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The principle that all citizens, regardless of where they reside in a state, are entitled to equal legislative representation. This principle was enunciated by the Supreme Court in reynolds v. sims, 377 U.S. 533, 84 S. Ct. 1362, 12 L. Ed. 2d 506 (1964). The Court ruled that a state's Apportionment plan for seats in both houses of a bicameral state legislature must allocate seats on a population basis so that the voting power of each voter be as equal as possible to that of any other voter. Cross-referencesHow to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Celeste meets Ed, a black graduate student also working in the One Man, One Vote campaign, and they are strongly attracted to one another. I take exception to Rich Lowry's comment, which implies that since Joe Biden is a senator from a less populous state, he does not represent one man, one vote. Gary North, another prominent Reconstructionist, has stated, "The modern world has been threatened by the rise of mass democracy, the politics of one man, one vote. |
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