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What is the difference between a single-member district election and that of an at-large system? Why have minorities groups gone to the Supreme Court to outlaw the at-large system?

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The solution is a short explanation of the difference between single-member district election vs. an at-large system and the effort of minorities to fight the latter.

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Single-member districts are just what it says, a single person elected from a single district. At-large systems allow for a candidate to run in all districts to gain votes. Many communities have gone to a hybrid type of system that allows for members from each district and a few members from at large within the community.

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