Sentence examples for creation of districts from inspiring English sources

Republicans backed the creation of districts with majorities from racial minorities.

"And who among those people criticising creation of districts does not want to be employed?" asked Opit.

Before the creation of districts, he said, council members weren't allowed to hire their own aides and instead had to share aides who ultimately reported to the supervisor.

In Brookhaven and North Hempstead, the creation of districts not only made town board members more directly accountable to a smaller constituency, it also helped eliminate strict one-party rule.

The county sued, arguing that the Voting Rights Act does not require the creation of districts in which minorities are less than 50percentt of the voting-age population.

At the governor's recommendation, the state legislature approved additional aid for education, and the creation of district schools.

Ms. Pasculli said she was considering filing a federal lawsuit accusing the town of violating the rights of minority residents by refusing to create council districts, a strategy that helped win the creation of council districts in the Town of Hempstead.

He also pointed out that if the act does not require the creation of crossover districts, it will encourage states instead to pack minorities into majority-minority districts.

Despite at least 10 years of lip service to council districts by Supervisor May Newburger, North Hempstead Democrats have been trying, solely for political reasons, to avoid the creation of council districts.

Lori Baldassare, an assistant to the highway superintendent who as a past president of the Affiliated Brookhaven Civic Organization fought for the creation of councilmanic districts, said the reaction of council members to the street maps "was a perfect example of what district representation is supposed to be.

The creation of special districts, which proliferated in Tennessee after school integration, was banned in 1982.