94 OBSERVATIONS OX THE HARE SYSTEM 



ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE CLARK-HARE SYSTEM 

 OF ELECTION ADOPTED IN TASMANIA. 



Examples of marking Ballot-papers. 



(i.) Where there are NINE Candidates for SIX Seats. 



Austin 

 Dickens 

 Fielding 



Ciissing 4 



Lytton 3 



Meredith 5 



Richardson 6 



Scott 1 



Thackeray 2 



Austin 5 



Dickens (} 



Fielding 4 

 Gissins 



Lytton 

 Meredith 



Richardson 2 



Scott 3 



Thackerav 1 



(ii.) Where there are SIX Candidates for FOUR Seats. 



Burns 4 Burns 4 



Drvden Drvden 3 



Milton 2 Milton 2 



Pope Pope 



Shakespeare 1 Shakespeare 



Wordsworth 3 Wordsworth 1 



Examples of an Election of more than One Mem- 

 ber FOR THE SAME DISTRICT. 



Suppose there are Four Members to be elected, and there 

 are Six Candidates, and the total number of valid votes polled 

 is 3000. 



In accordance with the directions contained in Section 115, 

 the number of valid votes (3000) will be divided by the 

 number of Members to be elected (4), and the result (750) 

 will be the quota of votes required to elect a Member. 



First Count. 



A has 800 first votes. A and D are declared elected, 



and the surplus of A's first votes 

 is transferred to the other candi- 

 dates who are marked 2 on th« 



B has 420 first votes. same ballot-papers(in pursuance 



of Sect. 115, Sub-sect V.) in such 

 a manner that each of the other 

 candidates receives the same pro- 



C has 180 first votes. portion of such surplus votes as 



all the papers on which his name 

 is marked with the figure 2 in 

 the parcel bear to the whole 800 



D has 780 first vote? ballot-papers in the said parcel. 



