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Books on: election districts

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Ten Thousand Democracies: Politics and Public Opinion in America's School Districts

Book by Michael B. Berkman, Eric Plutzer; Georgetown University Press, 2005

Subjects:

Education--Political Aspects--United States, Education--United States--Public Opinion, Public Opinion--United States, School Districts--United States

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...for this specific type of election and codes districts inconsistently. We thank...recommendation to code these districts as at large. 10. Thornburgh...majority in a singlemember district, were there one; second...large central city school districts; Robinson, England, and...circumstances at-large elections should actually favor blacks...
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Smoke in the Hills: Political Tension in the Morogoro District of Tanganyika

Book by Roland Young, Henry Fosbrooke; Northwestern University Press, 1960

Subjects:

Ethnology--Tanzania--Morogoro District

Collections: History, Entire Library

...than and different from elections per se. Sometimes the popular election of subchiefs and headmen...taken into account in the election. The results of rural local elections in the Morogoro District and other districts have shown the drawing...
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A Court That Shaped America: Chicago's Federal District Court from Abe Lincoln to Abbie Hoffman

Book by Richard Cahan; Northwestern University Press, 2002

Subjects:

District Courts--Illinois--Chicago Metropolitan Area--History, United States--District Court (Illinois : Northern District)--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...to redraw Illinois's congressional districts after the 1990 census, which paved the way for the 1992 election of Luis Gutierrez as the state's first...broke a barrier when he was named to the District Court in 1994, filling the seat of...Appellate Court. She was appointed to the District Court bench in 1994 to the seat held...
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The Gatekeepers: Federal District Courts in the Political Process

Book by Kevin L. Lyles; Praeger Publishers, 1997

Subjects:

District Courts--United States, Judges--Selection And Appointment--United States, Political Questions And Judicial Power--United States

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...priority in his first term. Voting/Election When President Kennedy barely carried...way of voting rights," including, election-day registration, registration by...supportive stance toward voting rights and elections. For example, following the Supreme...created additional majority-minority districts, Clinton released a statement condemning
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Fertility and Household Labour in Tanzania: Demography, Economy, and Society in Rufiji District, C.1870-1986

Book by Matthew Lockwood; Oxford University, 1998

Subjects:

Fertility, Human--Tanzania--Rufiji District--History, Households--Economic Aspects--Tanzania--Rufiji District--History, Rufiji District (Tanzania)--Social Conditions

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...hierarchical system TNA 61/3/VI/D . District and provincial administrators consistently...to manipulate the office through the election of unpopular, incompetent, and often...18 RH, Notes on the History of Rufiji District; Digest of Appeals from Local Courts...

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Journal Articles on: election districts

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Courting Constituents: District Elections and Judicial Behavior on the Louisiana Supreme Court

Journal article by James N. G Cauthen, C. Scott Peters; Justice System Journal, Vol. 24, 2003

Subjects:

Judges & magistrates, Judicial elections, Judiciary, Justice, Search & seizure, State court decisions, Supreme Court-Louisiana

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...appointment and popular election, many variants exist: elections may be partisan...to the effect of district elections on judicial...from geographic districts, presumably those...opposition at the next election, but they may still...within geographic districts dissent less often...This suggests that district elections encourage responsiveness...smaller electoral districts create closer social...
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Delivering Democracy? an Analysis of New Zealand's District Health Board Elections, 2001 and 2004

Journal article by Robin Gauld; Australian Health Review, Vol. 29, 2005

Subjects:

Corporate governance, Democracy, Election results, Government spending, Health care, Hospital systems, New Zealand, Studies

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...Analysis of New Zealands District Health Board Elections, 2001 and 2004 by...following the 1999 general election. Commonly known as...government bodies and DHB elections was subcontracted...programs for the task. Election results were expected...as several city and district councils) had to...all aspects of the elections. This will most likely...
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Expressive Harms, "Bizarre Districts," and Voting Rights: Evaluating Election-District Appearances After Shaw V. Reno

