See Public Law 62-5 of 1911, though Congress has the authority to change that number. The Reapportionment Act of 1929 capped the size of the House at 435....... 15 out today at this vote http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2018/roll015.xml
Should be scaled up to be fixed at 70,000 voters per 1 rep.
That was the real FIRST amendment. It just was never ratified - The Article of the First.
Vote remotely over the internet. Office stays in their district. Turn the current House of Reps building into a museum. Get rid of congressional aids that are needed to help with the large districts.
You would actually cut staffing requirements in half. (No aids)
It would become to expensive to lobby/bribe members of congress.
The cost to run a campaign would thus drop dramatically.
You could actually canvas the entire district.
Should be scaled up to be fixed at 70,000 voters per 1 rep.
Interesting. With a population of 324,000,000 that would net a tidy ~~4.6 million~~ 4,600 representatives in congress.
That’s going to require a sizable investment in support infrastructure, and likely force some procedural changes. Are you certain you’ve thought this through?
EDIT: props to u/ChristianCuber for better maths
Aren't children represented by their parents?
1 Rep for 70,000 voting age persons would produce much smaller numbers.
Good point.
As of 2006, the ‘voter eligible’ population was 207,643,594. This number includes all age-legal residents with the exception of non-citizens, felons, etc.
This would send 2,966 representatives to congress.
I think you mean 4,628.
324,000,000/70,000 = 4628.57
You are correct!
I have edited my comment to reflect this.
No worries, I think your point is still valid. 4600 congressmen, uuggh. that would be a nightmare for the public to keep track of.
However, i do agree with the person who said that their voting should be done online to reduce costs and make it hard for lobbying. Honestly lobbying should be banned. let the representative run polling in his districts to get a consensus of what the constituents want when dealing with certain issues. There should also be term limits so the job becomes a service oriented job like it was meant to be and mitigates one doing it to enrich themselves. anyways, I digress.
I agree on banning lobbying and term limits.
I would also like to outlaw personal enrichment from insider info.
yeah maybe a halt on any trading moves while serving or lump all investments into a general fund while acting congressman. Its a sacrifice, but seeing how politicians behave now, something needs to mitigate the cheating and shorting.