Householder Franchise

{{Short description|Electoral system}}{{Globalize|1=article|date=May 2024}} thumb | right | alt=A glass globe ballot jar circa 1884. | A glass globe ballot jar circa 1884. '''Householder Franchise''' or ''census suffrage'' is where a homeowner has the right to vote in an election. This is a limited form of suffrage, but different from equal voting because, to borrow a dictum, householder franchise is ''one Household, one vote'' because it entitles '''only''' the householder one vote.{{Citation needed|date=November 2008}}

== History == The 1832 Reform Act expanded the number of voters in the United Kingdom. In the boroughs the right of voting was vested in all householders paying a yearly rental of £10 and, subject to one year residence qualification £10 lodgers (if they were sharing a house and the landlord was not in occupation).

In the counties, the franchise was granted to: # 40 shilling freeholders # £10 copyholders # £50 tenants # £10 long lease holders # £50 medium lease holders Borough freeholders could vote in the counties if their freehold was between 40 shillings and £10, or if it was over £10 and occupied by a tenant.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://victorianweb.org/history/reform2.html |title=Terms of the 1832 Reform Act |date=1997-04-30 |access-date=2022-09-23 }}</ref>

== References == <references/>

Category:Elections {{Law-term-stub}}