[EL] Shrinking legislatures

[Levitt, Justin]

The 1980 "Cutback Amendment" in Illinois reduced the size of the Illinois house from 177 to 118.  It also ended statewide cumulative voting in Illinois, instituting single-member districts instead (and there are a number of critiques about the fact that the latter came with the former).  See, e.g., Ann Lousin, Where Are We At?  The Illinois Constitution After Forty-Five Years, 48 John Marshall L. Rev. 1 (2014).

Justin
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Justin Levitt  (he/him/his)
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Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
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From: Law-election <law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu> On Behalf Of Edelman, Paul
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2019 11:41 AM
To: law-election at uci.edu
Subject: [EL] Shrinking legislatures

I am in search of examples of legislative bodies that have shrunk, either of their own volition or by order of some superior entity.   They seem to be as uncommon as shrinking university administrations.  Does anyone have any examples?  Thanks in advance.

Paul

Paul H. Edelman
Professor of Mathematics and Law
Vanderbilt University
paul.edelman at vanderbilt.edu<mailto:paul.edelman at vanderbilt.edu>
615-322-0990

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