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  2. Efforts to reform the United States Electoral College

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    One advocate for the amendments, James Madison, wrote in 1823 that the district plan "was mostly, if not exclusively, in view when the Constitution was framed and adopted." [ 8 ] Between 1813 and 1824 the Senate approved amendments for the district plan four different times, and the House approved a separate amendment in 1820.

  3. United States Electoral College - Wikipedia

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    The district plan would have awarded him 11 of its 21 electoral votes, a 52.4% which was much closer to the popular vote percentage. [ 238 ] [ 239 ] The plan later lost support. [ 240 ] Other Republicans, including Michigan state representative Pete Lund , [ 241 ] RNC Chairman Reince Priebus , and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker , have floated ...

  4. District Plan - Wikipedia

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    A district plan is a statutory planning document of New Zealand's territorial authorities. Mainly covering land use / zoning questions, they have been required since the advent of the Resource Management Act 1991 . [ 1 ]

  5. List of terms for administrative divisions - Wikipedia

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    district distrito Portugal: group of municipalities São Tomé and Príncipe: municipality Philippines: district Spanish-speaking countries: distrito, distritu East Timor: municipality distrito federal Brazil: federal district dō Japan: circuit do North Korea South Korea: dombon Cambodia: area or region dzongkhag Bhutan: district estado Brazil

  6. Category:Urban studies and planning terminology - Wikipedia

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  7. Lists of English words - Wikipedia

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    List of American words not widely used in the United Kingdom; List of British words not widely used in the United States; List of South African English regionalisms; List of words having different meanings in American and British English: A–L; List of words having different meanings in American and British English: M–Z

  8. Word list - Wikipedia

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    It includes the F.F.1 list with 1,500 high-frequency words, completed by a later F.F.2 list with 1,700 mid-frequency words, and the most used syntax rules. [11] It is claimed that 70 grammatical words constitute 50% of the communicatives sentence, [12] [13] while 3,680 words make about 95~98% of coverage. [14] A list of 3,000 frequent words is ...

  9. Wikipedia : Language learning centre/5000 most common words

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    These are 1100 of the most common words in American English in order of usage. This can be a particularly useful list when starting to learn a new language and will help prioritise creating sentences using the words in other languages to ensure that you develop your core quickly.