Article V
"The Congress, whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, or, on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the several states, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which, in either case, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, also as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the several states, or by conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress; provided that no amendment which may be made prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth section of the first article; and that no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate"
This means that every state must have the same number of Senators as every other state unless they given their consent to have fewer.
If the states cannot be denied equal suffrage in the U.S. Senate, it stands to reason that the counties should not be deprived of equal suffrage in their state legislatures.
Without the consent of the counties, the counties like the states are entitled to equal suffrage in their respective legislatures.
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