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725 (1983). 12. Gaffney v. S. 735 (1973). 13. Mobile v. S. 55 (1980); and White v. S. 755 (1973). 14. Douglas Rae, The Political Consequences of Electoral Laws (Yale University Press, 1971). 15. Arend Lijphart, Patterns of Democracy: Government Forms and Performance in Thirty-Six Countries (Yale University Press, 1999). 16. Davis v. S. 109 (1986). 17. The Bandemer standard was successfully invoked once in Republican Party of North Carolina v. 2d 943 (4th Cir. 1993), a case involving at-large judicial elections in North Carolina in which the court found that at-large elections in the state were intended to deny the election of Republicans.
S. 735 (1973). 13. Mobile v. S. 55 (1980); and White v. S. 755 (1973). 14. Douglas Rae, The Political Consequences of Electoral Laws (Yale University Press, 1971). 15. Arend Lijphart, Patterns of Democracy: Government Forms and Performance in Thirty-Six Countries (Yale University Press, 1999). 16. Davis v. S. 109 (1986). 17. The Bandemer standard was successfully invoked once in Republican Party of North Carolina v. 2d 943 (4th Cir. 1993), a case involving at-large judicial elections in North Carolina in which the court found that at-large elections in the state were intended to deny the election of Republicans.
It is here that the legislature may invoke its authority. However, in the history of this convoluted process, adopted in 1970, the legislature has never rejected a third proposal from the LSA, fearing that to do otherwise would invite the perception of partisan politics at play in the process. For this reason, too, perhaps, the legislature has not amended the state statute governing the process. 03-5467-1 ch2 10/18/05 2 3:41 PM Page 31 The Impact of Redistricting on Candidate Emergence L. Sandy Maisel, Cherie D.
