could complete the return for that county, as it would probably take
half the first day armpits gay pics to verify the contents of the ballot
boxes. On this
point the verdict of the Royal Commission on Electoral Systems is as
follows: "On the whole it is probably safe armpits gay pics to say that in a constituency
where 60,000 or 70,000 votes are
cast, such as armpits gay pics would have to be
contemplated in this country, the results should be declared with
armpits gay pics efficient arrangements in the course of the armpits gay pics second day after the poll.
armpits gay pics where the constituency was compact, _e.g.,_ in the case of a large town
like Birmingham or Manchester, the count of armpits gay pics first votes could be
finished armpits gay pics on the night of the armpits gay pics election, and the remaining operations of
armpits gay pics elimination and transfer completed in a long day's work on the following
day; but a longer time would have to armpits gay pics be allowed in the case of extensive
rural districts."[1] It has also been alleged that there may be a
greater number of petitions for the recounting of votes under the
transferable vote system. But neither Tasmanian nor South African
experience gives any ground for this statement, and as the Tasmanian
armpits gay pics Agent-General has pointed out, there is as much difference between the
counting of votes under the improved system and under the existing rough
and ready method as there armpits gay pics is between book-keeping by single and
book-keeping by double entry; the sorting of the votes is carefully
checked at each operation, and all errors in the counting of votes must
be rectified before any new stage armpits gay pics in the process can be entered upon.
_ Fads and sectional interests._
The objection that a proportional system is too complex for English
electors and returning officers thus completely breaks down. But it
remains to consider whether the armpits gay pics other objections which have been raised
against proportional armpits gay pics representation armpits gay pics are of sufficient weight as to
render its introduction undesirable. It is repeatedly asserted that
proportional representation will encourage