Hare system

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And as for the scheme for allowing separate delegation to a number of sections, which is advocated under the name of the Hare system, it would be absolutely fatal.

From Proportional Representation Applied To Party Government by Ashworth, T. R. (Thomas Ramsden)

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 Ashworth, T. R. (Thomas Ramsden)

It is not necessary that every vote should be counted to some one candidate, as the advocates of the Hare system claim.

From Proportional Representation Applied To Party Government by Ashworth, T. R. (Thomas Ramsden)

I consider," said he, "the Hare system preferable to that of competing lists.

From Proportional Representation A Study in Methods of Election by Humphreys, John H.

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 Ashworth, T. R. (Thomas Ramsden)