one man-one vote rule

one man-one vote rule
A rule of legislative apportionment based on the principle of equality of representation lying at the foundation of representative government and requiring that no voter shall exercise, in the selection of the legislature, a greater voting power than other voters. Reynolds v Sims, 377 US 533, 12 L Ed 2d 506, 84 S Ct 1362.

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