single-member district
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single-member districts
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Weslaco Mayor David Suarez recently cast the deciding vote against holding a workshop to discuss whether to change the city’s current single-member district representation on the City Commission to at-large seats.
From Washington Times ● May 23, 2017
Under the single-member district arrangement, the voters in each district elect one of the State’s representatives from among a field of candidates running for a seat in the House from that district.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2016
Although each of them does represent a single-member district, that district covers the entire State.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2016
Each arrondissement became a single-member district and the electors were permitted to vote for one deputy only.
From The Governments of Europe by Frederic Austin Ogg
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