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...Nashville's Mayor Ben West, referring to the fact that Tennessee's smallest county (pop. 3,454) has far greater voting power in the legislature than the second most populous one (pop. 399,743). Angered by the arrangement-and by the failure of the Tennessee legislature to redistrict since 1901-a group of Nashville citizens eight years ago started action that led to a major Supreme Court decision last week...
...whole series of similar suits in other states. In addition to Tennessee, 14 states have constitutional provisions for periodic re-apportionment and all have failed to act within the time set by their constitutions. And a number of other states will certainly face court challenges to redistrict; even some of the 21 states that did redistrict after the 1960 census may face legal accusations from city voters that theirs were only token efforts. Whether all such suits will succeed depends, of course, on circumstances and the letter of the constitution in each state...
Inept Performance. One reason for Mills's decline is that Arkansas (along with Mississippi, Vermont and West Virginia) has declined in population during the 1950s, while the total U.S. population was soaring. In the redistricting that will follow the 1960 census, Arkansas stands to lose two of its six House seats. With the state legislature under his control. Governor Orval Faubus will have the power to redistrict Wilbur Mills right out of the House, so Mills has had to avoid offending Faubus. Bowing to Faubus, Mills has been conspicuously protective toward Arkansas Congressman Dale Alford, outspoken segregationist...
Massachusetts Democrats desperately want the Republicans to run against Kennedy. Explains Adviser John Powers: "If he has an opponent he'll fight hard and the chances are he'll eat the whole Republican slate. We'll redistrict both the state and congressional districts. It will be the real second coming of the Mayflower...
Democrats also hope to gain additional seats in the battle to control the State House and Senate. They want to win control of the House, and keep control of the Senate to be able to redistrict the state to insure future Democratic victories...