voting district

collocation in English

meaningsofvotinganddistrict

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voting
noun[U]
uk
/ˈvəʊ.tɪŋ/us
/ˈvoʊ.t̬ɪŋ/
the activity of choosing someone or something in ...
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district
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdɪs.trɪkt/us
/ˈdɪs.trɪkt/
an area of a country or town that has fixed borders that are used for official purposes, or that has a particular feature that makes it different from ...
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(Definition ofvotinganddistrictfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofvoting district

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Theirvotingdistrictmay be two or three miles away.
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The number of candidates elected pervotingdistrictis between one and three.
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Voters file their declaration of candidacy with their party in theirvotingdistrict.
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Because the country has a single nationalvotingdistrict, all votes cast at individual voting stations across the country went towards a single total.
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There are multiple seats for eachvotingdistrict.
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It is quite telling that the results of some voting districts have not been disclosed.
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Twelve are elected in single-member districts by area, while three are elected at-large from one-third (four) of the 12 voting districts (referred to as posts).
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One commissioner is elected from each of six different voting districts in the county and one member is elected countywide.
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Scholars recommend voting districts of between three and seven members.
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The city has five voting districts, with each district electing a city councilor to represent their neighborhood interests for a three-year term.
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Guidelines for the formation of voting districts and qualification for office are also covered.
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There are 14 voting districts identical to the country's administrative regions.
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Proportional representation is achieved by the use of multiple-member voting districts (also called super-districts), although multiple-member districts are not in themselves a guarantee of proportionality.
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Redistricting of voting districts has always been a political process, manipulated by parties or power groups to try to gain advantage.
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There are 14 voting districts, identical to the country's administrative regions.
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Examples of available data include weekly traffic updates, schedules of citywide events, property sales records, catalogs of restaurant inspections, and geographic data about the location of school and voting districts.
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They have been introduced in only 82 of 36,000 voting districts, and have been criticised by a number of people, both on the left and on the right.
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They are used as local voting districts.
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