What does "malapportionment" mean?

Any system where one group has significantly more influence than another, such as when voting districts are unevenly spread out across a population (compare gerrymandering).

Malapportionment

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1
Any system where one group has significantly more influence than another, such as when voting districts are unevenly spread out across a population (compare gerrymandering). countable, uncountable

Etymology

From mal- + apportionment.

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