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The constitutional right of equal vote vs weighted voting: historical events and the Banzhaf power index

By Shuaijia Dai, Bo Ling, Rustam Orazaliyev, Matthew D Parr, Christopher Patrick

I. Introduction. (Bo Ling)

  (SECTION 2. The right of citizens of the United States to vote and to participate in elections on an equal basis shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of political-party affiliation or prior condition of incarceration.)

II. Equal vote definition, example, where it is used. Equal voting Historical Timeline in the USA. (Christopher Patrick)

III. Weighted voting definition, example, where it is used. (Matthew D Parr)

     III-IV Should be connected somehow.

IV. Banzhaf index, and Banzhaf index relation to our historical events. (Shuaijia Dai)

V. Violation of equal vote by weighted voting and historical events.

   Violating of equal vote privilege:

   Something like:
   "George W. Bush took every single electoral-college vote in the South and found a majority of his electoral-college votes there. Meanwhile, the majority of African Americans, more than 20 million, live in the South and gave A1 Gore better than go percent of their vote. Yet because of the winner-take-all method of distributing electoral-college votes, black votes in the South-even when counted-had zero impact on the election."

VI. Conclusion. (Bo Ling)

Reference.