Speech #840145635

But in the counting of noses to determine the number of congressional districts to which a State is entitled. the census taker counts every person in the district. regardless of whether he is a voter or a nonvoter. A person who may have come into the country recently as an immigrant would be unable to vote for 4 or 5 years. nevertheless. he would be counted. I think one reason for the disproportionate results is that the legislatures try to regulate the legislative districts and perhaps the congressional districts. too. But let us stay with the congressional districts. The State legislatures relate the congressional districts to the voting population.