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limit, but would you want to comment in regard to

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whether there should be single-member districts or if

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there ought to be more than one member in a district,

   

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would there be a top limit? I think at present the

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legislature said the top limit is seven, in the delegates,

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or is it eight, I've forgotten?

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DELEGATE MANDEL: Eight.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Eight, all right, and the top

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limit in the Senate is two. Would you have a top limit,

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if you were rewriting this Constitution, in regard to

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member districts? Mr, Hughes?

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SENATOR HUGHES: Yes, I would think so.

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THE CHAIRMAN: What would it be? About the

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same as it is now?

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SENATOR HUGHES: Yes.

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THE CHAIRMAN: You think two and eight are

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pretty good top limits?

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SENATOR HUGHES : Yes .

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THE CHAIRMAN: Would you favor having single-

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member districts alone, that is, where you have an area

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that is large enough to be entitled to eight persons,



 

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