Single Member Districts Definition Ap Gov
Direct democracy Government in which citizens vote on laws and select officials directly. An electoral district in which voters choose one representative or official. 2 Maximise accountability because a single representative can be held responsible. . A single-member district can be defined as that legislative district that is represented in the legislature by a single member. An electoral district or constituency having a single representative in a legislative body rather than two or more In its first case declaring multimember districts unconstitutional in 1973 the Supreme Court declared that the Texas system of electing state representatives from county multimember districts rather than single. The most common electoral system using SMDs is by far the First Past the Post FPTP system under which the one candidate obtaining the most votes in one district is elected even if he or she has not obtained an absolute majority of the votes.
