Constitutional Convention, 1966

File — Container: File Room: Aisle 5 (TIC)

Scope and Contents

Background of Consitutional Convention

Present legislative org description and representation analysis

Size of the legislature

Unicameralism v. Bicameralism

Single member v. Multi-member districts

The use of congressional districts as legislative districts

Retaining counties as legislative districts

The prevention of gerrymandering

Allowable and desirable population deviations

The basis of legislative apportionment (inhabitants, citizens, registered voters, actual voters, or other)

Nonpopulation factors in legislative voting

A New Legislature (election publicity)

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From the Collection: English

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