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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.society.futures
Subject: Re: Electoral systems (Was: Big Brother)
Message-ID: <2603@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 3 Jan 89 14:28:25 GMT
References: <8901010855.AA11720@violet.berkeley.edu> <17958@glacier.STANFORD.EDU>
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In article <17958@glacier.STANFORD.EDU>, jbn@glacier.STANFORD.EDU (John B.
Nagle) writes about the "Australian System".

>      This is called the "single transferrable vote" system of voting.
> But it isn't really that useful when electing for a single office.

How come?
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