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malapportionment

  • a word derived from malapportioned.
    malapportioned
    adjective
    (of a state or other political unit) poorly apportioned, especially divided, organized, or structured in a manner that prevents large sections of a population from having equitable representation in a legislative body.

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Still, Japan’s courts, when presented with legal challenges to the malapportionment, have been narrowing the disparities in recent decades.

From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2021

The Supreme Court outlawed malapportionment in 1964’s Reynolds v.

From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2021

By ending the malapportionment that plagued mid-20th-century America, the Supreme Court terminated a harmful practice that no other actor could realistically combat.

From Slate ● Oct. 4, 2017

This was a dramatic fix to the malapportionment that had led to shocking disparities in voting power and equal representation until the 1960s.

From Slate ● Dec. 8, 2015

Imbalances grew over time, and “the consequences of malapportionment became more pronounced during and immediately after World War II” as U.S. population shifts intensified.

From Washington Post

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