Hare system
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In Victoria a fierce newspaper contest is being waged over the Block Vote and the Hare system, and the arguments, being mutually destructive, only go to prove that both are equally objectionable.
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)
At the same time there is not so much incentive to split up the parties as by the Hare system.
From Proportional Representation Applied To Party Government by Ashworth, T. R. (Thomas Ramsden)
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 Ashworth, T. R. (Thomas Ramsden)
But, like the Hare system, it places no restriction on the number of parties.
From Proportional Representation Applied To Party Government by Ashworth, T. R. (Thomas Ramsden)
