proportional representation
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A generic term for various involved systems of voting, similar in essentials, but varying in details, usually having reference in particular to the election of a legislative body, the underlying theory being that the conventional system of election by a majority or plurality of the votes cast does not result in the election of a body as representative of the people as it is possible to obtain by a more scientific system. 26 Am J2d Elect § 273. See apportionment; Hare system; list system.
Ballentine's law dictionary.
Anderson, W.S..
1998.
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