Journal article by Richard H. Pildes, Richard G. Niemi; Michigan Law Review, Vol. 92, 1993

Subjects:

Law, Law Reviews--Michigan

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...than three-quarters of the districts in Table 3 are concentrated...are each majority-white districts that share parts of borders with a minority district. 237 All these figures exclude districts in which no one racial or...population, based in part on Election Data Services data. 238...
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Vote Tampering in a District Justice Election in Beaver County, PA

Journal article by Ilaria Dimatteo, Joseph B. Kadane; Journal of the American Statistical Association, Vol. 96, 2001

Subjects:

Ballot--Research, Markov processes--Research, Statistics (Data)--Analysis, Statistics (Mathematics), Statistics--Analysis, Voting--Ethical aspects

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...305. Similarly in District 49 the posterior probability...are zero except for district 82 and 93 which have...of ballots in these districts: 69 and 52, compared...in most of the other districts. 4.1 Model Validation...our model performs on election data in which no vote...taking the role of the District Justice election between...
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The Federal Election of 1968: Social Class Composition and Party Support in the Electoral Districts of Ontario

Journal article by Linda M. Gerber; Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, Vol. 23, 1986

Subjects:

Anthropology, Sociology

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The federal election of 1968: social class...support in the electoral districts of Ontario LINDA M. GERBER...eighty-eight electoral districts, even with the introduction...analysis of the electoral districts of Ontario suggests clear...

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Magazine Articles on: election districts

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Reapportioning Election Districts: An Exercise in Political Self-Preservation

Magazine article by Ken Gormley; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 125, January 1997

Subjects:

Apportionment (Election law)--Political aspects, Election districts--Planning, Pennsylvania--Political aspects

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Reapportioning Election Districts: An Exercise in...the configuration of their districts because they want to be re...worry about the shape of districts because they want to gain...worry about the shape of districts because they want to pull...fire truck, a better school district, or (sometimes) just for...
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District of Columbia

Magazine article; Campaigns & Elections, Vol. 28, August 2007

Subjects:

Fenty, Adrian--Education policy, Mayors--Education policy, Rhee, Michelle A.--Appointments, resignations and dismissals, School superintendents--Appointments, resignations and dismissals

Collections: Education, Entire Library

District of Columbia. Michelle A. Rhee will serve as D.C. school chancellor as part of Mayor Adrian M. Fentys school reform plan...
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District Attorney Arthur Branch or President Fred Thompson?

Magazine article by Leslie Baldino; Campaigns & Elections, Vol. 28, June 2007

Subjects:

Broadcasting industry--Laws, regulations and rules, Broadcasting industry--Political aspects, Communications Act of 1934, Equal time rule (Broadcasting)--Political aspects, Presidential candidates--Political activity, Thompson, Fred (American politician)--Political activity

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District Attorney Arthur Branch or President Fred...Order" fans could lose their favorite district attorney. Thanks to the 1934 Federal...Thompsons cool-as-ice turn as a television district attorney has contributed to his ever...
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The Mirage: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Election Campaign Made All Kinds of Promises to the Poor. So Do They Think He Is Delivering? Ali Moazzami Visits the Deprived Districts of South Tehran

Magazine article by Ali Moazzami; New Internationalist, March 2007

Subjects:

Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud--Economic policy, Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud--Public opinion, Iran--Economic aspects, Iran--Political aspects, Poor--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Poor--Political aspects, Presidents (Government)--Economic policy, Presidents (Government)--Public opinion, Presidents--Economic policy, Presidents--Public opinion

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...Mirage: Mahmoud Ahmadinejads Election Campaign Made All Kinds of...Moazzami Visits the Deprived Districts of South Tehran. by Ali Moazzami...triumph in the last presidential election is attributed to his campaign...price inflation even since the election has rendered the government...
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'Virtual Disenfranchisement': Minority Congressional Districts Are Becoming Casualties of the Courts

Magazine article by Barry Yeoman; The Nation, Vol. 267, September 7, 1998

Subjects:

Apportionment (Election law)--Cases, Election districts--Laws, regulations and rules, United States. Supreme Court--Cases

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...that includes in one district individuals who belong...racially integrated districts in the country, her...Carolina to rewrite district lines, particularly...effect for this years elections, didnt satisfy the...white-majority district was gerrymandered...American. In the primary election, which will be held...Hispanic-majority districts around the country...

