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Cornerstone Documents of U.S. Democracy

Frequently Asked Questions about the U.S. Electoral College

CONGRESS

Session Dates of Congress 1st to Current Congress

Congressional Bills Search Access all published versions of bills from the 103rd Congress forward.

LAW - Election of Senators and Representatives

Number of Congressional Districts, Number of Representatives from each District

Section 2a Reapportionment of Representatives; time and manner; existing decennial census figures as basis. Section 2b Number of Representatives from each State in 78th and subsequent Congresses

List of Electors Bound by State Law and Pledges

Moritz - The Ohio State University College of Law information and insight on the laws governing federal, state and local elections

Census 2000: Apportionment & Representation

U.S. Census Gateway

Computing Apportionment

Electoral College Calculator Try your hand at predicting who will win the next presidential election. You can create your own election results by clicking on a different button in one of three columns, Democrat (D), Republican (R), and Third Party (O).

Since the landmark Supreme Court decisions of the 1960s that established the one-person, one-vote principle, a number of states have shifted redistricting of state legislative district lines from the legislature to a board or commission. National Conference of State Legislatures Redistricting Commissions Overview

Commissions with Primary Responsibility for Drawing a Plan

Congressional Plans

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UC Irvine - the Center for the Study of Democracy ..provide access to a variety of internet information sources dealing with issues of democratization and democratic politics. The listing includes is broadly international in its content, including both U.S. and international sources.

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