PREFERENTIAL VOTING.
The "Lyttelton Times" expresses the hope that during the approaching election campaign, whether the Second Ballot Bill is passed into law or not, every candidate who recognises the need for some better system of balloting will make a point of explaining to his audiences the simplicity of preferential voting.- . "It seems to be the special weakness of Governments," the paper continues, "to imagine that the system by which they have mounted to power is th« very best that can be devised. Mr Seddon objected to Mr McNab'a Absolute Majority Bill, which embodied the principle of preferential voting,
because he thought it would facilitate combinations between the Opposition and the dissatisfied sections of the Liberal Party. The elector should have absolute freedom in awarding his vote. Sir Joseph Ward's fear, that a considerable number of electors would not be able to indicate their preferences Dy marking numerals on their ballot papers is a poor compliment to the education system of the Dominion, and it is not well founded."
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3003, 28 September 1908, Page 4
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169PREFERENTIAL VOTING. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3003, 28 September 1908, Page 4
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