Local Government Election Practices: A Handbook for Public Officials and Citizens Book

	Acknowledgments
	Preface	1
Pt. I	Introduction
	Alternative Local Election Systems	7
	At-Large vs. District Election Systems	18
	Alternative Election Systems as Voting Rights Remedies	29
	Mixed Election Systems: The Newest Reform Structure	39
Pt. II	The Laws and the Systems
	Election Systems and Representative Democracy	51
	The Supreme Court and the Voting Rights Act	68
	The Supreme Court on Redistricting	80
	Cumulative Voting and the Voting Rights Act	93
	At-Large Elections and Vote Dilution	103
	Voting Rights Litigation	124
Pt. III	National Studies and Trends
	Election Processes and Minority Representation	139
	Constituency Size and Minority Representation	163
	Diversity of Representation and Election Systems	172
	Minority Vote Dilution and Election Systems	217
	Social Backgrounds of Non-Partisan City Council Members	229
	Blacks and Hispanics in Urban Politics	237
	District Elections and Municipal Employee Unions	272
	Term Limits and Turnover Among Elected Officials	288
	The Coming of Municipal Term Limits	310
Pt. IV	State Studies and Trends
	Writing Home-Rule Charters	317
	The Impact of Cumulative Voting	325
	Women on Southern City Councils	334
	Term Limits and Local Elected Officials	351
Pt. V	County and City Studies and Trends
	Minorities and Women Do Win At-Large	361
	Cumulative Voting as a Remedy for Minority Vote Dilution	372
	Voting Patterns in a Tri-Ethnic Community	392
	The Election of Hispanics in City Government	404
	The Impact of Proportional Representation	419
	The Impact of Municipal Term Limits	433
Pt. VI	The Future
	A Different Kind of Politics	449
	Effective Citizen Involvement	454
	Reconnecting Citizens with Public Life	462
App. A	Model City Charter Election Guidelines	469
App. B	Model County Charter Election Guidelines	476
	About the Contributors	483
	Index	487