VOTING REFORM.
EITERNATIVE VOTE FAVOURED BY COMMISSION. !AND SINGLE-MEMBER SEATS. Bj Telesraph-Press Associatlon-CoMrlelil (Rec. May. 10, 10.25 p.m.) London, Sfny 25. The Royal Commission (chairman,, Lord Richard F. Cavendish) appointed to inquire into various voting schemes, recommends tho adoption of' tho : alternative voto wlievo there are more than two candidates for ono seat. It also recommends tho abolition of, two-, inember constituencies. Hinder the "Alternative Voto" system, the voter does not have tho allegedly complicated task of numbering tho candidates' names with progressive numerals to indicate bis order of preference'. All he is asked to do is, where more', than two candidates stand,. to mark'with a 2 the i name of his second choice. If. the leading candidate has not an absolute majority, the candidate, lowest-on the.poll as eliminated, and his' votes' are transferred.]
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 814, 11 May 1910, Page 5
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134VOTING REFORM. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 814, 11 May 1910, Page 5
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