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  2. Electoral boundary delimitation - Wikipedia

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    Electoral boundary delimitation (or simply boundary delimitation or delimitation) is the drawing of boundaries of electoral precincts and related divisions involved in elections, such as states, counties or other municipalities. [1] It can also be called "redistribution" and is used to prevent unbalance of population across districts. [1]

  3. Redistribution (election) - Wikipedia

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    Redistribution is a form of boundary delimitation that changes electoral district boundaries, usually in response to periodic census results. [1] Redistribution is required by law or constitution at least every decade in most representative democracy systems that use first-past-the-post or similar electoral systems to prevent geographic ...

  4. Electoral geography - Wikipedia

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    Electoral geography is the analysis of the methods, the behavior, and the results of elections in the context of geographic space and using geographical techniques. . Specifically, it is an examination of the dual interaction in which geographical affect the political decisions, and the geographical structure of the election system affects electora

  5. Apportionment (politics) - Wikipedia

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    Apportionment is the process by which seats in a legislative body are distributed among administrative divisions, such as states or parties, entitled to representation.This page presents the general principles and issues related to apportionment.

  6. List of electoral systems - Wikipedia

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    An electoral system (or voting system) is a set of rules that determine how elections and referendums are conducted and how their results are determined.. Some electoral systems elect a single winner (single candidate or option), while others elect multiple winners, such as members of parliament or boards of directors.

  7. Comparison of voting rules - Wikipedia

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    Additional opportunities for comparison of real elections arise through electoral reforms. A Canadian example of such an opportunity is seen in the City of Edmonton (Canada), which went from first-past-the-post voting in 1917 Alberta general election to five-member plurality block voting in 1921 Alberta general election, to five-member single ...

  8. The Electoral College is a ‘bad’ and ‘undemocratic’ system ...

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    Since George H.W. Bush won in 1988, Republican candidates have received the majority of the American people’s votes in only one presidential election.. In fact, it was the election that Mr Bush ...

  9. Redistricting - Wikipedia

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    Redistricting in the United States is the process of drawing electoral district boundaries. [1] For the United States House of Representatives, and state legislatures, redistricting occurs after each ten-year census. [2] The U.S. Constitution in Article 1, Section 2, Clause 3 provides for proportional representation in the House of Representatives.