If agreed, one option for change would have 42 deputies elected from six large voting districts.
In Maryland, with 98% of the voting districts counted, about 52% of voters supported gay marriage.
Republicans in the so-called Upper House tend to be more liberal and less accountable to conservative voting districts back home.
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Belgian political parties divided along French- and Dutch-speaking lines four decades ago, and most voting districts are split the same way.
The first requires nine states with histories of discrimination to get permission from the Justice Department for changing voting districts or procedures.
Option A will see 42 deputies elected from six large voting districts.
Option A would see 42 deputies elected from six large voting districts.
That includes everything from new voting districts to voter ID laws.
The Muslim Brotherhood said Saturday that its Freedom and Justice Party had won about 39% of the party list vote in six of the 12 voting districts.
Officials are also recounting 23 of Zimbabwe's 210 voting districts but have not yet released any results of the vote, said George Chiweshe, chairman of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission.
After years of challenging the way voting districts are drawn, he succeeded in creating a majority black district in Newton County, and in 1991 was elected the first black county supervisor.
For example, the commission cites statistics showing that predominantly African-American voting precincts were more likely to use older voting systems with higher error rates than more affluent, predominantly white voting districts.
Mr. Anwar has said his party is planning to petition Malaysian courts to rerun Sunday's voting in disputed districts.
Subsequent judicial interpretations of the 1965 Voting Rights Act demanded that districts be drawn to produce Congressmen with specific features.
The PNM, which won 16 seats, also accuses the UNC of moving supporters from strongholds to hotly contested districts and of voting under the names of dead citizens.
After a decade of virtual legislative standstill, for example, Kuwait's government is promoting educational reform, a redrawing of electoral districts to make voting fairer, and a removal of barriers to foreign investment.
Ever more accurate voting technology seems to be spurring on legislatures to redraw districts ever more often.
To win the first round of voting, parliamentary candidates must receive a majority of votes cast in their districts as well as enough votes to represent 25% of all registered voters in their districts.
The Romney campaign looked set to emerge with the largest cache of delegates from Tuesday's voting, including from Ohio after Mr. Santorum failed to qualify for delegates in three congressional districts.
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