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Originally Posted by whell
House members are tied to legislative districts in order to assure that the interests of voters in sections of each state are adequately represented. Statewide seats in for the House would erase that "local voice".
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Then the gerrymandering has to be fixed.
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Originally Posted by whell
The number of House seats is set by public law and could be changed if Congress decided to pass a new law changing the size of the House.
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Never said the number of house seats needs to be changed. It doesn't.
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Originally Posted by whell
Legislative districts are "gerrymandered" under public law as well. So, the solution would be to change the law and create guidelines for redistricting that remove the politics from the process. Obviously, bipartisan support would be required for this, which is why it may never happen.
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Not interested in hearing excuses for perpetuating a fucked up system.