Sentences with phrase «nearly equal populations»
The federal government stipulates that districts must have nearly equal populations and must not discriminate on the basis of race or ethnicity.
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Every summer, over 10,000 German - speaking Europeans visit Whitehorse, a number equal to nearly half the city's entire population, contributing $ 16 to $ 17 million to the Yukon economy.
So indoctrination of nearly the entire population, most since before they could even walk or talk, and the perpetuation of a myth for 2,000 years equals not being able to fathom a world without Jesus.
The Oswego County Legislature's redistricting committee worked on a plan to redistrict the 25 legislative districts to ensure they are all nearly equal in population.
In 1964, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Wesberry v. Sanders that the populations of House districts must be equal «as nearly as practicable.»
«The funds he included for NY / NY for housing for the homeless are important, but not nearly equal to the enormous needs,» Mr. de Blasio said, noting the shelter population is 58,000.
Tied with the fact that single men make up about 16 % of the population and the ratio of single men to single women is nearly equal, you won't have to search long and hard for a sweetheart with a fat wallet.
Generally speaking, many of the larger cities in the Pacific Northwest, New England and the Great Lakes region have dog population dynamics that are in balance, meaning that the demand for dogs equals or nearly equals the supply of dogs in their regions.
Germany alone is projected to lose 8 million by 2050, a drop of nearly 10 percent from its present population of 82.5 million — that's a loss roughly equal to the populations of its five biggest cities combined.
«The federal constitutional requirement that both houses of a state legislature must be apportioned on a population basis means that, as nearly as practicable, districts be of equal population, though mechanical exactness is not required,» the Chief Justice wrote.
As the Court further explained, states must employ «honest and good faith» efforts to construct districts as nearly of equal population as practicable.