Concept information
Preferred term
limited vote
Definition
- City council members in the United States until the late nineteenth century were elected by a single-member or multimember ward plurality electoral system that facilitated boss and machine control. Reformers were disturbed by control of all council seats by one political party and commenced to advocate alternative electoral systems. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Political Science; Limited Vote]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/limited_vote
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