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) animals. B) human participants. C) volunteer participants. D) people from a subpopulation.
Restitution is
a. not allowed at common law. b. the return of property or money given in a contract. c. the only remedy available under the UCC. d. illegal in modern contracts.
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and World Health Organization (WHO) are examples of
a. nongovernmental organizations associated with the United Nations. b. specialized agencies of the United Nations. c. organizations established by the European Union. d. agencies under the management of the U.S. Department of State.
All of the following events are examples of positive steps in the difficult relationship between the U.S. government and Native Americans EXCEPT
A) the 1969 militant action in which American Indians seized Alcatraz Island. B) the 1946 establishment of an Indian claims commission by Congress. C) the 1980 Supreme Court order for the national government to pay the Sioux for the Black Hills of North Dakota. D) the special status of American Indians which allows them to institute casino gambling on tribal lands, as long as profits are used to benefit Indian assistance programs. E) the 1973 government reexamination of the treaty rights of the Oglala Sioux.