Hare system
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He had attended my first lecture at Gawler, but saw difficulties in the way of accepting the Hare system as propounded by me.
From An Autobiography by Catherine Helen Spence
The Liste Libre, or Free List system, is a far simpler and more practical method of proportional representation than the Hare system.
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
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 T. R. (Thomas Ramsden) Ashworth
I consider," said he, "the Hare system preferable to that of competing lists.
From Proportional Representation A Study in Methods of Election by John H. Humphreys