onepersononevote
One person, one vote is a principle of representative democracy that seeks to ensure that all votes have equal weight in determining political representation. The idea aims to prevent malapportionment, where some citizens’ votes carry more influence than others due to uneven district populations or the distribution of seats. While the exact mechanisms vary by country, the goal is that districts or constituencies are drawn so that each vote counts roughly the same number of people.
In the United States, the doctrine is grounded in the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
Redistricting typically occurs after each decennial census to reflect population changes. The principle is central to