Sentences with phrase «weighted voting system»

[6] Virtually all charters granted by the Maryland legislature between 1784 and 1818 used a weighted voting system.

As supervisor of Hempstead, Nassau's largest town, D'Amato held the most legislative votes under the old five - member Board of Supervisors» weighted voting system.

Mangano became one of the 19 original members of the legislature, which replaced the board in 1996 after a federal judge found the weighted voting system to be unconstitutional.

New York Republicans used a weighted voting system to choose their candidate for governor.

Madison County uses a weighted voting system that gives supervisors of more populous towns a larger vote than those of smaller towns.

He and other Queensbury and Glens Falls supervisors have argued the northern towns in the county have more voting power despite a weighted vote system.

In the weighted voting system used to tally the balloting among city committee members, Steve Noble, a city environmental programs manager and environmental educator, got 1,365 votes; Gallo, seeking his second term in office, got 1,045.

Under the weighted voting system employed by major parties, committee members are rewarded for turning out the vote in their districts in gubernatorial elections.

How about a weighted voting system for issues like the environment and the economy?