Plural voting is the practice
whereby one person might be able to vote
multiple times in an election. This was a
common aspect of the franchise for elections
held in the 1800s where the right to vote was
linked to the ownership of property; an elector
could vote in as many districts as the elector
owned property. This was the prevalent system
in Britain before 1948 when certain electors
could vote in more than one constituency.