Hare system

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Mr. Lecky appreciates so little the connection between the method of election and the splitting up into groups that he views without alarm the Hare system, which would still further develop groups.

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

Professor Commons rejects the Hare system in favour of the Free List system.

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

This is the method adopted in the Hare system, and we have already shown that it is very defective; in fact, it is no improvement at all.

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.

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)