Sunday, December 4, 2011

Better Representation in the House

The Constitution sets the maximum number of members of
Congress at “one for every thirty thousand.” Assuming
a population of 310,000,000 that sets a cap of about
10,333 members. There currently are 435 members of Congress.

Current technology makes it possible to have a far greater
number of representatives than the present situation.
According to the Census there are about 230M who are 18 years
old or older. Of these, about 137M are registered. Using
100,000 registered voters instead of 30,000 persons, that would
allow 1370 members of Congress. This would be a much better
representation for the citizens than the current average of
about 315,000 per member.

By more than tripling the number of members, representation
should be better and corrupting power is diluted.

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