...election of members of the schoolboard — provision is made for minority representation. Each voter has as many votes as there are members to be elected, and may distribute them among the candidates as he sees fit. This rule was adopted in order to secure the repre1 The union...

...to vote for common councilmen in the City of London, or for vestrymen in other districts. Each voter has as many votes as there are members to be elected, and may give them all to one candidate. Outside the Metropolis the school board must number not less than five,...

...Proportional Representation. In the earlier stages (in fact, it is the practice in some Swiss cantons to-day) each elector has as many votes as there are members to be elected, and he may distribute those votes over the whole of the candidates nominated; selecting, if he desire,...

...the arrangements are to be noted : — In School Board Elections the cumulative vote continues, ie, each elector has as many votes as there are members to be elected, and may give all to one, or otherwise distribute them as he pleases. In Parochial and Poor Law Guardian Elections...

...cumulative voting, and in some cases as many as fifteen members are chosen in one district. Each voter has as many votes as there are members to be elected, and he can distribute his votes as he chooses. The object aimed at there is to give the different interests,...

...scrutin de liste," or the general ticket. Under this method each constituency elects several members, each elector has as many votes as there are members to be elected, and those candidates are declared successful whose votes stand at the head of the list. In this way the...

...default," or has become unnecessary. At a School Board election every ratepayer is entitled to vote. He has as many votes as there are members to be elected, and he may distribute his votes as he pleases,—that is to say, if he likes he may give the whole of his...

...cumulative voting, and in some cases as many as fifteen members are chosen in one district. Each voter has as many votes as there are members to be elected, and he can distribute his votes as he chooses. The object aimed at there is to give the different interests,...

...General Ticket, or scrutin de liste, is in general use when there is more than one seat to be filled. Each elector has as many votes as there are members to be elected, and the highest on the list, to the number of representatives required, are successful. Dealing first with...

...be returned, but can only give one vote to any one candidate. (d) The "cumulative vote," under which each elector has as many votes as there are members to be elected in his constituency, and may either "cumulate" them all on one candidate, or divide them between the...