Hare system
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Again, Professor Commons says that "the Hare system is advocated by those who, in a too doctrinaire fashion, wish to abolish political parties."
From Proportional Representation A Study in Methods of Election by John H. Humphreys
Commenting on these results, the Argus declares that the Hare system does not pretend to reform or guide the people.
From Proportional Representation Applied To Party Government by T. R. (Thomas Ramsden) Ashworth
Now, the advocates of the Hare system declare that each elector should have one effective vote only, no matter how many seats the party is entitled to.
From Proportional Representation Applied To Party Government by T. R. (Thomas Ramsden) Ashworth
But they are guilty of far more than that, for in another chapter of Mill's book we find that his conception of a representative assembly elected by the Hare system is a purely deliberative body.
From Proportional Representation Applied To Party Government by T. R. (Thomas Ramsden) Ashworth
This has already happened in Tasmania, where all experience goes to show that the Hare system is equivalent to compulsory plumping.
From Proportional Representation Applied To Party Government by T. R. (Thomas Ramsden) Ashworth
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