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In reply to the discussion: Do we need a constitutional amendment to end gerrymandering? [View all]PADemD
(4,482 posts)Would this work?
Let each state county have a Congressional representative whose vote would reflect the population size of the county.
Article I Section II Clause 3 states:
The Number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand, but each State shall have at Least one Representative
A representative's vote could be weighted by population size. A minimum of 30,000 could count as 1 congressional vote. A county population of 120,000 could have either four representatives with one vote or one representative with 4 votes. A county of less than 30,000 could be combined with another county or counties.
Los Angeles County has the largest population of 9,818,605. They could have 310 representatives with 1 vote or one representative with 310 votes. Each vote would have to represent 30,000 people.
Each state could decide how many representatives per larger county or smaller counties per representative, but a county could not be gerrymandered by party registration.