reapportionment
the act of redistributing or changing the apportionment of something.
the redistribution of representation in a legislative body.
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How to use reapportionment in a sentence
This left Congress at an impasse, and over the next few years, reapportionment stalled.
How The House Got Stuck At 435 Seats | Geoffrey Skelley (geoffrey.skelley@abc.com) | August 12, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightThe law, the Apportionment Act of 1929, created what we know as the “automatic” reapportionment process today.
How The House Got Stuck At 435 Seats | Geoffrey Skelley (geoffrey.skelley@abc.com) | August 12, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightSo even though the average House district will have just over 760,000 people after this round of reapportionment, each state’s average district will vary quite a bit, especially as states get smaller in size.
How The House Got Stuck At 435 Seats | Geoffrey Skelley (geoffrey.skelley@abc.com) | August 12, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightSo based on population patterns and local political considerations, here’s our best judgment about which party will benefit from reapportionment in each state.
Which States Won — And Lost — Seats In The 2020 Census? | Geoffrey Skelley (geoffrey.skelley@abc.com) | April 26, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightThe reapportionment data “almost always masks significant over-counting and undercounting at the local and community level,” she said.
Will Americans be able to trust the results of the 2020 Census? | Tara Bahrampour | April 22, 2021 | Washington Post
The Constitution requires that reapportionment or redistricting take place every ten years to offset population changes.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. TorpeyIn this reapportionment Sangamon County's delegation had been enlarged to seven representatives and two senators.
There is a new reapportionment every ten years, counting from 1821.
In the dawn Parr hobbled down the line of yawning porters, checking the reapportionment of burdens.
Sacrifice | Stephen French WhitmanA reapportionment act was therefore to be expected from the next legislature.
Stephen A. Douglas | Allen Johnson
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