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Under the majority recommendation, in 1970
only seven political subdivisions of this State will be
represented by a man they can call their own. On the
projected 1980 population this figure will drop to five
subdivisions of the State, and every delegate will represent
nearly 45,000 people.
It is possible for us to do far better by these
people without compromising for all time the principle of
maintaining a limit on the size of the house. As the
Chairman of our Committee said, most of the legislators who
appeared before us suggested that the present size was about
the top limit of workability, even though it might be a
bit more efficient if it were reduced somewhat.
An apportionment of 144 delegates as a maximum
can be made from 1970, which will give each county at least
a chance to be represented. We have made a sample of this
kind of an apportionment, and it can be done.
The majority proposal freezes every legislator
into a little kingdom with single member districts for
all. This minority believes that the legislature
should have flexibility in the years to come. |
