Document Type
Article
Publication Title
California Law Review
Publication Date
2002
Page Number
211
Keywords
allocation of representatives, apportionment, congressional seats
Disciplines
Constitutional Law | Election Law | Law
Abstract
In this essay, Professors Edelman and Sherry explain the mathematics behind the allocation of congressional seats to each state, and survey the different methods of allocation that Congress has used over the years. Using 2000 census figures, they calculate each state's allocation under five different methods, and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the various methods.
Recommended Citation
Paul H. Edelman and Suzanna Sherry,
Pick a Number, Any Number: State Representation in Congress After the 2000 Census, 90 California Law Review. 211
(2002)
Available at: https://scholarship.law.vanderbilt.edu/faculty-publications/873