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- Title
SYMPOSIUM ON REAPPORTIONMENT.
- Authors
Grofman, Bernard; Scarrow, Howard
- Abstract
This article focuses on the court case, Baker v. Carr, in 1962 in which the United States Supreme Court affirmed that judicial redress could be sought to compel a state to reapportion its legislature. Two years later the Court applied the "one man, one vote" standard to both Congressional districts and state legislative districts, and in 1968 applied the standard to local governments as well. In applying the "one man, one vote" principle during the 1960s, the Court concentrated most of its energies on elucidating the exact degree of population equality which it would require for districts at the various jurisdictional levels.
- Subjects
UNITED States; APPORTIONMENT (Election law); BAKER v. Carr; LEGAL judgments; LEGISLATIVE bodies; LOCAL government; ELECTION districts; UNITED States. Supreme Court
- Publication
Policy Studies Journal, 1981, Vol 9, Issue 6, p819
- ISSN
0190-292X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/1541-0072.ep11752106