Not so: in New Zealand an act enfranchising women received the governor's assent in September 1893, and in the general elections later that year women exercised the vote.
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The prime minister has said the prospect of enfranchising others makes him feel "physically ill", and the vast majority of MPs from all parties want to see the blanket ban maintained.
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