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=== {{#tip-text: Section 2.| | === {{#tip-text: Section 2.| | ||
* defines the composition of and requirements for election to the House of Representatives | * defines the composition of and requirements for election to the House of Representatives| | ||
* how the members of the House will be elected | * how the members of the House will be elected | ||
* how their representation will be calculated ("apportionment") via a census | * how their representation will be calculated ("apportionment") via a census | ||
** since no census had been conducted, Section 2. sets the number of representatives per each of the original states | ** since no census had been conducted, Section 2. sets the number of representatives per each of the original states | ||
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The '''{{#tip-text: House of Representatives| | |||
* = one of two "houses" of Congress (bicameral; other house = Senate) | |||
* members of the House shall be elected very two years | |||
* = representatives of the people divided by population not by state | |||
** therefore the House represents distribution of power by population and time (2 year terms per member) | |||
** = an important element in "checks and balances" of the Government | |||
** the House is supposed to be the "People's House" | |||
*** i.e., it is to represent directly the will of the people | |||
* today there are 435 members | |||
** the Constitution sets a minimum of 30,000 people per Representative | |||
** the "Apportionment Act of 1911" set the number of Representatives at 435 | |||
* See: | |||
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20110222020852/http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/memberfaq.html House of Representatives FAQ] | |||
** [[https://www.census.gov/topics/public-sector/congressional-apportionment/about.html About Congressional Apportionment (US Census)]] | |||
}}''' shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature. | |||
No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen. | No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen. | ||