Reapportionment and What it Means

This column was created to help educate our SCOOP readers about civics in America. All American citizens should know what it means to respect and practice their civic duties and understand the basic laws of this nation. It doesn’t mean that you have to have laws tucked away in your brain like a law school professor or practicing attorney. But the basics, as an adult citizen living in America, you should know. So, what do you know about reapportionment or redrawing the lines of a district? 

In short, that means where you vote, in whatever state you live. Reapportionment ties into the U.S. Census count, and also, it ties into voting. When an area gets low voter turn-out, year and year after year, when census time comes around, which it does once every ten years, the elected official for an area where there’s a consistent low voter turnout, just might have some of his or her districts, cut into a smaller slice, if you will. 

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