Virginia plan

American  

[ver-jin-yuh plan] / vərˈdʒɪn jə ˌplæn /

noun

American History.

1. a plan, unsuccessfully proposed at the Constitutional Convention, providing for a legislature of two houses with proportional representation in each house and executive and judicial branches to be chosen by the legislature.

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Virginia plan

It’s reported jurisdictions in 15 states including West Virginia plan to use a mobile voting app for some voters before November, despite concerns from cybersecurity experts.

From Fox News ● Apr. 22, 2020

But the letter from Mendelson and the other council members said the Virginia plan runs counter to an agreement in the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, which said the jurisdictions’ shares should be equal.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 14, 2018

"Full implementation of this plan will likely cost billions of new dollars," the Virginia plan read.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 24, 2010

The supporters of the Virginia plan were no less vehement.

From Time Magazine Archive

For example, provision was made in the Virginia plan for the separation of the three branches of government; under the Articles executive, legislative, and judicial powers were vested in the Congress.

From The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 by Corwin, Edward Samuel