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homefone t1_iuia24t wrote

Reply to comment by DumbshitOnTheRight in We need a bicycle car on the commuter rail by TheTechOcogs

I'd be willing to bet that the population of communities with a T stop is a strong plurality if not a majority of the Commonwealth.

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DumbshitOnTheRight t1_iuib7zr wrote

Which doesn't matter in the state senate where it's not done by population.

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GreatArkleseizure t1_iuirysi wrote

Why would you say it’s not done by population? Quoting from Amendment CI of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts:

> The Senate shall consist of forty members. The General Court shall, at its first regular session after the year in which said census is taken, divide the Commonwealth into forty districts of contiguous territory, each district to contain, as nearly as may be, an equal number of inhabitants according to said census

And even a casual glance over the state senate district lines would confirm this to be the case.

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