When I was young, Alberta had structured itself such that the rural areas had more weight in the provincial legislature than the urban areas. Sometimes the voter count was 40,000 for urban and 5,000 for rural. This was set up by the political party in power for many years. When that party was replaced, the new party realized where most of its elected members came from--and kept the same system. But as time passed and electoral boundaries were redrawn, the principle of one-person-one-vote were slowly implemented. Today most provincial constituencies are now about 40,000 voters--urban or rural.

My limited understanding of the US Constitution is that the states are given immense authorities--and they can conduct elections as they see fit. From my limited understanding, if the legislature of Missouri wants to allocate one seat to St. Louis and one seat to Atenburg (very rural), it has the legal ability to do so. The people of Atenburg and other villages would vote for the party that makes this move.

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I took a look at your website. The advocacy is admirable, but it would take a long time to effect these changes. Efforts would be better spent on building a new democracy for the USA.