The U.S. single-member-plurality (SMP) is an electoral system in which
a. candidates run for a single seat from a specific geographic district. The winner is the person who receives the most votes cast.
b. voters rank their preferences among the candidates. The winner is the candidate who receives the majority of the votes cast.
c. a plurality of voters choose multiple officials to represent a specific geographic district.
d. candidates run for a single seat from a specific geographic district. The winner is the person who gets over fifty percent of the votes cast.
e. the distribution of seats is allocated to multiple parties on the basis of the overall percentage of votes received by each party in the election.
a
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a. accepting that he or she is relatively powerless over policy-making outcomes b. believing that he or she can solve all of the country's major problems singlehandedly c. believing that he or she needs to be the hardest working person in the entire government d. accepting that he or she does not need to abide by the same moral code as everyone else
If the Supreme Court of Georgia holds that a state law requiring candidates for state office to pass drug tests is unconstitutional, that decision will control the outcome of future cases on that issue brought before state courts in Georgia. This best exemplifies:
A) the implementation of the ex post facto law. B) the implementation of the due process clause. C) the implementation of the writ of habeas corpus. D) the practice of double jeopardy. E) the practice of stare decisis.