Do Apportionment Rules Short-Change Virginia?

Map of the United States showing congressional reapportionment without counting non-citizens, with states colored according to the number of seats gained or lost.
Graphic source: Restoration News

Hayden Ludwig at Restoration News analyzes the impact of rules for apportioning congressional districts in the United States. Assigning seats on the basis of the number of citizens in a district, rather than total population, would yield Virginia an additional congressional seat, he argues. California, Texas and Florida would be big losers under a citizens-only apportionment, but nearly a dozen other states (including Virginia) would be winners. — JAB


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