Hare system
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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
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
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 T. R. (Thomas Ramsden) Ashworth
The objection against the Hare system is not so much that it is not suitable to present conditions as that it will speedily bring about altered conditions.
From Proportional Representation Applied To Party Government by T. R. (Thomas Ramsden) Ashworth
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 T. R. (Thomas Ramsden) Ashworth
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