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kylebyproxy | 3 years ago

So glad to see others calling-out the Permanent Apportionment Act. Maybe it made sense in a world without communications technology, but today we're able to scale to the numbers needed to support that ratio of representatives:constituents.

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hawkesnest|3 years ago

Would the House be more or less effective if there were 10,000+ representatives to meet the 30,000:1 ratio in the original Constitutional setup?

squokko|3 years ago

More, because the House is not a deliberative body. Reps could stay in their districts and just vote online.