Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Political Reform by the Representation of Minorities
When the compilation of the following pages was commenced the intention was first, to describe brie?y the evils growing out of the pres ent system of electing, by a majority or plurality of the votes cast in each district, single members to represent the people in it}, in national, state or municipal legislative assemblies 3 second, to show that by increasing the size of or consolidating a number of the present dis tricts and electing several members from, each, by a system which would. Give minorities as well as majorities representation, at least. Some of these evils would, be remedied; third, to give a very brief, simple, and as clear an' explanation as possible of what is meant by min ority, proportional for personal representation - as it has been called. By different writers - then to collect from the various books and essays: on the subject some of the most convincing arguments which have been advanced in favor of adopting some such method of electing rep resentatives to our national, state, and municipal legislative bodies.
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