ELECTORAL REFORM.
A BRITISH PROPOSAL. THE "ALTERNATIVE” VOTE. Received March 16, 8.40 p.m. LONDON, March 15. Dr. W. A. Chapple, supported by many Liberals, including Mrs Winteringbam, is introducing a bill inaugurating the alternative vote, otherwise preferential voting, at Parliamentary elections; but the counting system is different from the Australian. All second and later preferences are distributed before any candidate is rejected, and the candidate then commanding a majority is determined by a method of averages similar to finding the quotas under proportional representation.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 18965, 17 March 1924, Page 5
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84ELECTORAL REFORM. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 18965, 17 March 1924, Page 5
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