matters within elections and related to voting; correspondences discussing the protocols and practices in place to keep ballot cards protected and private; correspondence between the NCCL and King Edwards Hospital Fund for London discussing the matter of canvassing at the Nurses’ Home of the London hospital and the unionisation of nurses; correspondence discussing interference in voting in a local election and discussions about polling irregularities, specifically the case of a farm labourer who was dismissed from his job for voting for a liberal candidate; Labour candidate pamphlets for the 1935 parliamentary election; correspondence discussing the need to improve secrecy and security of voting conditions.

Format:

Archive Item

Extent:

1 file

Language:

Access Conditions:

Access will be granted to any accredited reader

Repository:

Hull University Archives

Collection:

Records of Liberty (formerly The National Council for Civil Liberties)