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The campaigners want a one-country, one-vote system, rather than the current system based on 'voting shares' which gives the US an effective veto over the process.
Eurozone crisis live: Greek president attacks Germany as bailout deadline moves to Monday 2012
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In a court filing, the state said its maps seek "to equalize population as required by the 'one-person, one-vote' principle, avoid pairing incumbents, preserve city lines and preserve the cores of prior districts when possible."
New Texas Voting Map Faces Federal Challenge Jess Bravin 2011
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Reince Priebus holds a one-vote lead over Chairman Michael Steele in the race to led the Republican National Committee.
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The election commission was deeply divided this time, and upheld the ban by just a one-vote margin.
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But China's eventual transition to one-person, one-vote will surely come sooner, and more smoothly, because such a high proportion of the Chinese elite have seen firsthand how free societies work.
How Immigrant Entrepreneurs Turbocharge U.S. Trade Robert Guest 2011
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But Sam Rayburn realized that the draft would lose votes if there was any chance to reconsider, since every single vote for it would have been the decisive one: so he brought down the gavel fast, to ensure that the one-vote passage of the draft stuck.
Matthew Yglesias » Strange Tales of Congressional Procedure 2010
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The Democrats had a one-vote majority from May 2001, when a senator left the Republican Party, until after the 2002 elections.
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Every day we watch him parry for a one-vote majority rather than weighing the greater good or even the cost of effective policies and sticking to them.
Carol Smaldino: George Washington vs. Barack Obama: A Question of Character Carol Smaldino 2011
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Once debate ends, it take only a one-vote majority to pass a bill.
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The election commission was deeply divided this time, and upheld the ban by just a one-vote margin.
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