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
Ten years later, following the 1920 census and with urbanization changing populations across the country, Congress failed to reapportion membership because it became deadlocked on the issue.
From Textbooks • Jul. 28, 2021
Congress also uses the results to reapportion seats in the House of Representatives for the next decade.
From Washington Times • Aug. 4, 2020
The case says that board, the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, did not properly reapportion the state legislative districts after the last census.
From Washington Post • Jun. 30, 2015
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.
