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Court voids Tucson City Council election system as unconstitutional

WASHINGTON – A divided federal court on Tuesday overturned Tucson’s “unusual” method of electing city council members, saying the split system of ward and at-large elections unconstitutionally violated the one-person, one-vote principle. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the city cannot exclude out-of-ward voters from primary elections that choose […]

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