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AP See Asia-Pacific.
apportionment See redistricting.
Asia-Pacific One of the major geographic regions into which DPCA is divided. AP See Asia-Pacific See regions.
apportionment See redistricting.
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Buckley 1. Buckley v. Valeo, 424 U.S. 1 (1976), was a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court, which held that limits on election spending in the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 § 608 are unconstitutional. In a per curiam ("by the Court") opinion, they ruled that expenditure limits contravene the First Amendment provision on freedom of speech because a restriction on spending for political communication necessarily reduces the quantity of expression. It limited disclosure provisions and limited the Federal Election Commission's power. 2. Someone who refers to himself as Chairman and serves beyond a reasonable time in one position.
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"one man [person], one vote" 1. Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U.S. 533 (1964), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that the electoral districts of state legislative chambers must be roughly equal in population. Along with Baker v. Carr (1962) and Wesberry v. Sanders (1964), it was part of a series of Warren Court cases that applied the principle of "one person, one vote" to U.S. legislative bodies. 2. In DA, it is also used to refer to the 2017 Charter Resolution 4, which to amended the DPCA Charter by adopting a mandatory one-person-one-vote allocation system.
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redistricting Decennial process by which new congressional and state legislative district boundaries are drawn. All United States Representatives and state legislators are elected from political divisions called districts. District lines are redrawn every ten years following completion of the United States Census.
region Generally used to refer to one of three global divisions of Democrats Abroad. Foreign nations un-served by a CC are served by the regional entities. See also EMEA, AP, Americas.
Regional Vice Chair The leader of one of three districts of Democrats Abroad, elected at a biennial Annual General Meeting.
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wiki A hypertext publication collaboratively edited and managed by some or all of its own audience, directly using a web browser; in DA, it is also the answer to all questions, as in, "You can find it on the wiki."
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