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Election Law

1984

Cleveland State University

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One Person-One Vote Round Iii: Challenges To The 1980 Redistricting, Robert J. Van Der Velde Jan 1984

One Person-One Vote Round Iii: Challenges To The 1980 Redistricting, Robert J. Van Der Velde

Cleveland State Law Review

Ever since the United States Supreme Court entered the "political thicket" of redistricting and reapportionment courts and legislatures have been struggling with issues relating to the Court's mandate of "one person, one vote." The re-drawing of congressional and legislative district boundaries after the 1980 census was only the third time that district boundaries have been drawn according to the Supreme Court's mandate of "one person-one vote." This Article discusses the legal requirements of one person-one vote and the continuing evolution of the legal standards in this area. Part II analyzes the evolution of one person-one vote doctrine in the Supreme …