reapportion

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Every 10 years, states rely on census data to redraw their legislative districts to reflect population changes and rebalance, or reapportion, congressional and legislative seats.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 20, 2023

They cannot legally be used to reapportion seats in the House of Representatives, which are calculated based on decennial census data.

From Washington Post • May 19, 2022

Ten years later, following the 1920 census and with urbanization changing populations across the country, Congress failed to reapportion membership because it became deadlocked on the issue.

From Textbooks • Jul. 28, 2021

Congress also uses the results to reapportion seats in the House of Representatives for the next decade.

From Washington Times • Aug. 4, 2020

The rest of the party would remain here repairing sledges and drying clothes until Marvin and Borup came in, when I could reapportion my loads, and send back all superfluous men, dogs, and sledges.

From The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club by Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin)