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reapportion

[ree-uh-pawr-shuhn, -pohr-] / ˌri əˈpɔr ʃən, -ˈpoʊr- /


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Every 10 years, states rely on census data to redraw their legislative districts to reflect population changes and rebalance, or reapportion, congressional and legislative seats.

From Seattle Times Aug. 20, 2023

The census proved accurate enough in the end to be used to reapportion the House of Representatives and guide the drawing of new political maps nationwide.

From New York Times Apr. 7, 2022

Congress also uses the results to reapportion seats in the House of Representatives for the next decade.

From Washington Times Aug. 4, 2020

The law leaves to Congress its constitutional responsibility to reapportion the House, but it gives to the Census Bureau the mechanical chores and the political “heat” that go with that task.

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2016

He will reapportion strength to meet new conditions, through comparison of his accrued losses with respect to those he has anticipated.

From Sound Military Decision by Edward C. (Edward Clifford) Kalbfus



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