Hare system
Example Sentences
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Votes given to rejected candidates would be in effect just as much transferred to the successful candidates as by the Hare system.
From Proportional Representation Applied To Party Government by Ashworth, T. R. (Thomas Ramsden)
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 Ashworth, T. R. (Thomas Ramsden)
This is the method adopted in the Hare system, and we have already shown that it is very defective; in fact, it is no improvement at all.
From Proportional Representation Applied To Party Government by Ashworth, T. R. (Thomas Ramsden)
Having now dealt with the main features of the different variations of the Hare system, we may proceed to consider some details which are common to all of them.
From Proportional Representation Applied To Party Government by Ashworth, T. R. (Thomas Ramsden)
The single transferable vote, generally known as the Hare system, was first invented by a Danish statesman, M. Andrae, and was used for the election of a portion of the "Rigsraad" in 1855.
From Proportional Representation Applied To Party Government by Ashworth, T. R. (Thomas Ramsden)
