U.S. Supreme Court Hears Evenwel v Abbott, on Meaning of “One Person, One Vote”

By Richard Winger On December 8, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in Evenwel v Abbott, 14-940. Here is a summary of the argument from Scotusblog. The issue is whether legislative districts should have equal numbers of residents, or equal numbers of eligible voters. The tradition in the U.S. for the last 50 years has been equal numbers of residents, including children and adults not permitted to register to vote, such as aliens.
Here is the transcript of the oral argument. Thanks to Rick Hasen for that link. …read more

Source:: http://ballot-access.org/2015/12/08/u-s-supreme-court-hears-evenwel-v-abbott-on-meaning-of-one-person-one-vote/