discussed Cited "see, e.g." Getty v. Carroll County Board of Elections We stated in In re Legislative Districting of the State, 370 Md. 312, 319 , 805 A.2d 292, 296 (2002), heeding the rationale underlying the “one-person, one-vote” standard, 22 enunciated by the Supreme Court in the landmark decision in Baker v. Carr, 369 U.S. 186 , 82 S.Ct. 691 , 7 L.Ed.2d 663 (1962); see also Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U.S. 533 , 84 S.Ct. 1362 , 12 L.Ed.2d 506 (1964) and Gray v. Sanders, 372 U.S. 368 , 83 S.Ct. 801 , 9 L.Ed.2d 821 (1963), that “a fairly apportioned legislature lies at the very heart of representative democracy.” As such, it is imperative that the rights of …

discussed Cited "see, e.g." Legislative Redistricting Cases (2×) See also Hughes v. Maryland Committee, 241 Md. 471, 498-509 , 217 A.2d 273, 289-295 , cert. denied, 384 U.S. 950 , 86 S.Ct. 1569 , 16 L.Ed.2d 547 (1966) (Barnes, J., dissenting) (discussing at length the importance of the political subdivisions).

discussed Cited "see, e.g." In Re Legislative Districting of the State (2×) See Maryland, Committee for Fair Representation v. Tawes, supra, 229 Md. at 411-12, 184 A.2d at 717-18; see also Hughes v. Maryland Committee, 241 Md. 471, 498-509 , 217 A.2d 273, 289-295 (Barnes, J., dissenting), cert. denied, 384 U.S. 950 , 86 S.Ct. 1569 , 16 L.Ed.2d 547 (1966); see generally Matthew P. Andrews, History of Maryland 617 (1929) (“In the matter of representation Maryland has been likened to a ‘confederacy of counties,’ or a federated republic — the counties and the city of Baltimore ... being comparable to the states in the Federal Union”); Theodore J.