"system" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The Illinois lawsuits all attack the at-large systems of electing local officials.
- "The at-large system worked great a hundred years ago when everyone in town knew everyone else," he said.
- The county argued that an at-large system of election was not inherently discriminatory.
- Since 1970, 3 of the 41 members elected in the at-large system have been from racial minorities.
- Politically active local residents again floated the idea of abolishing the at-large system.
- County officials, who pointed out that voters approved the at-large system in a 1989 referendum, said they would fight the suit.
- Under the at-large system, she would have had to try to marshal support from the supervisor and every other council member.
- And he said that residents were better off under the at-large system because Council members making land-use decisions are protected from parochialism.
- Some civil rights lawyers agree, saying whites can probably challenge at-large systems if they can meet the same standard of proof as other minorities.
- Elections for city councils are held through either a ward system or at-large system, depending on the location.
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