Subject: [EL] population deviations for state legislatures
From: Tom Brunell
Date: 11/18/2010, 12:31 PM
To: Election Law

Does anyone know which states legally restrict the amount of  
population deviations for state legislative districts?  The data show  
that current lower chamber districts in California, Washington,  
Florida, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and Illinois all have trivial  
population deviations.  I am just curious if these are mandated by law/ 
state constitution, or it was a choice.

Thanks,
Tom


Tom Brunell
Professor of Political Science
Associate Dean of Graduate Education
School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences
The University of Texas at Dallas
800 W. Campbell Road, GR 31
Richardson, TX 75080-3021
(972) 883-4963
http://www.utdallas.edu/~tbrunell





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