A Conversation for British Parliamentary Reform in the 19th Century
Duty to Vote
Gwennie Started conversation May 31, 2001
"However, not all gained the vote. The female suffrage movement was in its infancy and one- third of all men still did not qualify to vote at all. This included soldiers in barracks, policemen and domestic servants. These men did not get the vote until 1918 and the vote was not extended to all until 1928."
Thanks for an excellent Guide entry 
and I wish I could show the above paragraph to every person that I've heard say they're not going to bother to vote! 
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