Congressional Apportionment in the States

[Online Professor]

Apportionment

in The House

Wyoming has a population of 563,000 and has only ONE Congressional Representative. Montana's population is 989,000 and still has only ONE Representative. According to Article I, Section 2, Clause 3, that the number of representatives shall not exceed one for every 30,000 and the ratio of constituents to Representatives shall be 30,000 to 1, but no the number of representatives can not be greater than one per 30,000.;

So for example, Wyoming should have 18 Representatives, not ONE. Rhode Island would have 35. Montana would be allotted 32. In addition, the seats in the House of Representatives are not being equally apportioned, as you can see by the disparity between Montana and Wyoming. One with 989 Thousand, the other with only 564. That is not my definition of "equal".

Vacancies occur every time a state's population increases according to the census taken. According to the provisions of Article I, Section 2, Clause 4, it is the responsibility of the states to fill all such vacancies by issuing writs of election, with Congressional Districts, not to exceed 30,000 people. The proper definition of the word exceed indicates that the number of constituents are restricted by a limit. The limit is one Representative for every thirty Thousand people.

Article 1, Section 2, Clause 3, clearly mandates that each state shall have one Representative for every 30,000 constituents. Congress passed legislation in 1921, to limit the number of seats in the House of Representative to 435. With the Reapportionment Act of 1929, they made it permanent.

This act was clearly unconstitutional and stands in violation of the right of the states to be equally and adequately represented.

To determine how many Representatives a state is entitled to, simply divide the state's population by 30,000. Then divide that number into population and you will be able to determine the number of seats in Congress the state is entitled to have.

In the case of Montana, they have a population of 989,000 and when it is divided by 30,000 you get 32,996 seats. That number is reduced to 32 or rounded up to 33. If you rounded down Montana would have 32 districts with 30,906 constituents and if you rounded up to 33 you Montana would have 33 representatives serving 29,996 constituents.

If this formula was observed, every state and its people would have the proper number of voices in the House to speak for them.

The representatives of the people in the state legislatures are supposed to protect the people from abuse of this kind by Congress. The states alone are responsible for applying for the proper number of seats in the House, but have collectively allowed Congress to dictate to them how many they will receive under the rules of the unconstitutional Reapportionment Act of 1929.

The people in every state should demand that they be allotted the number of Representatives, guaranteed to them in the Constitution.

# of Districts State Art. I R. Act California 1,241 53 Texas 838 36 New York 645 27 Florida 626 27 Illinois 427 18 Pennsylvania 423 18 Ohio 384 16 Michigan 329 14 Georgia 322 14 N. Carolina 317 13 New Jersey 293 12 Virginia 266 11 Washington 224 10 Massachusetts 218 9 Indiana 216 9 Arizona 213 9 Tennessee 211 9 Missouri 199 8 Maryland 192 8 Wisconsin 189 8 Minnesota 176 8 Colorado 167 7 Alabama 159 7 S. Carolina 154 7 Louisiana 150 6 Kentucky 144 6 Oregon 127 5 Oklahoma 125 5 Connecticut 118 5 Iowa 101 4 Mississippi 98 4 Arkansas 97 4 Kansas 95 4 Utah 92 4 Nevada 90 4 N. Mexico 68 3 W. Virginia 61 3 Nebraska 60 3 Idaho 52 2 Hawaii 45 2 Maine 44 2 N. Hampshire 43 2 Rhode Island 35 2 Montana 32 1 Delaware 29 1 South Dakota 27 1 Alaska 23 1 North Dakota 22 1 Vermont 20 1 Wyoming 18 1 Totals 10,245 435

State Numbers District Size Population 30,019 37,253,956 30,365 25,145,561 30,043 19,378,102 30.034 18,801,310 30,043 12,830,632 30,029 12,702,379 30,042 11,536,504 30,041 9,883,640 30,085 9,687,653 30.080 9,535,483 30,006 8,791,894 30,078 8,001,024 30,020 6,724,540 30,034 6,547,629 30,017 6,483,802 30,009 6,392,017 30,076 6,346,105 30,095 5,988,927 30,077 5,773,552 30,809 5,686,986 30,135 5,303,925 30,114 5,029,196 30,061 4,779,736 30,834 4,625,364 30,222 4,533,372 30,134 4,339,367 30,165 3,831,074 30.018 3,751,351 30,288 3,574,097 30,162 3,046,355 30,278 2,967,297 30,061 2,915,918 30.,328 2,853,118 30,042 2,763,885 30.006 2,700,551 30,282 2,059,179 30,377 1,852,994 30,448 1,826,341 30,145 1,567,582 30,229 1,360,301 30,190 1,328,361 30,615 1,316,470 30,073 1,052,567 30,906 989,415 30,997 897,934 30,154 814,180 30,079 710,231 30,572 672,591 31,287 625,741 31,312 563,626

 

[08w4drj41tq64]

That means we would have over 10,000 Representatives??

[22towhgimqi9g]

10,666.66 if my math is correct.

[08w4drj41tq64]

How workable would that be....?  I mean I know representation is not as it should be, but 10,666 Representatives?

[Online Professor]

The arbitrary act of limiting the number of seats in the House of Representatives is a flagrant violation of Article 1 Section 2 Clause 3. The only lawful way to change the apportionment of seats in Congress is to amend the Constitution.

[08w4drj41tq64]

It's not that I don't agree, it's just, 'how do we do that'?

[1j8yr3uhrnbow]

How about THAT (10,666.66) number Mort?  Pretty cool - eh wot?

[22towhgimqi9g]

You mean the 666? Shear coincidence, I think. That is a result of the math because there is a three involved. But yes, it is quite interesting. the ramifications.

However, the number has been said to have been transcribed incorrectly. They claim it actually translates to 616. Interesting.

[1j8yr3uhrnbow]

Well, you know Mort [They claim it actually translates to 616.] naturally, they're NEVER going to admit to anything with any type of "woo-woo" stuff attached to it.

[22towhgimqi9g]

You are probably right, but they seem to be coming out of hiding lately. They think they have a mandate.

[22towhgimqi9g]

The list above actually includes 10,295 Entitlements to The House.