Re:In Maine, prisoners are thriving in remote jobs, other st...
by Terr_ on Monday September 22, 2025 @07:54PM
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Not the results, but the weight given to the results.
Places with a greater population tend to get more representatives in a state or federal legislature, all else being equal.
This makes sense for minors (part of voter-households) and noncitizen adults (either another part of voter-households or with freedom of travel) but it becomes a perverse-incentive when we start talking about people forced to be in a specific place by a government that put them there and won't let them leave.
Places with a greater population tend to get more representatives in a state or federal legislature, all else being equal.
This makes sense for minors (part of voter-households) and noncitizen adults (either another part of voter-households or with freedom of travel) but it becomes a perverse-incentive when we start talking about people forced to be in a specific place by a government that put them there and won't let them leave.