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Apportionment is a requirement of capitations or other direct taxes.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Is the Health Care Mandate a Direct Tax? 2010
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Apportionment is according to total population, not voters.
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Apportionment is a requirement of capitations or other direct taxes.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Is the Health Care Mandate a Direct Tax? 2010
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Apportionment would mean that each state is responsible for a proportional fraction of the federal budget based on population.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Help Draft the Federalism Restoration Amendment 2010
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Apportionment would mean that each state is responsible for a proportional fraction of the federal budget based on population.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Help Draft the Federalism Restoration Amendment 2010
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James J. Butler was the highest vote-getter, winning 1,526 votes for the 10-member Board of Apportionment and Taxation, which monitors the town's finances.
Typo Leads To Wrong Candidate, James J. Butler's Election In Conn. 2011
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On the extreme maldistribution of seats in South Carolina, see also Charles W. Roll, Jr., “We, Some of the People: Apportionment in the Thirteen State Conventions Ratifying the Constitution,” JAH LVI 1969, 26, 30–31.
Ratification Pauline Maier 2010
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On the extreme maldistribution of seats in South Carolina, see also Charles W. Roll, Jr., “We, Some of the People: Apportionment in the Thirteen State Conventions Ratifying the Constitution,” JAH LVI 1969, 26, 30–31.
Ratification Pauline Maier 2010
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On the extreme maldistribution of seats in South Carolina, see also Charles W. Roll, Jr., “We, Some of the People: Apportionment in the Thirteen State Conventions Ratifying the Constitution,” JAH LVI 1969, 26, 30–31.
Ratification Pauline Maier 2010
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Even though adding new seats from time to time made reapportionment much easier, since no state had to lose a seat, Congress permanently fixed the number of House seats at 435 in the Permanent Apportionment Act of 1929.
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