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updated citation for Wesberry v. Sanders. (n.d.). Oyez. Retrieved March 29, 2021, from https://www.oyez.org/cases/1963/22
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An Equally Weighted Vote is the concept that every vote should carry equal power or weight. In 1964, [https://www.
Votes can be unequally weighted at a number of different stages in the election process. First, a vote can be unequal due to the voting method itself. Any voting method which allows [[Vote-splitting|Vote Splitting]] ensures that voters do not have an equally weighted vote in elections which have more than two candidates. Second, votes for representatives to a larger geographical area who are representing a district within that area can be unequally weighted due to district lines which may bias an election in favor of one faction or another. When district lines are intentionally drawn in order to marginalize specific factions, (reducing the weight of those voters relative to others) it's known as [[Gerrymandering]].
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