What is the test for determining whether a state legislature is elected on a registered voters' basis rather than a permissible population basis?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Calderon v. City of Los Angeles, 5 Cal.App.3d 385, 85 Cal.Rptr. 375 (Cal. App. 1970):
The court quotes Kapral v. Jepson (1967) D.C., 271 F.Supp. 74 for the sound proposition that 'a specific factual finding [to the effect that use of a registered voters basis produces a distribution of legislators not substantially different from that which would have resulted from the use of a permissible population basis] would be required
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I would reverse the judgment.
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