Minority Or Proportional Representation: Its Nature, Aims, History, Processes, and Practical OperationUnited States Publishing Company, 1872 - 165 pagini |
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Pagina 23
... sent 14 Republican and but 5 Democratic Representatives , the popular vote standing 9 Demo- crats to 10 Republicans ; and Tennessee sent 6 Democratic and 2 Republican members , the vote being as 5 to 3. Like unfair apportionments are to ...
... sent 14 Republican and but 5 Democratic Representatives , the popular vote standing 9 Demo- crats to 10 Republicans ; and Tennessee sent 6 Democratic and 2 Republican members , the vote being as 5 to 3. Like unfair apportionments are to ...
Pagina 35
... sent to every law - making body in the United States , and who can estimate the influence for good of such an enlightened , upright , and unflinch- ing opposition . CHAPTER II . THE PURPOSE OF MINORITY REPRESENTATION - ITS PROPORTIONAL ...
... sent to every law - making body in the United States , and who can estimate the influence for good of such an enlightened , upright , and unflinch- ing opposition . CHAPTER II . THE PURPOSE OF MINORITY REPRESENTATION - ITS PROPORTIONAL ...
Pagina 86
... sent almost solid delegations of Republi- cans to the Legislature , while from Egypt , or the southern part of the State , have come up equally unbroken Democratic dele- gations . By the cumulative vote the long - excluded Democrats of ...
... sent almost solid delegations of Republi- cans to the Legislature , while from Egypt , or the southern part of the State , have come up equally unbroken Democratic dele- gations . By the cumulative vote the long - excluded Democrats of ...
Pagina 89
... sent to confer with him , the assurance that he was " in favor of the cumulative system of voting and minority representation , and would be glad to see it made a part of the law of the State . " Nov. 28 , 1871 , the Governor recurred ...
... sent to confer with him , the assurance that he was " in favor of the cumulative system of voting and minority representation , and would be glad to see it made a part of the law of the State . " Nov. 28 , 1871 , the Governor recurred ...
Pagina 114
... sent in a written paper , stating over his signature his first choice , and as many other preferences as he happened to have . The voting - papers of each district were counted , and the aggregate divided by the number of ...
... sent in a written paper , stating over his signature his first choice , and as many other preferences as he happened to have . The voting - papers of each district were counted , and the aggregate divided by the number of ...
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Minority Or Proportional Representation: Its Nature, Aims, History ... Salem Dutcher Vizualizare completă - 1872 |
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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.