Which Supreme Court case declared Georgia's County Unit System invalid by establishing one person, one vote?

Which Supreme Court case declared Georgia's County Unit System invalid by establishing one person, one vote?

• A. Brown v Board of Education
• B. Plessy v Ferguson
• C. Gray v. Sanders
• D. Roe v. Wade

Answer: (C)

This question centers on the principle that electoral votes or representation should be distributed so that each person's vote carries roughly the same weight. Gray v. Sanders in 1963 is the case that put this principle into practice at the state level by striking down Georgia's County Unit System. That system gave rural counties far more influence in selecting delegates than urban counties, so the weight of a vote depended on where you lived rather than how many people lived there. The Supreme Court held that this scheme violated the Equal Protection Clause because it treated votes unequally in a way that wasn’t related to population. By invalidating the County Unit System, the Court established the practice of "one person, one vote" for how districts and representations should be drawn, ensuring that districts are apportioned so that each person's vote has roughly the same impact on the outcome. The other listed cases deal with different issues—school desegregation, racial segregation doctrine, and abortion rights—and do not address Georgia’s districting or the equal-weighting of votes in this context.

This question centers on the principle that electoral votes or representation should be distributed so that each person's vote carries roughly the same weight. Gray v. Sanders in 1963 is the case that put this principle into practice at the state level by striking down Georgia's County Unit System. That system gave rural counties far more influence in selecting delegates than urban counties, so the weight of a vote depended on where you lived rather than how many people lived there. The Supreme Court held that this scheme violated the Equal Protection Clause because it treated votes unequally in a way that wasn’t related to population.

By invalidating the County Unit System, the Court established the practice of "one person, one vote" for how districts and representations should be drawn, ensuring that districts are apportioned so that each person's vote has roughly the same impact on the outcome. The other listed cases deal with different issues—school desegregation, racial segregation doctrine, and abortion rights—and do not address Georgia’s districting or the equal-weighting of votes in this context.