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Newspaper Articles on: election districts

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District 88 Reveling in Its Rare Election Success

Newspaper article by Elisabeth Mistretta; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), April 19, 2007

Subjects:

High schools, School districts

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

District 88 Reveling in Its Rare Election Success. by Elisabeth Mistretta...Somehow, DuPage High School District 88 pulled off a feat that...taxes - and did so on the districts first try. Volunteers...percent of voters to give the district permission to borrow $104...
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Pressure on LNP; Councillor Calls for Election Commitment to Have Security Cameras Installed in Caloundra's Business District

Newspaper article; Sunshine Coast Daily (Maroochydore, Australia), September 13, 2011

Subjects:

Business districts--Safety and security measures

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...LNP; Councillor Calls for Election Commitment to Have Security...Installed in Caloundras Business District. Byline: Mark Bode DEPUTY...should it win the next state election. Cr Dwyer was responding yesterday...me. aadegreesWith a state election not too far away, I think...
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N. Virginia Goes to Polls in Influential Elections; 11th District to Replace GOP's Retiring Davis

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 10, 2008

Subjects:

Elections--Political aspects, Political parties

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Goes to Polls in Influential Elections; 11th District to Replace GOPs Retiring...polls Tuesday for primary elections that will lay the groundwork...In the 11th Congressional District - which includes Fairfax...complaint with the Federal Election Commission purporting that...
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Madison's Conspiracy; District Elections Hurt Dems' Odds to Capture House

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, February 23, 2006

Subjects:

Elections, Madison, James, Political parties

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...1948, most congressional districts in America fell into the...it appears incumbent re-election could not go much higher...there were only three elections (1968, 1986 and 1988...were defeated in general elections, nearly a 98 percent re-election rate. If predicting another...easier for a congressional district to switch from Republican...
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GOP Lawmaker May Hold onto Hawaii Seat; Special House Election Win in May Seen as Democratic District Fluke

Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), October 8, 2010

Subjects:

Elections--Political aspects, Federal aid to education--Political aspects, Government aid to education--Political aspects, Legislators--Political activity, Legislators--Political aspects, Political parties

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Hawaii Seat; Special House Election Win in May Seen as Democratic District Fluke. Byline: David Eldridge...win in Hawaiis special House election in May was widely seen as...only poll that matters is on Election Day. In a sign national Democrats...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: election districts

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Constitution of the United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...instituted the direct popular election of Senators and removed the power of their election from the state legislatures...over the conduct of federal elections but permits the Congress...the Congress imposed the district system on the United States...proper apportionment of election districts and in its decision in Baker...
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Gerry, Elbridge

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...In his second term his party, the Jeffersonians, desiring to retain their control of the state, rearranged the election districts in their favor in a grotesque salamanderlike shape, a political maneuver then named by his opponents and since...
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Russia

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...changes, an end to the election of Duma representatives from districts and the appointment (instead of election) of the executives of oblasts...region of Abkhazia; in both elections, the candidates Moscow...dominated the parliamentary elections; once again, foreign observers...post, but the presidential election also was marred by progovernment...
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Mauritius

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Mauritius is divided into nine districts. Over two thirds of the...minorities, are appointed by the election commission. All serve five...Mauritius is divided into nine districts and three dependencies...sought their return. The 1967 election gave a majority in the assembly...2005, national assembly elections, Ramgoolams Labor-led...
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Saxony

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...right to participate in the election of the Holy Roman Emperor...as king of Poland; the election led to an economic partnership...with several other Prussian districts into the Prussian province...occupation; it lost a small district E of the Lusatian Neisse...divided into the East German districts of Handeburg Halle, Leipzig...

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