MOH Qualifications & Powers
What are ways to Gerrymander?
Packing/Cracking
How old must senators be?
30 years old
How many voting members does Congress include?
535 (100 senators and 435 representatives)
Bicameral Legislative
A two chamber legislature
Reapportionment
The process of reassigning representation based on population, after every census
How many terms do Members of the House of Representatives serve?
2 years/terms
How many members of senate?
2 from each state
Which are the 5 delegates in the House?
Guam, American Samoa, Northern Marianas, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico
Formulate
To devise or develop
Redistrict
To set up new district lines after reappointment is complete
When do senators begin their term?
January 3rd
Lawyers
Session
Meeting
Gerrymander
To draw a district's boundaries to gain an advantage in elections
How often does census count population?
10 years
How many senates run today?
100 people
Historically, the senators and representatives were what race?
White
Occur
To happen
Trace
To discover by going backward over the evidence
Originally, how many members of the house were there?
64 members
How many states are there in America?
50 states
What percent of encumbrance won reelection?
90%
Census
Complete count of population, including place of residence
At-large
As a whole; for example, statewide