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

Under the Virginia plan, the District would contribute $178 million and Maryland would give $167 million.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 14, 2018

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

Then, although Madison had probably drafted the Virginia plan, Governor Edmund Randolph was given the honor of introducing it.

From Time Magazine Archive

Paterson of New Jersey, the fiercest opponent of the Virginia plan, became from that time forth to the end of his life the most devoted of Federalists.

From The Critical Period of American History by Fiske, John