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[Oops.] 0.3 Congressional Apportionment #277

Open k223223 opened 1 year ago

k223223 commented 1 year ago

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Chapter number or note title: 0.3 Congressional Apportionment

Page number: 8

Error description: The reason why exact proportional representation is impossible is not because the number of seats is finite, but rather because the number of seats is not a positive multiple of the total population divided by the greatest common divisor of states' populations, or because the greatest common divisor of states' populations is less than thirty thousand.

Suggested fix (if any): [fix]