Minority Or Proportional Representation: Its Nature, Aims, History, Processes, and Practical OperationUnited States Publishing Company, 1872 - 165 pagini |
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... Assembly on the 30th of January , 1789 , as " being to the nation what a chart is for the physical configuration of its soil , presenting a reduced picture of the people , their opinions , aspira- tions , and wishes , and bearing the ...
... Assembly on the 30th of January , 1789 , as " being to the nation what a chart is for the physical configuration of its soil , presenting a reduced picture of the people , their opinions , aspira- tions , and wishes , and bearing the ...
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... Assembly , 1869 . 800,594 464,730 .58 335,864 .42 Senate , 1871 602,751 356,785 .59 245,966 .41 Assembly , 1871 . 718,756 423,554 .59 295,202 .41 As a prominent incident of the present electoral system , we have thus a non ...
... Assembly , 1869 . 800,594 464,730 .58 335,864 .42 Senate , 1871 602,751 356,785 .59 245,966 .41 Assembly , 1871 . 718,756 423,554 .59 295,202 .41 As a prominent incident of the present electoral system , we have thus a non ...
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... Assemblies . " This was read as a paper before the Philosophical Society of Philadelphia , and afterward published in book form in a very small edition , but one copy , which is in the library of Harvard College , being now known as in ...
... Assemblies . " This was read as a paper before the Philosophical Society of Philadelphia , and afterward published in book form in a very small edition , but one copy , which is in the library of Harvard College , being now known as in ...
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... assembly of the kingdom , a system embodying the preferential vote , drawn up by M. Andra . In 1859 , Mr. Thomas Hare , of England , put forth a volume , entitled " The Election of Representatives , Par- liamentary and Municipal . ” In ...
... assembly of the kingdom , a system embodying the preferential vote , drawn up by M. Andra . In 1859 , Mr. Thomas Hare , of England , put forth a volume , entitled " The Election of Representatives , Par- liamentary and Municipal . ” In ...
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... assembly , con- curred by 24 to 20 , the measure failing , however , by reason of the opposition of the Crown officers . The same subject was de- bated in 1863 , in the parliament of the sister colony of Victoria , and in March , 1872 ...
... assembly , con- curred by 24 to 20 , the measure failing , however , by reason of the opposition of the Crown officers . The same subject was de- bated in 1863 , in the parliament of the sister colony of Victoria , and in March , 1872 ...
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Termeni și expresii frecvente
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Pagina 92 - Legislature shall provide by law, that in all elections for directors •r or managers of incorporated companies every stockholder shall have the right to vote, in person or by proxy, for the number of shares of stock owned by him, for as many persons as there are directors or managers to be elected...
Pagina 91 - In all elections of representatives aforesaid, each qualified voter may cast as many votes for one candidate as there are representatives to be elected, or may distribute the same, or equal parts thereof, among the candidates, as he shall see fit; and the candidates highest in votes shall be declared elected.
Pagina 127 - I venture to predict, will be the impression of the perfect feasibility of the scheme, and its transcendent advantages. Such and so numerous are these, that, in my conviction, they place Mr. Hare's plan among the very greatest improvements yet made in the theory and practice of government.
Pagina 24 - Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin.
Pagina 85 - ... public notice, as may be provided by law. SEC. 12. In all elections for directors or managers of corporations every stockholder shall have the right to vote, in person or by proxy, the number of shares of stock owned by him for as many persons as there are directors or managers to be elected, or to cumulate said shares and give one candidate as many votes as the number of directors multiplied by the number of his shares of stock shall equal, or to distribute them...
Pagina 90 - ... for as many persons as there are directors or managers to be elected, or to cumulate said shares, and give one candidate as many votes as the number of directors multiplied by the number of his shares of stock, shall equal, or to distribute, them on the same principle among as many candidates as he shall think fit, and such directors shall not be elected in any other manner.
Pagina 102 - At a contested election for any county or borough represented by three members, no person shall vote for more than two candidates.
Pagina 158 - An act to reorganize the local government of the city of New York...
Pagina 85 - The House of Representatives shall consist of three times the number of the members of the Senate, and the term of office shall be two years.
Pagina 20 - That in every case where a State is entitled to more than one Representative, the number to which each State shall be entitled under this apportionment shall be elected by districts composed of contiguous territory equal in number to the number of Representatives to which said State may be entitled, no one district electing more than one Representative.