[EL] Shrinking legislatures

[Reed Witherby]

Massachusetts reduced the size of its House of Representatives from 240 to 160 in 1979.

Reed Witherby
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From: Law-election <law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu> on behalf of David Segal <davidadamsegal at gmail.com>
Date: Thursday, May 16, 2019 at 2:57 PM
To: David O'Brien <dobrien at fairvote.org>
Cc: "law-election at uci.edu" <law-election at uci.edu>
Subject: Re: [EL] Shrinking legislatures

We went from 100 -> 75 in the RI House and 50 -> 38 in the Senate in 2002. Constitutional amendment, put on the ballot by the legislature.

On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 2:55 PM David O'Brien <dobrien at fairvote.org<mailto:dobrien at fairvote.org>> wrote:
Nebraska shrunk the size of its legislature when it voted to switch to a unicameral system in 1934. Prior to that referendum, it had a Senate with 33 members and a House of Representatives with 100 members. Today it only has a 49-member Senate.

On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 2:42 PM Edelman, Paul <paul.edelman at law.vanderbilt.edu<mailto:paul.edelman at law.vanderbilt.edu>> wrote:
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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