Edde offers $100,000 for best single-districting plan

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Edde offers $100,000 for best single-districting plan

February 23, 2013 12:54 AM

The Daily Star

BEIRUT: The head of the National Bloc, Carlos Edde, is offering a $100,000 prize for the best single-member districting plan for this year’s parliamentary elections, it was announced Friday.

Edde said the contest was being held to mark the centennial of his uncle, Raymond Edde, a long-time MP for Jbeil who championed the single-member district.

A news conference will be held Saturday to announce the details of the competition.

A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Daily Star on February 23, 2013, on page 3.

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The head of the National Bloc, Carlos Edde, is offering a $100,000 prize for the best single-member districting plan for this year's parliamentary elections, it was announced Friday.

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