Apportionment and Redistricting Process for the U. S. House of Representatives
Apportionment and Redistricting Process for the U. S. House of Representatives

Author: Sarah J. Eckman

Publisher:

Published: 2019-10-21

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 9781701553842

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The census, apportionment, and redistricting are interrelated activities that affect representation in the U.S. House of Representatives. Congressional apportionment (or reapportionment) is the process of dividing seats for the House among the 50 states following the decennial census. Redistricting refers to the process that follows, in which states create new congressional districts or redraw existing district boundaries to adjust for population changes and/or changes in the number of House seats for the state. At times, Congress has passed or considered legislation addressing apportionment and redistricting processes under its broad authority to make law affecting House elections under Article I, Section 4, of the U.S. Constitution.

Reapportionment Politics
Reapportionment Politics

Author: Leroy Clyde Hardy

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated

Published: 1981-07

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13:

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A history of re-apportionment in the United States. Fifty eight distinguished contributors show in a state-by-state format how re-apportionment has shaped the politics of the states, and how it continues to do so after a recent federal census. The balance of parties in both state and federal legislatures, the voice of minority groups, even the role of local governments can be manipulated by redistricting.