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Four years later, a 5-3 decision of the U.S. Supreme Court extended the same requirement to county, city and town legislatures also:

Four years later, a 5-3 decision of the U.S. Supreme Court extended the same requirement to county, city and town legislatures also:

{{cquote|the Constitution imposes one ground rule for the development of arrangements of local government: a requirement that units with general governmental powers over an entire geographic area not be apportioned among single-member districts of substantially unequal population.

{{cquote|the Constitution imposes one ground rule for the development of arrangements of local government: a requirement that units with general governmental powers over an entire geographic area not be apportioned among single-member districts of substantially unequal population.}}

''Avery v. Midland County'', 390 U.S. 474, 485-486 (1968).  (By "single-member districts" Justice White is referring to a district that elects only one representative for it.)

''Avery v. Midland County'', 390 U.S. 474, 485-486 (1968).  (By "single-member districts" Justice White is referring to a district that elects only one representative for it.)