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WSHazel

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3. Expand the House of Representatives

Reply to everyonematters (Original post)

Tue Jun 16, 2026, 11:20 AM

22 hrs ago

Expand Congress to 500,000 people per House member. It is currently roughly 761,000. Increasing the size of the House would greatly dilute the impact of small states in the Electoral College, and could be done with a simple law change.

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