(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The Tel-Aviv election dispute which threatened to divide the Tel-Aviv municipality, was settled by Chief Justice Haycroft of the Palestine Supreme Court, according to a report to the London “Times.”
The recent elections to the municipality gave the majority to the labor groups, in spite of the fact that the majority of the inhabitants belong to the middle-class. As a result of this the middle-class representatives withdrew from the municipal government. Steps were taken on the part of certain groups to bring about a modification in the electoral system of the Tel-Aviv municipality, aiming at a new definition of the right to vote and the age limit of the voters.
A suggestion was also made that the right to vote be granted only to those residents who pay a certain amount of taxes.
Chief Justice Haycroft moved that all tax-payers are entitled to vote in the municipal elections–adults of both sexes. Women are not entitled to vote unless they are paying direct taxes.
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