Reapportionment of State Legislatures: Hearing, 89-1, March 3 - May 21, 19651965 - 1228 pages |
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... districts each with a population of 20,000 both having 10,000 eligible voter District No. 1 has 7,000 registered voters and District No. 2 has 5,000 . Assun ing all registered voters vote , a vote in District No. 1 has less voting power ...
... districts each with a population of 20,000 both having 10,000 eligible voter District No. 1 has 7,000 registered voters and District No. 2 has 5,000 . Assun ing all registered voters vote , a vote in District No. 1 has less voting power ...
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... district with all the other districts of roughly equal population , the ratio might show a wide dis- parity though election of a majority of the members would require nearly a majority of the total votes cast . Conversely , the gap ...
... district with all the other districts of roughly equal population , the ratio might show a wide dis- parity though election of a majority of the members would require nearly a majority of the total votes cast . Conversely , the gap ...
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... district , subject , however , to be divided into two districts , as future circumstances may , in the opinion of Congress , make it expedient . SEC . 2. Be it ordained by the authority aforesaid , That the estates , both of resi- dent ...
... district , subject , however , to be divided into two districts , as future circumstances may , in the opinion of Congress , make it expedient . SEC . 2. Be it ordained by the authority aforesaid , That the estates , both of resi- dent ...
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... district , and for the execution of process , criminal and civil , the governor shall make proper divisions thereof ; and he shall proceed from time to time as circumstances may require , to lay out the parts of the district in which ...
... district , and for the execution of process , criminal and civil , the governor shall make proper divisions thereof ; and he shall proceed from time to time as circumstances may require , to lay out the parts of the district in which ...
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... districts so that each one has an identical number of residents , or citizens , or voters *** " ) , if the assumption is made that many free white males of 21 and over at the time possessed sufficient properties to qualify as voters and ...
... districts so that each one has an identical number of residents , or citizens , or voters *** " ) , if the assumption is made that many free white males of 21 and over at the time possessed sufficient properties to qualify as voters and ...
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14th amendment adopted apportioned approved assembly Baker basic basis of population believe bicameral legislature bill BIRCH BAYH California Carr Chairman citizens Colorado committee Congress constitutional amendment democracy democratic Dirksen dissenting election electorate equal protection clause equal representation fact factors favor Federal courts going Governor HANSON House of Representatives interests issue judicial review jurisdiction Justice lature legis legislative apportionment majority malapportioned malapportionment matter McKAY ment minority Nation one-man one-man-one-vote one-vote opinion percent permit political population basis principle problem proposed amendment question ratified reapportion reapportionment reason referendum repre representative government Republican Reynolds rule S.J. Res Senator BAYH Senator DOUGLAS Senator HAWBAKER Senator HRUSKA Senator ROGERS Senator TYDINGS Sims statement stitutional subcommittee submitted Supreme Court decision Thank tion tionment U.S. Constitution U.S. Senate U.S. Supreme Court unicameral United urban vote voters York
Popular passages
Page 521 - But the most common and durable source of factions, has been the various and unequal distribution of property. Those who hold, and those who are without property, have ever formed distinct interests in society.
Page 69 - The legislatures of those districts, or new States, shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the soil by the United States, in Congress assembled, nor with any regulations Congress may find necessary for securing the title in such soil to the bonafide purchasers.
Page 69 - As soon as a legislature shall be formed in the district, the council and house assembled, in one room, shall have authority, by joint ballot, to elect a delegate to congress, who shall have a seat in congress, with a right of debating, but not of voting during this temporary government.
Page 69 - The taxes for paying that proportion shall be laid and levied by the authority and direction of the Legislatures of the several States within the time agreed upon by the United States in Congress assembled.
Page 69 - Religion, morality, and knowledge, being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged. The utmost good faith shall always be observed towards the Indians ; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent...
Page 69 - The inhabitants of the said territory, shall always be entitled to the benefits of the writ of habeas corpus, and of the trial by jury; of a proportionate representation of the people in the legislature, and of judicial proceedings according to the course of the common law.
Page 299 - Simply stated, an individual's right to vote for state legislators is unconstitutionally impaired when its weight is in a substantial fashion diluted when compared with votes of citizens living in other parts of the State. Since, under neither the existing apportionment provisions nor either of the proposed plans was either of the houses of the Alabama Legislature apportioned on a population basis...
Page 59 - In considering this question, then, we must never forget that it is a constitution we are expounding.
Page 19 - It is one of the happy incidents of the federal system that a single courageous State may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory; and try novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country.
Page 69 - The said territory, and the States which may be formed therein, shall forever remain a part of this Confederacy of the United States of America...