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that 50 per cent.
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DELEGATE MANDEL: You mean the return?
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SENATOR HUGHES: Yes.
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DELEGATE MANDEL: I'd say sometimes more than
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50 per cent. This time less.
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THE CHAIRMAN: The other point that is some-
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times made for a staggering system, and I wish you would
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comment on this, is that it is easier for the voters and
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what they are doing is electing but one-half of their
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representation at any one time. Do you want to comment
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on that?
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SENATOR JAMES; I'd like to read something
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out of this book, "American Legislative Process," by
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Keefe and Ogul.
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"Obviously there is a case for staggered
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terms, though there is at least one reason for rejecting
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the principle or at least for viewing it as something
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else than an outright advantage. The floor is that
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staggered terms, like malapportionment, contribute to
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the problem of divided party control in the legislature.
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The electorate is unable to effect a complete change in
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