reapportion
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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
They cannot legally be used to reapportion seats in the House of Representatives, which are calculated based on decennial census data.
From Washington Post • May 19, 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 Kalbfus, Edward C. (Edward Clifford)
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
