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
The actual result is that, in the long run, the Hare system is practically the same as the single untransferable vote.
From Proportional Representation Applied To Party Government by T. R. (Thomas Ramsden) Ashworth
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 T. R. (Thomas Ramsden) Ashworth
John Stuart Mill.—The great vogue which the Hare system has obtained is to be traced more to the influence of John Stuart Mill than to that of anyone else.
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
