On September 25, 1789 Congress voted to submit 12 proposed amendments to the states. The first two amendments failed to be successfully ratified, but the other 10 were successfully ratified on December, 16, 1791 and became known as the Bill of Rights.
The second of the proposed amendments was ultimately ratified on May 7, 1992. The originally proposed First Amendment was ratified by 11 states and is still pending. If 27 states legislatures decide to ratify the amendment, like originally proposed second amendment it will added to our Constitution.
The Amendment reads as follows:
After the first enumeration required by the first article of the Constitution, there shall be one Representative for every thirty thousand, until the number shall amount to one hundred, after which the proportion shall be so regulated by Congress, that there shall be not less than one hundred Representatives, nor less than one Representative for every forty thousand persons, until the number of Representatives shall amount to two hundred, after which the proportion shall be so regulated by Congress, that there shall not be less than two hundred Representatives, nor more than one Representative for every fifty thousand persons
Congress has already approved of this proposed amendment and if 27 more state legislatures vote to ratify the amendment we will have a 28th Amendment.
If the Amendment is ratified Montana would have 20 Congressional Districts instead of 1 and every other state would instantly become equally apportioned.
The Constitution already mandates that there shall be no more than one representative for every 30,000 and that no number of inhabitants in a Congressional District could not exceed 30,000.
If we follow the Constitution as it was written, Montana would be entitled to 33 equally apportioned districts with 30,000 constituents in each.
Montana is entitled to have 20 representatives and this can be achieved if Montana and 26 other states all vote to ratify this pending amendment.
When there are 38 states on board we the states can begin the process of creating districts not to exceed 50,000.
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