(US) The distribution of members of the House of Representatives according to the population of the various states.
(US) The distribution of members of the House of Representatives according to the population of the various states.
“I think a better way to get at this problem is to repeal the permanent apportionment act. The size of the US house was supposed to GROW with each census. If the number of house reps matched population CA would have so many it would SWAMP gerrymandering in FL or whatever.”
“The #Tennessee legislature is using the Louisiana ruling (banning race-based congressional apportionment) to create a race-based (white) apportionment.”
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This is the next big one. End census counting of illegals for apportionment and we return the country to sanity
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(US) The allocation of direct taxation according to the population of the various states.
“Really there’s a huge host of issues that would just not be, because of the ruralist bias in American apportionment and its asymmetry”
“Genuine question: how about biproportional apportionment?”
“This is the next big one. End census counting of illegals for apportionment and we return the country to sanity”
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The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned.
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