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57 U. Rich. L. Rev. 851 (2022-2023)
Enhancing Rural Representation through Electoral System Diversity

handle is hein.journals/urich57 and id is 891 raw text is: ENHANCING RURAL REPRESENTATION THROUGH ELECTORAL SYSTEM DIVERSITY Henry L. Chambers, Jr. * TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION.............................................................................853 I. RURAL VIRGINIA AND THE NATURE OF REPRESENTATION ...............................................................857 A. First-Past-The-Post, Single-Member Districting.........859 B. Voting and Representation ..........................................862 C. Representing Rural Virginia .......................................871 D. Rural Problems, Urban Problems, and Virtual Representation .............................................................873 II. ELECTORAL DIVERSITY.......................................................878 A. Multimember Districting.............................................879 B. Ranked Choice Voting .................................................884 1. The Process.............................................................884 2. RCV's Possible Effects............................................888 3. Primary Elections...................................................890 4. Single Transferable Vote........................................891 III. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, ELECTORAL DIVERSITY, AND CIVIC PARTICIPATION..................................................892 A. Multimember Districting and the General A ssem bly ......................................................................892 * Professor of Law & Austin E. Owen Research Scholar, University of Richmond School of Law; J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 1991; B.A., University of Virginia, 1988. Professor Chambers was a member of Governor Northam's Commission to Examine Racial and Economic Inequity in Virginia Law, which met from 2019-2022. He thanks those re- sponsible for the Law Review Symposium, hopes for all the best for those in Overlooked America, and thoroughly appreciates his family for all their support. 851

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