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What is obstructing efforts to agree upon a new stabilization pathway for Libya?

Electoral redistribution (redistricting) is a process that has the potential to advance the principle of "one vote, one value" in the face of dynamic human populations. Using the Australian federal electoral system as a case study, this article examines the impact of changes in the size, composition and spatial distribution of the population on electoral boundary delimitation over the past 110 years, and analyses the likely impact of future population change over the next forty years. The article concludes that the Australian electoral system has moved progressively towards greater equality of voting power encapsulated by the "one vote, one value" principle. However, the capacity to achieve even greater equality through electoral redistribution is constrained by constitutional and pragmatic considerations.

A decade has passed since the last elections were held in Libya, and the country remains mired in a stalemate and deeply divided.

Congress: The Electoral Connection by David Mayhew (New Haven, CT: Yale U Press, 1974) has stimulated much research in the 25 years since it was first published. The author's focus on advertising & credit claiming has proved to be especially beneficial, but his arguments about position taking have had a less desirable impact because they have led some scholars to overlook the importance of studying policy representation. Moreover, Mayhew's description of voting patterns is not applicable to today's Congress. 9 References. A. Funderburg