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To: TBP
Perhaps there should be a maximum number of people a congressional district can contain, roughly equal to hte population of the least populous state.

Article I Section 2

The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct. The Number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand, but each State shall have at Least one Representative;
-PJ
34 posted on 07/06/2021 2:13:31 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (* LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: Political Junkie Too

That’s an upward limit. You can’t have fewer than 30,000 in a district. We need to make a maximum so that Congressional districts don’t get excessively large, as they are now.


36 posted on 07/06/2021 1:48:56 PM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters. )
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