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Single member House districts for the state legislature?
At first glance, sounds good to me.
http://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2013/09/why-creating-house-districts-could-make-the-washington-state-legislature-more-diverse.html
While the state Constitution doesn’t forbid single-member House districts, RCW 44.05.090 currently states that state representatives are elected at-large in the legislative districts. Washington is one of only ten states left that still has multi-member districts. Single-member districts allow for a more logical hierarchy between the House and Senate, as well as allowing for more majority-minority districts resulting in more legislators from racial minorities in the state legislature.
