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political science
American politics and society
United States Supreme Court
constitutional issues
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social history of crime
courts, corrections, punishments
United States Supreme Court
constitutional issues
Preferred term
one person, one vote
Definition
- A Supreme Court standard noting that all persons' votes within a district or state should be equal in weight. The one person, one vote rule was first set out by the Court in Gray v. Sanders (1963). [Source: Student's Guide to Elections; One Person, One Vote]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/one_person,_one_vote
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