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Changing number of representatives would require a constitutional amendment…

You are wrong on this. You should look up Reapportionment Acts. The number of Representatives does matter in an electoral system and for other reasons. A Representative from California represents far more people than one from North Dakota. This is a major power imbalance in both electoral matters and in matters of federal legislation.

The number of Representatives hasn’t been updated in a 100 years.



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