特拉华州威尔明顿市：两名选民起诉商务部长 要求为特拉华增设第二席众议员
特拉华州两名选民11月11日向华盛顿联邦地区法院提起诉讼，要求为特拉华州增设一个联邦众议员席位，挑战已实行近一个世纪的众议院435席固定名额。原告为特拉华大学教授戴维·雷德劳斯克和特拉华州居民凯文·普莱斯，被告包括商务部长霍华德·卢特尼克、代行人口普查局局长职责的商务部官员乔治·库克以及众议院书记官凯文·麦卡姆伯。诉状指出，根据2020年人口普查，特拉华州990837名居民共用一个众议员席位，而人口1085407人的蒙大拿州却拥有两个席位，是各州之间代表比例差距最大的两例。原告要求由三名法官组成的合议庭宣布1929年《永久分配法》规定的435席上限违宪，并要求国会限期纠正；若国会不行动，法院应在2028年大选前为众议院增设第436席，使特拉华州拥有两名众议员。特拉华州上一次拥有两个众议院席位还是在19世纪，1823年人口普查后重新分配时失去了第二席。商务部和众议院书记官尚未回应置评请求，目前尚未确定开庭日期。
Wilmington, Delaware: Two Voters Sue Commerce Secretary Seeking a Second US House Seat for Delaware
Two Delaware voters filed suit on November 11 in federal district court in Washington, seeking a second US House seat for Delaware and challenging the House's fixed size of 435 seats, in place for nearly a century. The plaintiffs are University of Delaware professor David Redlawsk and Delaware resident Kevin Price. The defendants include Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Commerce Department official George Cook, who is performing the duties of Census Bureau director, and House Clerk Kevin McCumber.
The complaint notes that under the 2020 census, Delaware's 990,837 residents share a single House seat, while Montana, with 1,085,407 people, has two — the largest disparity in representation ratio between any two states. The plaintiffs ask a three-judge panel to declare the 435-seat cap set by the Permanent Apportionment Act of 1929 unconstitutional and to order Congress to fix it by a deadline; if Congress does not act, they ask the court to add a 436th seat before the 2028 election so Delaware would have two representatives.
Delaware last had two House seats in the 19th century, losing the second after reapportionment following the 1820 census. The Commerce Department and the House Clerk have not yet responded to requests for comment, and no hearing date has been set.
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