The legislature currently has 299 seats, of which 243 are elected by regional vote and the remaining is distributed by the proportional representation ballot.

立法机构当前有299个席位，其中的243由地方投票选出，其余的席位是按照比例进行投票选出的。

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Even elected representatives, such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, the governor of California, often make use of initiatives nowadays instead of working with the legislature.

即使是选举出的代表比如加州州长阿诺德·施瓦辛格，现在也借助于选民倡议而不是和立法机构合作。

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It was adopted in America in 19th century when individuals stayed in the lobby of the legislature and asked elected officials to come over and talk to them.

该词在美国是19世纪被采用的，当时一些人在议会的大堂里邀请当选的官员过来并与他们交谈。

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The newly elected legislature chose him to be senator.

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When he was just twenty-three years old, he was elected to the state legislature.

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As a result, almost every pro-slavery candidate was elected to the new legislature.

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Certainly, the administration has not been heavy-handed with its opponents, including those from the democratic camp in the elected legislature who were ousted on July 1st.

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Government of the people, by the people, and for the people, especially the sort of representative democracy that has evolved in this country as we seek to combine elements of an autocratic monarchy with an elected legislature, is about far more than openness.

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In a few years, the best of the young Democrats elected to the legislature in 1996 will be competing for, and perhaps winning, statewide races.

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