SS8H12a
- county unit system was unfair b/c it gave
too much power to rural counties/voters
-Gray v. Sanders rules it unconstitutional
-must be “one man, one vote” (1962)
End of County Unit System
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SS8H12a
-before this happened each county had 1
representative in General Assembly
-outlawed, saying lines had to be drawn
based on population
-resulted in urban voters having more
political power
Reapportionment
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SS8H12b
-from Plains, GA
-39th President of U.S.A.
-peacemaker
-problems: inflation, hostage crisis, oil
embargo
-won Nobel Peace Prize in 2002
Jimmy Carter
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