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In reaching this landmark decision, the Supreme Court asserted that Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution requires that representatives shall be chosen " by the People of the several States " and shall be " apportioned among the several States ... according to their respective Numbers ...." These words, the Court held, mean that " as nearly as practicable one man's vote in a congressional election is to be worth as much as another's.