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Municipal campaign finance: Effects of electoral system changes (Part 2)

Case of Niagara Falls

by SAVAGE L, WALCHUK B
Published in September 2008 - Page 35

In Part 1 of this two-part article exploring the relationship between campaign finance and municipal electoral reform, we recapped the arguments for and against ward systems and at-large voting systems. We then turned to the City of Niagara Falls as a case study, reviewing the city’s history of electoral reform and focusing specifically on the elections of 1997, 2000, 2003, and 2006. The first two elections were conducted under a traditional ward system, whereas the

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