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reapportionment

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reapportionment: see legislative apportionment legislative apportionment, subdivision of a political body (e.g., a state or province) for the purpose of electing legislative representatives. In the United States, the Constitution requires that Congressional representatives be elected on the basis of population.
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The answer seems to be related to another mess the Legislature will have to deal with in 2011 — reapportionment.
Reapportionment will take place after the Bureau releases the 2010 census data by Dec.
Carr, which led to the state of Tennessee redrawing its district boundaries such that all had equal populations and, therefore, equal representation, helped set off a reapportionment revolution in which equal representation came to be enforced by the courts and implemented by legislatures, which in turn would have profound effects on the distribution of public expenditures and other vital political questions.
 
 
 
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