[EM] HG Wells

[Michael Garman]

I happen to agree with Wells’s assessment of the merits of STV, but I
wouldn’t dare to claim that I know beyond doubt that it’s beyond a shadow
of doubt the perfect way to vote — or that one exists.


On Sat, Apr 13, 2024 at 8:55 PM Richard Lung <voting at ukscientists.com>
wrote:

>
> I was told that I could quote Wells till I was blue in the face.
> Wells said there is one right way of doing voting method and any number
> of wrong ways with enfeebling complications, fruitful of corruption.
>
> He followed Thomas Hare and John Stuart Mill in his definition:
> Proportional Representation with a single transferable vote, in large
> constituencies.
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Lung.
>
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