<P> The Act also introduced a system of voter registration, to be administered by the overseers of the poor in every parish and township . It instituted a system of special courts to review disputes relating to voter qualifications . It also authorised the use of multiple polling places within the same constituency, and limited the duration of polling to two days . (Formerly, polls could remain open for up to forty days .) </P> <P> The Reform Act itself did not affect constituencies in Scotland or Ireland . However, reforms there were carried out by the Scottish Reform Act and the Irish Reform Act . Scotland received eight additional seats, and Ireland received five; thus keeping the total number of seats in the House of Commons the same as it had been before the Act . While no constituencies were disfranchised in either of those countries, voter qualifications were standardised and the size of the electorate was expanded in both . </P> <P> Local Conservative Associations began to educate citizens about the Party's platform and encouraged them to register to vote annually, as mandated by the Act . Press coverage of national politics in the local press was joined by in - depth reports on provincial politics in the national press . Grassroots Conservatives therefore saw themselves as part of a national political movement during the 1830s . </P> <P> The size of the pre-Reform electorate is difficult to estimate . Voter registration was lacking, and many boroughs were rarely contested in elections . It is estimated that immediately before the 1832 Reform Act, 400,000 English subjects were entitled to vote, and that after passage, the number rose to 650,000, an increase of more than 60% . </P>

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