A quote and then some questions, in case list members need a distraction from their work:

In his 1992 Meridian House speech, Assistant Secretary of State Edward Djerejian gave the US position on Islam and elections in the Middle East: 

   While we believe in the principle of "one person one vote," 
   we do not support "one person, one vote, one time."

See "The U.S. and the Middle East in a Changing World," http://www.disam.dsca.mil/pubs/Vol%2014_4/Djerejian.pdf; Djerejian, Danger and Opportunity: An American Ambassador's Journey Through the Middle East 22 (Threshold Editions/Simon & Schuster 2008) (dealing, in Chapter One entitled "The Meridian House Speech," with the question "What went wrong with America's foreign policy in the Arab and Muslim world?") (preview available on Google Books).

Was this statement original with Djerejian?

How does Djerejian's statement apply to: (1) reapportionment decisions, and (2) the current ferment in the Middle East?

And a last, very open-ended question: What are the conditions under which elections are not "one time"?

I'm cross posting this to the election law list and to the conlawprof list, with apologies for the duplication for those of you who are on both lists. Responses dealing with constitutional design and democratic culture (including "the Constitution outside the courts") would seem relevant. 

Mark Scarberry
Pepperdine

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