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Copy-paste move

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For attribution of edits before the article was moved, see this link. youngamerican (ahoy hoy) 19:37, 8 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Districting

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The second paragraph is probably almost entirely untrue, since Reynolds v. Sims (1964) found that state legislature districts of unequal population violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Here's the paragraph in question:


SteveSims (talk) 04:46, 7 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The explanation provided in the article is correct. A cursory review of the state senate districts [1] and state constitution [2] verifies this information. The districts themselves have roughly equal population, which satisfies Reynolds v. Sims. Brian Powell (talk) 17:36, 7 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • The paragraph misuses rotten borough. There would be a rotten borough if the 5th district elected two senators from separate subdistricts: One from the tiny portion of Wayne County within the 5th district and the other from the Cabell County portion. In realty, it is not a rotten borough since the people of Cabell County and the tiny portion of Wayne County within the 5th district elect two members at-large from the entire district, but one of them must reside in Cabell County and the other must reside in the tiny portion of Wayne County.