ELECTORAL REFORMS
DR. CHAPPLE'S MEASURE.
(AUSin.iLIAN-.NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.) - LONDON, 15th March. Dr. A. W. Chappie (Lib.), Dumfries, supported by many Liberals, including Mrs. Wintringham,-is introducing a Bill inaugurating- an alternative vote, otherwise preferential voting,'at Parliamentary elections. The counting system is different from that in use in Australia. | All second and later preferences are distributed before any candidate- is rejected. The candidate then commanding a majority is determined by a method on averages, similar to that used in the finding of quotas under proportional representation.
Dr. Chappie is a New Zealander, and was. once a member of the Dominion House of Representatives.
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Evening Post, Volume 65, Issue 65, 17 March 1924, Page 7
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102ELECTORAL REFORMS Evening Post, Volume 65, Issue 65, 17 March 1924, Page 7
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